Trustee / Treasurer (Financial Expertise)

About Climate Emergency Collaboration Group (CECG)

Who We Are

The Climate Emergency Collaboration Group (CECG) is a philanthropic collaboration between some of the world’s largest climate philanthropies. Our mission is to support and build a diverse ecosystem of actors to accelerate international cooperation on climate and low carbon development. Ensuring the success of the annual UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (COPs), and other Multilateral forums is central to CECG’s mission, and we believe these moments have the potential to catalyse collective action, focus impactful organising, and disseminate powerful narratives.

Learn more on our website.

Our Values

Growth Mindset

We are committed to continuous improvement and we take responsibility for our work, ongoing learning and professional growth and enable others to do likewise.

We:

• Create space to reflect and learn from what worked and what did not.
• Proactively and enthusiastically engage with new ideas and ways of doing things.
• Own our own mistakes and learn from them.
• Remain positive, show persistence and resilience in the face of challenges and setbacks.
• Seek to continuously develop our skills and abilities along with our agility to learn.
• Offer feedback responsibly and welcome feedback with gratitude.
• Celebrate others success, taking inspiration from it and remain non judgemental about others failures.

Respect and Trust

We are intentional in cultivating internal and external relationships built on mutual accountability, integrity and respect.

We:

• Build equitable, transparent and sustainable relationships with stakeholders.
• Act in good faith with our colleagues and stakeholders and encourage them to do likewise.
• Responsibly manage and utilise the resources entrusted to us ensuring they are used effectively and ethically to maximise impact in line with CECG’s mission, strategic priorities and organisational objectives.
• Uphold our commitments and encourage others to do likewise.
• Seek to avoid all pretentiousness, meanness, pettiness or disrespect and to care for each other.
• Trust in each other’s skillset and expertise and when we disagree, we do so in an honest and respectful way.

Collaboration

We are collaborative in our approach and encourage others to contribute to ideas creation and decisions and to bring maximum initiative.

We:

• Foster an inclusive environment to enable full participation.
• Seek out diverse contributions and provide space for others to be heard.
• Create maximum transparency and openness through on-going communication and sharing of information.
• Set clear expectations and respectfully hold ourselves and others to account.
• Support conflict resolution constructively and respectfully.
• Proactively identify and constructively address barriers to effective collaboration.

About the Role

The trustee must act with reasonable care and skill, ensure that the charity is accountable and compliant with all legal requirements and work collaboratively with the Board to make balanced and informed financial decisions. As the appointed treasurer, you’ll bring financial insight and oversight to steer financial decisions, assess risks, and plan financial sustainably. You’ll play a vital role in leading CECG’s Finance, Audit & Risk Sub-committee ensuring that CECG meets its legal, financial, and regulatory obligations in the UK.

• The Treasurer is legally accountable for running the charity’s finances, monitors the charity’s financial administration and reports to the board of trustees, ensuring proper controls and financial systems are in place.
• Review CECG’s financial reports and ensure compliance with UK charity finance & reporting regulations to ensure the charity fulfils its governance responsibilities.
• Guide and advise the board on the organisation’s financial strategy and position, investment and risk strategies and financial sustainability
• Oversee the management of bank accounts and ensures that the charity meets its legal accounting and reporting duties, such as preparing annual accounts and reports.
• Review budgets and forecasts and recommend approval or amendments
• Review CECG’s finance policies and procedures to ensure strict internal controls and regulatory compliance, as well as safeguarding the charity’s money and assets from risks like fraud & loss.
• Chair and lead the Finance, Audit & Risk Sub-committee and feed recommendations to the Board for decision making
• Participate in the Remuneration Sub-Committee decision making processes
• Attend board meetings and occasional ad-hoc sessions and events such as training

• Qualified accountant (such as ACCA, CIMA, or ICAEW)
• Professional experience at CFO/FD level in the UK financial sector/function for at least 10 years
• A strong background in finance, business administration, or economics, with an understanding of UK charity finance and governance
• An international finance background with a good understanding of global financial systems and risk management would be advantageous
• Ability to interpret financial data and make recommendations for decision making
• Availability to commit sufficient time to the role, including preparation for and attendance at meetings and events.
• An interest in or knowledge of climate philanthropy.
• Integrity, sound judgment, and collaborative spirit

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