Corporate Accounting & Expense Operations Manager

Alimentiv is a global CRO with a singular focus: advancing therapies for patients with gastrointestinal diseases. GI is our WHY and for more than 30 years that purpose has driven our scientific rigour, operational excellence, and deep therapeutic expertise, including supporting more than 70% of IBD compounds in development.
We operate as a private, profit-with-purpose company, channeling our commercial success back into scientific research, technology, and our people. With approximately 700 people across multiple countries and three service lines, we are growing deliberately, and the capability of our leaders and our organization is central to how we get there.

If you want to do meaningful work, build something real, and invest back in research that changes lives — we want to meet you!

Job Overview

The Senior Manager, Corporate Accounting & Expense Operations provides leadership across core accounting and expense operations, helping ensure accurate, efficient and scalable financial processes across the organization.

This role oversees key activities across Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Procurement, General Ledger and reconciliations, while leading and developing the accounting operations team. Working closely with Finance leadership and cross-functional stakeholders, the Senior Manager will strengthen financial controls, improve operational processes and provide meaningful financial insights to support business decision-making.

This is an opportunity for an experienced finance leader to bring the discipline and best practices of a mature organization into a growing environment, building structure, strengthening accountability and driving continuous improvement across financial operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead core accounting and expense operations across Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Procurement, General Ledger activities and reconciliations, ensuring accurate and timely financial operations.

• Monitor key financial metrics, risks and emerging trends, providing timely insights and recommendations to the Controller and senior leadership.

• Lead, coach and develop the accounting operations team, establishing clear priorities, accountability and effective ways of working.

• Strengthen and scale AP, AR and procurement processes, maintaining appropriate financial controls while supporting efficient and sustainable business growth.

• Drive continuous improvement and automation across accounting workflows, identifying opportunities to streamline processes, enhance systems and improve data quality and operational efficiency.