Humans Being is seeking a skilled and organised Finance Lead to oversee our financial management, supporting our mission and organisational growth.

Role Overview

In this role, you will manage day-to-day bookkeeping, petty cash, and banking accounts. You will work alongside the Directors to prepare budgets, cash flow forecasts, and quarterly management accounts, as well as ensure funding reports are submitted accurately and on time. Additionally, you will assist with basic HR administration and liaise with independent examiners for annual account preparation.

Our Mission

Mental ill-health isn’t simply an individual problem – inequity and discrimination by gender, class, ethnicity, disability, and other factors can leave people feeling stigmatised, isolated and powerless. 

We change that. 

Through user-led training and support groups, Humans Being brings people together to help them find their strengths, develop confidence, and thrive. Our work empowers people to shape their own futures, build meaningful connections, and make lasting, positive changes in their lives.

Our work

Humans Being provides wellbeing courses for community members, staff and volunteers. The courses are run at our partner organisation venues and occasionally online using Zoom. They are aimed at people in Leeds who may benefit from learning wellbeing skills and connecting and sharing with others. These include: older women; men dealing with mental ill-health; isolated men; volunteers; carers; people dealing with mild or moderate anxiety or depression; domestic violence survivors; refugees and asylum seekers; mothers; and isolated people. 

How we work

We have a team of three permanent staff (one of whom is in this post), the others are the Wellbeing and Development Director and the Director of Women’s Wellbeing.

We operate as a collective, meeting weekly and supporting each other to run the organisation. Courses are sometimes delivered by our freelance trainers, who are managed by the staff. We also have a team of volunteer, non-executive directors. We all work from home and meet online or in person when we’re able. We travel to venues all over Leeds to run our courses in the communities where our service users live.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

We take diversity, equity and inclusion very seriously at Humans Being. We have a budget for staff wellbeing and adjustments, and we take every effort to ensure that our staff can use their talents to their full potential. This includes being flexible about working hours and communication styles. We are a proudly trans-inclusive and neurodivergent-friendly organisation, and we expect all staff to share these values.

Humans Being Job Description
Job Title:	Finance Lead
Employer :	Humans Being (Yorkshire) CIC
Location:	Working at home and attending regular staff meetings in-person in Leeds
Terms:	14 hours per week
Salary:	£36345 pro rata Actual annual pay £14538
Purpose of Job:	To further the organisation’s aims and objectives by ensuring proper financial management
Responsible to:	The Humans Being Board of Directors
Responsible for:	Bookkeeping and financial accounts management; financial reporting; developing organisational and major project budgets
Organisational Responsibilities:	To work with the Directors to further the Humans Being (HB) mission.  Staff are required to be flexible to meet the changing needs of HB. You are also required to undertake any other duties appropriate to the role in order to meet the needs of the organisation. This may be on a permanent or temporary basis. To work constructively with other staff, beneficiaries and management committee to facilitate the organisation’s continuing development. To participate in regular planning meetings and Quarterly Directors’ meetings as required.   To follow and actively promote all HB policies and procedures including the organisation’s Safeguarding, Confidentiality, Health and Safety and Equality and Diversity policies, both in day-to-day practice and in all areas of HB’s work.
Key Tasks:	Manage HB’s petty cash and banking accounts, including maintaining computerised and manual records. To ensure the financial policies and procedures are up to date and staff are aware of and abide by them. Work with the Directors in the preparation of budgets and cash flow forecasts.  Work with the Directors to monitor and control organisational and project expenditures to ensure they are within agreed budgets and to analyse costs. Ensure that project plans are financially viable and sustainable, or, provide the information on income generation targets and cost-cutting measures required to make plans viable. To produce quarterly management accounts for staff and board.  To produce financial reports and work with project workers to ensure funding reports are submitted before deadlines.  Liaise with independent examiners in the preparation of annual accounts. Ensure invoices are paid on time. Raise detailed invoices for project work when requested and ensure payments are made. Ensure that all legislative and regulatory requirements are met and relevant returns are made, for example to CIC regulator and HMRC. Have oversight of the financial stability and sustainability of the organisation.  Use our HR platform to administer staff leave, including reviewing and keeping an overview of staff sickness and communicating with Directors to help manage staff sickness and wellbeing. Organise quarterly board meetings.  Attend occasional in-person meetings with staff in Leeds.

Person Specification

1. Experience

Essential:

• Proven experience within the voluntary/charity sector in bookkeeping, managing bank accounts, and financial record-keeping
• Experience in preparing budgets, cash flow forecasts, and monitoring expenditure against agreed budgets.
• Experience producing management accounts (e.g., quarterly management accounts)
• Experience liaising with independent examiners or external accountants for annual accounts preparation.

Desirable:

• Experience using Quickbooks
• Experience in HR admin (e.g., using HR platforms to administer staff leave and sickness tracking).
• Experience in bid-writing.

2. Knowledge & Understanding

Essential:

• Solid understanding of financial regulations, accounting principles, and statutory requirements relevant to non-profit organisations.
• Understanding of financial controls, risk management, and financial sustainability.
• Understanding of key organisational policies, including Safeguarding, Confidentiality, Health & Safety, and Equality & Diversity.

3. Skills & Abilities

Essential:

• Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to manage competing deadlines 
• Good at communicating financial matters in straightforward language.  

4. Personal Qualities & Values

Essential:

• Commitment to the mission, values, and objectives of Humans Being (Yorkshire) CIC.
• Good at working independently.

5. Availability

Essential:

• Living in West Yorkshire and able to come to in-person meetings in Leeds.

How to Apply

• Please submit your CV to [email protected] and a 1-page A4 cover letter explaining your suitability for the role.
• Closing date Wednesday 28th October 2026