Director of Finance and Resources

Job title and organisation: Director of Finance and Resources - Aspire Community Benefit Society
Salary: £72,527
Hours: 37
Contract: Permanent
Location: Leeds
Closing Date and Time: Sunday 22nd November 2026 at 12pm

Join Aspire as our Director of Finance & Resources

Location: Leeds (Hybrid working available)

Salary: £72,527

Contract Type: Permanent Full-Time (Will consider part-time 0.6 FTE and above)

Closing Date: 12pm on Sunday 22nd November 2026

We may withdraw this role early if we receive sufficient interest, so we encourage applications as soon as possible.

Interview Date: Initial On-Line interviews will be held WC 30/11/2026, subsequent interview dates will be arranged in due course.

Aspire Community Benefit Society is a staff-led mutual and social enterprise supporting over 700 people with learning disabilities across Leeds.

Why Join Aspire Now?

This is a defining opportunity to shape the future of a respected organisation with a vital social purpose. You’ll help Aspire thrive during a challenging time for social care — emerging stronger, fairer, and more effective for the people we serve. If you’re ambitious, energetic, and thrive in top-level leadership, we want to hear from you.

The Role

An exciting opportunity has arisen at Aspire, for an experienced finance professional, to lead a highly motivated, successful and friendly Finance Team. Reporting directly to the Chief Executive, the successful candidate will work as part of the Senior Leadership team, to drive change and support an award-winning organisation to continue to make a real difference for people with a learning disability across Leeds.

The successful candidate will play a key role in service transformation, organisational growth and efficiencies and will offer strong visible leadership ensuring Aspire delivers high-quality, cost-effective systems and services.

You will have oversight of organisational quality and assurance, reporting to the Board of Directors and leading all aspects of financial and systems-based risk & compliance on behalf of the Chief Executive.

We are an equal opportunity and disability confident employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

Working at Aspire

• Hybrid and flexible working arrangements.
• Opportunities for personal development.
• A culture that values inclusion, empowerment, and continuous improvement.
• Enhanced occupational company sick and maternity/paternity pay
• Access to free occupational health, physiotherapy, counselling, wellbeing and advice services
• Workplace pension scheme
• Refer a Friend Scheme - £250 high street voucher

Are you ready to make a difference?

• Apply now and help us build a future where everyone is supported to live full and purposeful lives.

For an informal discussion please contact:

Marc Barnes (Resourcing Manager) on: (0113 5353535

Job description can be found on our website:

Careers & Volunteers - aspirecbs.org.uk

If you are interested in applying for this role, please submit your CV and covering letter to: Marc Barnes

By email: info@aspirecbs.org.uk

By post / hand delivery

Aspire Community Benefit Society

Unit 2 Westfield Chambers

Lower Wortley Road, Leeds LS12 4PX

The above post is not a Leeds City Council vacancy and has been advertised on behalf of the relevant organisation. To apply please follow their application instructions.
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