Treasurer

Cayr Charity; Greater London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - GBP 70,000; Part time

Job summary

A community-focused charity in Greater London is seeking a strategic Treasurer to guide its financial growth and governance. The Treasurer will play a critical role in shaping financial systems and sustainability, advising on budgets, risks, and reserves. The role requires solid experience in financial oversight and a commitment to supporting a small but growing charity. This is a hands-on and flexible position with a focus on ensuring effective use of funds and embedding financial literacy within the organization.

Qualifications

• Solid experience in financial oversight, budgeting, or financial strategy.
• Ability to explain financial information clearly to non-financial trustees.
• Experience reviewing management accounts and financial reports.

Responsibilities

• Review and present quarterly management accounts.
• Advise the board on budgeting, risk, reserves, and sustainability.
• Support financial decision-making on major projects and funding bids.

Skills

Financial oversight

Budgeting

Financial strategy

Understanding of charity finance principles

Job description

Overview

Cayr Charity is a new charity using the arts to promote public health. We're seeking a strategic, values-led Treasurer to guide our financial growth and governance in our first year as a registered charity.

What difference will you make?

As our Treasurer, your skills and guidance will directly influence how well Cayr Charity grows and sustains its work. You’ll be helping us ensure that every pound we receive, from grants, donors, and partners, is used effectively and transparently to deliver community-led creative health programmes. You’ll help Cayr navigate its early years with sound financial governance, enabling us to secure long-term funding, build partnerships with confidence, and expand into new areas of public health and wellbeing. Your impact will be felt not just by the board but by the artists, facilitators, participants, and communities who rely on our projects. With your support, we can plan more ambitiously, respond more flexibly, and ensure our systems reflect our values of equity, clarity, and care.

What are we looking for?

We are looking for someone who is values-led, collaborative, and committed to building sustainable infrastructure in a small but growing charity. You don’t need to be a qualified accountant, but you should have solid experience in financial oversight, budgeting, or financial strategy, ideally in the charity, social enterprise, or public sector. We would particularly welcome someone with:

• Experience reviewing management accounts and financial reports
• Understanding of charity finance principles (or willingness to learn)
• Confidence supporting financial risk management, budgeting, and reserves planning
• The ability to explain financial information clearly to non-financial trustees
• A pragmatic, proactive approach and willingness to engage with the realities of small charity finance

What will you be doing?

Cayr Charity is a newly registered organisation working to improve public health through creativity. Our projects span breast cancer awareness and women’s health, dementia and palliative care arts engagement, and creative health activities for young people, with a strong emphasis on equity, lived experience, and grassroots partnership. Now in our first full year of operation as a registered charity, we are seeking a Treasurer to join our board at this exciting and foundational stage.

As Treasurer, you’ll play a critical role in shaping the financial systems and sustainability of our growing charity. We are delivering ambitious, grant-funded programmes and are developing a new income generation strategy. We need a Treasurer who can support the board with strategic financial oversight, working closely with the CEO and external accountant.

Your role will include:

• Reviewing and presenting quarterly management accounts
• Advising the board on budgeting, risk, reserves, and sustainability
• Supporting financial decision-making on major projects and funding bids
• Helping to embed financial literacy and transparency across the organisation
• Leading the annual accounts review and reparation

This is a hands-on but flexible role. While we do not expect you to do the day-to-day bookkeeping (which is supported externally), we do want someone who is willing to get to know the charity’s operations, help strengthen our internal financial processes, and ensure we’re building sound foundations for growth.

We are particularly interested in applicants who understand the financial needs and challenges of small charities or social impact organisations. You do not need to be a qualified accountant, but a background in finance, bookkeeping, charity finance, or strategic financial planning would be highly valuable.