Finance Business Partner

LEEP is seeking a qualified Finance professional to support LEEP’s global programs by providing strategic financial insights, managing budgets and donor reporting, and improving systems and processes. You will also work closely with the Head of Finance to drive growth and impact.

Position Summary

Application Deadline: Rolling applications, until September 21, 2025

Start date: As soon as possible

Location: Remote. If based in London, the ability to co-work from our office three days per week is required. LEEP is unable to sponsor visas for this role.

Language Requirements: Full professional proficiency in English

Salary: Salary is dependent upon location and experience. E.g. £50,000-£56,667 GBP for London-based roles, $50,000-$56,667 USD for Nairobi-based roles; $70,313-$79,668 USD for New York City-based roles.

Time Zone: UTC -5 to UTC +3 required, with UTC to UTC +3 preferred. This role requires regular collaboration with team members across the globe, including the US & Canada (East Coast); flexibility will be needed to optimise for overlap.

Reports to: Head of Finance

How to apply: Fill out this application form

Contact: hiring@leadelimination.org

About LEEP

LEEP is an impact-driven, evidence-based nonprofit that aims to eliminate childhood lead poisoning, which affects an estimated one in three children worldwide. We primarily focus on one important source of exposure: lead paint. Our paint programs involve generating data, supporting governments with the introduction and enforcement of regulation, and assisting manufacturers in switching to lead-free paints. Beyond our paint programs, we are piloting interventions to address other sources of lead exposure, such as spices and cosmetics.

Since our founding in September 2020:

• We have initiated lead paint elimination programs in 37 countries and completed paint studies in 22.
• We have agreed on goals to establish lead paint regulation with government agencies in 18 countries (e.g., in Angola).
• We have received reports in 17 countries of manufacturers representing more than 50% of the lead paint market share (in that country) reformulating to lead-free (e.g., in Pakistan).
• We have conducted a repeat paint study which showed more than a 50% reduction in lead paint market share since our initial study in Malawi.
• We have conducted lead in spices studies in Ethiopia and Türkiye.
• Founders Pledge estimates that it costs $1.66 to prevent one child’s lead exposure (in expectation) through our work, making LEEP one of its most cost-effective nonprofit recommendations. Our own analysis estimates that it costs under $5 to avert one DALYequivalent through LEEP’s first 13 established programs.
• We are a partner of the WHO and UN Environment Programme's Global Alliance to Eliminate Lead Paint, and a member of the Partnership for a Lead-Free Future, launched by USAID and UNICEF.
• We have received grants from major grantmaking organisations, including USAID, Founders Pledge, Open Philanthropy, and Schmidt Futures.
• We have appeared in Nature, Vox, Time Magazine, The New Yorker, Prospect, on the 80,000 Hours Podcast, at the Partnership for a Lead-Free Future launch on the sidelines of the 79th UN General Assembly, and our co-founders were named in Vox’s Future Perfect 50.

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced finance professional to join LEEP as Finance Business Partner, acting as the right hand to the Head of Finance and supporting our programs across the globe. You will act as a trusted partner to program staff, providing accurate, actionable financial insights that inform strategic decision-making. You will oversee budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis, ensuring teams understand and act on financial data, while also supporting donor reporting, funding proposals, and financial modelling.

This role is integral to financial stewardship across LEEP, ensuring compliance with our restricted and unrestricted funding, and continuous improvement of our financial management and grant management across multiple jurisdictions as we continue to grow. You will lead on reviewing and improving grant and contract management processes, conduct due diligence on partner organisations, and collaborate with both internal teams and outsourced providers to ensure smooth financial operations. As the right hand to the Head of Finance, you will also play a key role in strategic planning, process and systems improvement, and financial strategy.

If you are excited by the opportunity to build and lead financial processes in a dynamic, mission-driven organization, we’d love to hear from you.

Responsibilities

Business Partnering, Budgeting, and Reporting

• Act as a finance business partner, partnering with program managers to drive accurate, actionable insights for strategic decision-making.
• Proactively identify and resolve finance-related challenges faced by program staff, to promote effective and efficient financial management. These often include handling government and NGO payments in our program countries.
• Produce monthly program-level budget-vs-actual reports, forecasts, variance analysis and insight, helping our wider team to understand and act on financial data.
• Prepare and contribute to organisational financial reporting (management accounts, Board packs, donor reports, funding proposals), ensuring clear data visualisation, insightful analysis, and accurate financial planning and modelling.
• Support the design and delivery of finance-related training of program staff.
• Support audit requirements by coordinating timely and accurate information for external auditors.
• Manage the outsourced bookkeeper to ensure that transactions are correctly recorded through QuickBooks Online and PayHawk.

Grants and Contracts Management

• Support program managers in reviewing partner expenditure and financial reports, conducting due diligence where required.
• Review and approve partner disbursements, initiated by the outsourced bookkeeper.
• Accurately track restricted and unrestricted fund utilisation, ensuring compliance with grant budgets and organisational policies.
• Support the preparation of financial reports for funders, working closely with program teams and the Head of Finance.

Financial Strategy and Continuous Improvement

• As right-hand to the Head of Finance, work closely together on financial strategy and strategic planning.
• Contribute to a culture of collaboration, learning, and continuous improvement within the finance team and across the organisation.
• Create and monitor financial KPIs and dashboards.
• Review, build, and improve LEEP’s financial management processes and systems to drive automation, standardisation and efficiency.
• Review, build, and improve LEEP’s grant and contract processes, templates, and guidance, shaping financial aspects of our CRM.
• As a growing organisation, we’re looking for someone excited to help shape and adapt our finance function, so responsibilities may evolve.

What We’re Looking For

A successful applicant will possess or be the following:

• Fully qualified in a recognised accounting qualification (AAT, ACCA, CIMA, CPA, or equivalent).
• Passion for LEEP’s mission and a strong commitment to financial stewardship and impact.
• 5+ years’ experience in finance roles, ideally in nonprofit/charity or international program contexts.
• Experience with accounting software (QuickBooks Online preferred).
• Strong knowledge of budgeting, financial monitoring, and reporting in a multi-currency, multi-program context.
• Familiarity with restricted funding and donor compliance requirements.
• Familiarity with at least one of US and UK legal/ financial compliance.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to explain finance concepts clearly to non-finance colleagues.
• Strong Excel/Google Sheets skills; comfortable manipulating and analysing data.
• Ability to effectively manage multiple parallel responsibilities, while maintaining attention to detail.
• Ability to work effectively with outsourced providers and internal teams.
• Organised, proactive, and comfortable in a changing environment where processes are still developing.

Other promising attributes:

• Experience managing junior staff and outsourced providers.
• Experience developing and managing financial agreements with partners (subgrants, contracts, or consultancies).
• Experience in low- and middle-income country contexts.
• Knowledge of both US and UK charity finance regulations.