Finance Business Partner

Mencap; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading charity organization is looking for a Finance Business Partner to provide financial insight and support for key strategic projects. This role involves collaborating with senior stakeholders to deliver insightful analysis, lead finance reviews, and create accurate budgets. The ideal candidate has strong analytical skills, is part-qualified in accounting, and possesses excellent interpersonal skills. Competitive benefits are offered, including generous paid holidays and discounts.

Benefits

32 days paid holiday

Discounts at leading retailers

Access to health cash plans

Interest-free loans

Qualifications

• Proactive and insightful Finance Business Partner needed.
• Experience in management accounting, business partnering, or financial planning.
• Ideally part-qualified or working towards a professional accounting qualification.

Responsibilities

• Partner with senior stakeholders for financial analysis and reports.
• Lead monthly finance reviews with budget holders.
• Create accurate budgets and forecasts aligned to goals.
• Identify trends, risks, and opportunities in financial results.

Skills

Financial analysis

Management accounting

Strong Excel skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Education

Accounting qualification (ACCA, CIMA, ACA)

Tools

Power BI

Job description

Overview

Finance Business Partner - Enabling & Strategic Investments (18-Month Fixed Term Contract) London, Peterborough or Hybrid

At Mencap, we're passionate about changing the lives of people with a learning disability. We're looking for a proactive and insightful Finance Business Partner to support our enabling operational departments & strategic projects. You'll be part of a collaborative Finance Business Partnering team of eight, providing financial insight and support to Mencap's enabling functions - including IT, People, CEO Office, and Finance - as well as key org-wide strategic projects. This role offers the opportunity to make a real impact by helping senior leaders understand their financial position, make informed decisions, and help deliver the charity's objectives.

Responsibilities

• Partner with senior stakeholders and project managers to deliver clear, insightful financial analysis and reports.
• Lead monthly finance reviews with budget holders, providing expert advice and challenge to drive sound decision-making.
• Support the creation of accurate budgets and forecasts, ensuring financial plans are realistic and aligned to organisational goals.
• Identify trends, risks, and opportunities through critical review of results and proactive financial insight.
• Collaborate closely with the wider Finance Team to ensure strong financial control, compliance, and accurate reporting.
• Use your analytical and problem-solving skills to spot issues, improve processes, and drive continuous improvement.
• Experience in management accounting, business partnering, or financial planning and analysis.
• Strong Excel and data analysis skills, with the ability to interpret and present complex information clearly.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills - able to build relationships and explain financials to non-finance colleagues.
• Ideally, part-qualified or working towards a professional accounting qualification (ACCA, CIMA, ACA) or equivalent experience.
• Charity or not-for-profit experience, and familiarity with Power BI, would be an advantage.

About Mencap

Our vision is for the UK to be the best place in the world for people with a learning disability to live happy and healthy lives. We're here to support people with a learning disability, their families and their carers. We fight for a kinder, fairer and more inclusive society for people with a learning disability to live in. At Mencap, everyone works with people with a learning disability either providing support or advice, or alongside one another as colleagues. Belonging at Mencap is for everyone, every day, everywhere.

• Everyone is expected to treat people well and make Mencap an inclusive organisation.
• Every day we grow and learn. It\'s okay to make mistakes but we learn from them and make changes.
• Everywhere people will feel respected, valued, and safe to be themselves.

We have Belonging network groups that meet online and are open to all colleagues. The groups include people who identify as Black and Asian, LGBTQIA+, disabled or with a long-term health condition, women, parents and carers, and their allies. We want to encourage everyone to apply to work at Mencap and we offer a variety of different contract types and working patterns. We\'re not looking for specific experience. It is your personality and values that will make you a great colleague. We will train and develop you to succeed in the role you\'re applying for.

Here at Mencap, we offer an impressive range of benefits designed to support and reward our employees to ensure that our teams feel valued and appreciated. Our benefits package offers 32 days of paid holiday (including bank holidays, pro rata), along with a range of perks such as discounts at leading high-street retailers, access to health cash plans, interest-free loans, and many more exciting offerings. For more details on what we have to offer, please see the attached document outlining all the fantastic benefits available to you as a member of our team!