Finance Business Partner

SCOPE; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 74,000; Full time

Job summary

A nonprofit charity organization based in London is seeking an experienced Finance Business Partner. The successful candidate will provide strategic financial insight and support to fundraising and charitable activity teams, overseeing a £30 million budget. Responsibilities include delivering transparent budgeting processes and advising budget holders. Excellent communication, relationship management, and financial expertise are required. The role offers flexible and hybrid working options along with other benefits.

Benefits

27 days holiday plus bank holidays

Flexible working options

Company pension

Excellent training and career development

Discounted gym membership

Qualifications

• Experience of providing financial insight to senior leaders that influenced decisions.
• Strong knowledge of fundraising accounting including gift aid and donations.
• Ability to review financial proposals for investment.

Responsibilities

• Understand, analyse, and present complex data clearly.
• Partner with budget holders for proactive financial advice.
• Deliver transparent budgeting and forecasting processes.

Skills

Financial insight

Relationship management

Data analysis

Excellent communication skills

Challenging and influencing decisions

Education

Accountancy qualification (ACA / ACCA / CIMA or equivalent)

Job description

Finance Business Partner

£73,923 a year

London, E15 2GW / Hybrid working.

Full time, 35 hours a week

About the role

We are looking for an experienced and commercially minded Finance Business Partner to join our Finance team at Scope. In this role, you will provide strategic financial insight, challenge, and guidance to our Fundraising and Charitable Activity teams, managing a combined budget of around £30 million. You will help us deliver on our strategic priorities, including closing the disability employment gap and ending the extra costs of disability.

As a trusted advisor, you will work closely with senior leaders, budget holders, and colleagues across Scope to make sure that financial insight is at the heart of our decision‑making, helping us to deliver the greatest impact.

Responsibilities

• Understand, analyse, and present large amounts of complex data in a clear way.
• Partner with budget holders to understand financial needs and provide proactive advice and analysis to support decision‑making.
• Deliver transparent and accountable budgeting and forecasting processes.
• Provide accurate, insightful reporting, ensuring commentary and analysis add real value.
• Review financial proposals for investment and assess return on investment (ROI) on all fundraising spend across multiple years.
• Coach and influence teams, helping them understand financial performance and act on insight.
• Build strong working relationships with colleagues and external stakeholders, including auditors and suppliers.
• Take ownership and responsibility for the accounts and embrace change.

About you

We are looking for someone who can combine technical financial expertise with strong relationship management skills. You’ll be confident working with large amounts of data, interpreting results, and presenting insights in a clear and impactful way.

Qualifications

• Experience of providing financial insight to senior leaders that influenced decisions.
• Strong knowledge of fundraising accounting, including gift aid, forecasting individual giving subscriptions, legacies, and donations, preparing cost analysis for funding bids, and allocation of restricted funds.
• Experience of proactively guiding budget holders through the budget setting process.
• Excellent analytical and communication skills, with the ability to present complex information clearly.
• The confidence to challenge and influence decisions at senior level.
• Understanding of the social model of disability.
• Knowledge of charity accounting and VAT partial recovery.
• An accountancy qualification (ACA / ACCA / CIMA or equivalent).

Benefits

• 27 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Flexible, hybrid and remote working options
• Pay progression at 6 months and 2 years
• Company pension
• Excellent training and career development
• Strong colleague networks across disability, race and LGBTQ+
• Discounted gym membership, cycle to work scheme and much more.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Scope is a disability equality charity. We encourage applications from disabled people and people with lived experience of disability and from all backgrounds. We welcome applications from people with lived experience of disability and from all backgrounds. We want to create a workforce that is a true reflection of the communities we serve.

Scope will interview all disabled candidates who meet the essential criteria for the post. Just let us know in your application that you are applying under the Offer an Interview Scheme.

Please share how you support Scope’s values and contribute to our goal of creating a fair and equal future for disabled people.

How to apply

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Closing date for applications : 11 : 59pm GMT, Wednesday 17 December 2025.