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Finance Business Partner

Disabled Workers Co-operative

Greater London

Hybrid

GBP 74,000

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Job summary

A disability equality charity in London is seeking an experienced Finance Business Partner to provide strategic financial insight and guidance while managing a significant budget. The ideal candidate must have a strong background in fundraising accounting and excellent analytical skills. This full-time role offers a hybrid working model and aims to make a meaningful impact in achieving an equal future for disabled people.

Benefits

27 days holiday plus bank holidays

Flexible working options

Training and career development

Company pension

Discounted gym membership

Qualifications

Experience of providing financial insight to senior leaders that influenced decisions.
Strong knowledge of fundraising accounting, including gift aid, and preparing cost analysis.
Excellent analytical and communication skills, able to present complex information clearly.

Responsibilities

Provide strategic financial insight and guidance to the Fundraising team.
Manage a combined budget of around £30 million.
Deliver transparent budgeting and forecasting processes.

Skills

Financial insight

Relationship management

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Understanding of fundraising accounting

Education

Accountancy qualification (ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent)

JobDescription

Finance Business Partner

Fundraising and Charitable Activity

£73,923 a year

London, E15 2GW / Hybrid working.

Full time, 35 hours a week

Job description

1 in 4 of us in the UK are disabled and we are a diverse, proud, and vibrant community. We’re here to create an equal future with all disabled people. We campaign to transform attitudes to disability, tackle injustice and inspire action. We are creating a powerful movement of disabled people, allies, organisations and businesses.

Together we will be unstoppable.

At Scope, our Fundraising Department is entering a new chapter. We are investing to grow, diversifying, and testing new ways to raise money. Our services and other charitable activities are working in new partnerships, with the government and in communities. This role will be a key part of these exciting developments in Scope’s strategy – an Equal Future with Disabled People.

Permanent, Full time (35 hours a week)

Location: Here East Press Centre, 14 East Bay Lane, London, E15 2GW and working from home.

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.

You will:

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.

For more information about the role’s responsibilities and the skills and experience required, please visit our website.

Please include examples in your application that show how your skills, experience, and values match the person specification in the job description.

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.

To be successful, you will have:

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.

It would be great if you also bring:

Understanding of the social model of disability.
Knowledge of charity accounting and VAT partial recovery.
An accountancy qualification (ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent).

We welcome applications from people with lived experience of disability and from all backgrounds.

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

Our values are being pioneering, courageous, connected, open and fair.

By living our values and trusting each other, we give our colleagues freedom and space to be creative, push boundaries and change minds.

Job Requirements/Application Instructions

Disabled candidates

We are a disability equality charity. We encourage applications from disabled people and people with impairments, conditions, and access needs. 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. This is part of our commitment as a Disability Confident Leader. Just let us know in your application that you are applying under the Offer an Interview Scheme. This was previously known as the Guaranteed Interview Scheme.

If you require adjustments through your journey with us, please email us via our website.

Find out more about asking for adjustments at interview.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

At the heart of everything we do at Scope is Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion.

We encourage people of colour and other underrepresented communities to apply and join Scope. We believe that this will bring new ideas and help us work better. We know that a variety of perspectives and viewpoints will greatly support the work we do and help us to reach all communities.

We want everyone to feel like they belong. We value each person as an individual. We will treat everyone with dignity and respect and we want to recognise all parts of a person's identity.

We are a disability equality charity. So, we will build a culture that is accessible and inclusive first. We will aim for the same high standards in all our work. We will listen, learn and keep improving.

You can find out more about our approach to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion on the Scope website.

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