Finance Business Partner

Scope; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading disability equality charity is looking for an experienced Finance Business Partner to provide strategic financial insight to its Fundraising and Charitable Activity teams. This permanent, full-time role involves managing a budget of around £30 million while influencing senior leaders and ensuring financial transparency. The position offers hybrid working options and promotes a strong commitment to equality and diversity. Candidates with an accountancy qualification and experience in fundraising accounting are encouraged to apply.

Benefits

27 days holiday plus bank holidays

Flexible working options

Company pension

Discounted gym membership

Excellent training and career development

Qualifications

• Experience providing financial insight to senior leaders.
• Strong knowledge of fundraising accounting.
• Excellent analytical and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic financial insight to fundraising teams.
• Deliver transparent budgeting and forecasting processes.
• Build strong working relationships with stakeholders.

Skills

Financial insight

Data analysis

Communication skills

Relationship management

Education

Accountancy qualification (ACA / ACCA / CIMA or equivalent)

Job description

Finance Business Partner (Fundraising and Charitable Activity)

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. For more information go to www.scope.org.uk

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.

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

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 use the link to the job description.

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.

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 [e-mail].

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.

Scope benefits

We believe hard work deserves reward and recognition. We offer a wide range of benefits including :

• 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.

Link to full benefits package

How to apply

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