Finance Business Partner (Fundraising and Charitable Activity)

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.

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.

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 to 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.

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

How to apply

To apply please visit our website via the Apply button and apply online. Application closing date: 17/12/2025.