Head of Finance & Business Services

Overview

In this high-impact leadership role, you will direct finance, governance, risk, and business systems to support Foundation Scotland’s mission. As a member of the Leadership Team, you’ll shape financial strategy, planning and reporting while guiding governance, controls, and assurance. You will steer investment decisions, contracts, and funding opportunities, ensuring resilient systems and credible financial insight. This position blends strategic leadership with hands-on oversight of digital platforms and organisational capacity to enable sustainable growth across Scotland.

Responsibilities

• Lead financial strategy, planning, budgeting, forecasting and reporting to CEO, Leadership Team and the Board
• Oversee governance, risk, internal controls and compliance arrangements
• Manage and improve digital and business systems to strengthen performance
• Provide challenge and advice on investments, contracts, procurement and funding opportunities
• Retain overall accountability for financial stewardship and reporting while delegating day-to-day finance operations
• Collaborate with colleagues across the Leadership Team to align resources with organisational ambitions
• Support Trustees and senior stakeholders with clear, credible financial insights for decision-making
• Drive organisational capacity and resilience to deliver strategic objectives across Scotland

Key requirements

• Significant senior-level financial management or business services experience
• Professionally qualified accountant
• Strong technical and analytical capability with commercial awareness
• Ability to communicate complex issues clearly and credibly
• Experience of governance, risk, internal controls and compliance
• Experience in charity governance or investment oversight is valuable
• Proven leadership of people and ability to build collaborative relationships across the organisation

• clear communication
• commercial awareness
• sound judgement
• financial management
• governance and risk management
• internal controls and compliance

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