Head of Finance & Business Services

, City Of Edinburgh acute Permanent Head  of Finance & Business Services, Foundation Scotland Location Home-based with some travel across Scotland Salary Circa 64,719 per annum (full-time equivalent). Applications at 0.8-1.0 FTE will be considered.

This is a broad and influential senior leadership role encompassing finance, governance, risk, business systems and central business support.

As a member of our Leadership Team, you will help ensure that Foundation Scotland has the financial stewardship, controls, infrastructure and organisational insight required to deliver our ambitions effectively and sustainably.

You will lead our financial strategy, planning, budgeting, forecasting and reporting, providing high-quality advice to the CEO, Depute CEO, Leadership Team, Board and its committees. Working through the Finance Manager, you will retain overall accountability for financial stewardship, controls and reporting while ensuring effective delegation of day-today finance operations.

But this is much more than a traditional senior finance role. You will lead our governance, risk, compliance and assurance arrangements and oversee our approach to digital and business systems. You will provide advice and constructive challenge on investment, contracts, procurement, new funding opportunities and significant organisational decisions, and ensure that our business infrastructure remains effective, resilient and fit for the future.

As Foundation Scotland continues to develop, you will work closely with colleagues across the Leadership Team to ensure that our ambitions are matched by the resources and organisational capacity required to deliver them. You will help us assess opportunities, understand their financial and operational implications and make well-informed choices about where and how we invest our resources.

We are looking for a professionally qualified accountant who brings significant senior-level financial management or business services experience. You will combine strong technical and analytical capability with commercial awareness, sound judgement and the ability to communicate complex issues clearly and credibly.

You will also bring experience of governance, risk, internal controls and compliance along with an understanding of how effective systems, technology and business processes can strengthen organisational performance. An experienced leader of people, you will be comfortable advising and constructively challenging senior colleagues and trustees while building positive and collaborative relationships across the organisation.

We welcome candidates from the community and charity sector and from other professional backgrounds.

Experience of charity governance or investment oversight would be valuable, alongside the ability to apply your expertise to Foundation Scotland's purpose and operating context.

This is an opportunity to take responsibility for a genuinely broad portfolio and play a central role in shaping the organisational foundations that will support Foundation Scotland's next stage of development and its impact across Scotland.

To apply for the post, please send a tailored CV and covering letter by midnight on Sunday November 1, 2026.Please note that the covering letter should be no more than two pages of A4 and should summarise your relevant skills, experience and motivations for applying for this role.

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