Advertised from 11 July 2025

Role

About the role:

We seek a part-time (21 hours per week) Finance Manager to co-ordinate the financial management of the organisation, helping to ensure strong financial governance, robust budgeting, effective financial reporting, and compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements. As a key member of the Senior Management Team, you will help shape the charity’s strategic direction, ensuring financial sustainability and supporting the delivery of its charitable objectives.

About you:  

Are you an experienced professional in a financial role in the third sector? Are you working in a finance role and seeking a move into the third sector? 

Do you have strong IT skills and a track record in developing and maintaining effective, efficient financial management tools and processes? Are you well-versed in helping an organisation to understand and manage its financial risk in the context of a challenging context for resourcing?

Would you enjoy being a part of Lead Scotland’s senior management team as we work with our Board, our staff team, our volunteers, our partners, and most importantly our core beneficiaries as we develop new and exciting opportunities to improve outcomes for disabled people and unpaid cares?

Do you have great organisational skills, previous experience of contributing to or leading strategic development from a financial perspective, and most of all a passion for collaborative teamwork? 

This post is home-based in or near Edinburgh with some office-based work. 

Lead Scotland has a Recruiting People with Convictions Policy. 

Applications from disabled people:

Lead has Disability Confident status, and we encourage applications from disabled people. All disabled people meeting the minimum requirements will get a guaranteed interview. Information about our commitment to recruit disabled people is available on our website. If you would like to be considered under this scheme, please indicate this in the online form. This will in no way disadvantage you in the recruitment process. All job application information can be made in alternative formats on request, including braille, large print and audio and people can make applications in alternative formats. 

Recruitment paperwork is kept for 6 months before it is destroyed. Please complete our anonymous equal opportunities form to help us ensure we are attracting a broad range of candidates.

Application notes

How to apply:

1. Answer the questions in this online application form. This will help us assess your approach and transferable skills for this specific role.

AND

2. Email your CV to recruitment@lead.org.uk.  

Job description and additional information available on our website If you have any further queries about the role, please email recruitment@lead.org.uk

Closing Date: Noon Monday 04 August 2025 

Interviews: Wednesday 13 August 2025 

Lead Scotland is a charity which provides learning, befriending and helpline services for disabled people and carers. Charity no. SC003949