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Closing Date:

30 November 2025

Closing Date:

30 November 2025

• Annually:£53,623 - £59,589 plus £3,366 London weighting
• Region:London and South East
• Location:London - Weston House
• Department:Finance Business Partners
• Vacancy Type:Permanent
• Working hours per week:35
• Closing Date:30 November 2025

Are you looking for a role within an organisation where the work you do makes a real difference to children? If the answer is yes, working as a Senior Finance Business Partner at the NSPCC could be exactly what you're looking for.

Join us and help make every penny count.

At the NSPCC, we believe every childhood is worth fighting for. With over 100 years of experience, and the collective strength of our staff, volunteers, supporters, and partners, we're working to end child abuse and neglect for good.

At the heart of everything we do, our Finance team plays a pivotal role in stewarding our resources to focus on helping as many children and young people as possible.

In this current climate where more children and young people than ever need our support, our entire team are committed to making sure this is achieved by guaranteeing strong financial management and control.

From managing resources to supporting teams across the organisation, we provide the insight and stewardship that keeps the NSPCC strong, sustainable, and focused on impact.

If you're passionate about making a difference and want your work to have real purpose, this is the place for you, so join us as a Senior Finance Business Partner.

What is the purpose of the Senior Finance Business Partner? 

The role is key to ensuring financial integrity and supporting strategic decision-making across the organisation. It is responsible for leading the delivery of all aspects of operational financial management, reporting, and analysis within designated Directorate's of the NSPCC. The role operates at both a strategic and operational level, building strong relationships with internal and external partners, and providing appropriate challenge to help us maximise resources and deliver on our mission to protect children.

What will you be doing as a Senior Finance Business Partner? 

• Business partnering with Senior Management to develop an in depth knowledge of their Directorate/Departments and to support achievement of strategic objectives
• Producing, collating and ensuring timely delivery of accurate Directorate and Departmental budgets and forecasts
• Managing and contributing to the delivery of month end processing and variance analysis
• Preparing and delivering consolidated financial monthly, quarterly, annual and ad-hoc operational performance reporting packs
• Maintaining the integrity of NSPCC finances ensuring compliance with appropriate accounting standards, financial regulations and internal procedures
• Working collaboratively with other Senior Finance Business Partners to identify process improvements andprojects
• Managing, supervising and developing a small team of direct reports.

What skills do you need to be a Senior Finance Business Partner? 

• A qualified Accountant (CCAB or equivalent) with extensive experience of working within a management accounts function of a complex organisation
• Strong business partnering skills with the ability to establish effective relationships across the organisation and within finance
• Considerable experience in the preparation of budgets and forecasts
• Substantial experience in the preparation and provision of management reporting
• Highly numerate with the ability to analyse numbers critically and extract pertinent information for management

Why join the NSPCC?

Any one of our people will tell you that a huge reward in itself is making a difference to children's lives. But we know it's a competitive world, and it's important to feel valued in your role and receive more practical, tangible benefits. We offer salaries that are at least comparable with the top charities in the UK, as well as these benefits.

• Generous annual leave- 29 days per annum plus bank holidays for full-time employees (pro-rata for part-time). 32 days per annum after five years' continuous service.
• Employee discounts- Our discounts portal gives you online access to over 3,000 discounts and offers.
• The Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)- an independent, free, personal support service. It can provide information, support and advice to support your health and wellbeing.
• Pension- building up a good pension is something we want to help you achieve with our flexible, tax-efficient pension schemes.
• Life assurance scheme- All employees will be given life assurance of one times their salary, unless they join the NSPCC Group Personal Pension Scheme, where members are given life assurance of five times their salary.

Join us and make a difference. You'll grow, be challenged, and help change millions of young lives for the better.

Ready to apply?

If this is the role for you, please click the button ‘apply' to start your journey. You can find more information on all recruitment stages on the Career page.

Still have questions about the role?

For an informal chat about the role, please contact claire.burland@nspcc.org.uk

Supporting Documents

• Policy on storage handling use retention and disposal of DBS PVG and Access NI disclosures (227.92 KB)
• Our Benefits (5.84 MB)
• Recruitment of ex-offenders policy (268.33 KB)
• Safeguarding Statement (455 kB)
• Inclusive Recruitment Practices (943 kB)
• EDI Action Plan (677 kB)
• Becoming Trauma-Informed (3 MB)

As an organisation, we are committed to creating and fostering a culture that promotes safeguarding and the welfare of all children and adults at risk. Our safer recruitment practices support this by ensuring that there is a consistent and thorough process of obtaining, collating, analysing and evaluating information from and about candidates to ensure that all persons appointed are suitable to work with our children and adults.

At the NSPCC we are on a journey to becoming a trauma-informed organisation for the children, young people and families that we work with, as well as our staff and volunteers. To be trauma-informed is one of the guiding principles that shape and guide our 2021-2031 Strategy. This means understanding the nature of adversity, trauma, and resilience so that we can work towards reducing and preventing further harm and promoting recovery and healing. Coming to work at the NSPCC will provide the opportunity for you to join us in our commitment to becoming a trauma-informed organisation.

NSPCC is that the NSPCC highly embraces,

encourages and promotes diversity and

inclusiveness of staff.

Siobhan Walters / Children's Services