Looking for a finance role where your skills can make a genuine difference?

At Cornerstone, the work we do is all about helping the people we support live their best lives, and our Finance team plays an important part in making that possible.

We’re looking for an experienced Finance Business Partner to join us on a part-time job-share basis, working 23 hours per week from Wednesday to Friday. This is a hybrid role, with Wednesday as your office-based day, working from one of our offices in Glasgow, Dundee or Aberdeen, with the remaining hours worked from home.

As part of the job-share arrangement, you’ll work closely with another Finance Business Partner to ensure continuity, share knowledge and provide a consistent service across the organisation. It’s a fantastic opportunity to enjoy the flexibility of part-time working while still having the autonomy and responsibility to make a real impact.

You’ll work closely with managers and colleagues across Cornerstone, providing financial insight, guidance and constructive challenge to help us make informed decisions and use our resources effectively. You’ll have the opportunity to bring your financial expertise to a role where the decisions you influence ultimately help us deliver high-quality services and better outcomes for the people we support.

Could this be the role for you?

If you enjoy looking beyond the numbers, building strong relationships and helping others make confident financial decisions, we'd love to hear from you.

As part of a job-share arrangement, you’ll work collaboratively with your job-share partner, sharing knowledge and keeping each other up to date to ensure a seamless service. You’ll also be part of a wider team where collaboration, flexibility and different perspectives are valued.

This is a great opportunity for an experienced finance professional looking for flexibility without compromising on responsibility, professional development or purpose.

What we're looking for

You'll combine strong technical finance skills with a collaborative, solutions focused approach. You'll be comfortable analysing large volumes of complex information and explaining the key messages clearly to colleagues at all levels.

You'll bring

• A business degree or relevant qualification at SCQF level 8 or above
• AAT, an quivalent accounting qualification or a minimum of 5 years' experience
• Experience in management accounting, budgeting, forecasting and financial reporting
• Excellent analytical, organisational and Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel
• Confidence communicating complex financial concepts and constructively challenge assumptions
• Experience developing financial processes and controls

It would be helpful if you also have

• Experience in a charity, social care or public sector environment
• Knowledge of Charities SORP and FRS 102
• Experience developing financial policies and procedures

Why Cornerstone

Our values, Caring, Person-Centred, Professional and Pioneering underpin how we work and the services we provide.

This role provides you with an opportunity to use your financial expertise to influence decision-making across a national organisation, strengthen our approach to financial planning and management, and support the delivery of high-quality services and better outcomes for the people we support across Scotland.

So, if you are an experienced finance professional looking for a role where you can use your expertise to provide insight, influence decisions and make a meaningful difference across a large organisation, we would like to hear from you. Apply now!

The successful candidate will be required to undertake a Level 2 Disclosure check through Disclosure Scotland.

Please note - If you have spent more than 12 months out with the UK (excluding France, Germany. Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania or Spain) within the last 10 years while over the age of 18, you will be asked to provide a criminal record certificate from the relevant government/police authority as part of our pre-employment checks.

The successful candidate will lead a distinctive 24/7 supported living service and help shape its next stage of development. We are seeking an experienced, values-led manager who can inspire a multidisciplinary team, strengthen partnerships and ensure that 22 adults with learning disabilities receive consistently high-quality, person-centred support.

About us

Established in 2015, Esmond Street provides high-quality, 24/7 supported living for 22 older adults with learning disabilities and people with additional complex needs. One of the few services of its kind in Glasgow, it was developed to meet growing demand for specialised, person-centred support that can adapt as people’s needs change.

Esmond Street is part of Enable Glasgow, a membership organisation that provides services for people with learning disabilities across the city. Our work includes supported living, social opportunities, social enterprise activity, advocacy and campaigning. Founded in 1957, Enable Glasgow now supports around 200 people directly and has almost 400 members.

About the Role

Reporting to the Head of Supported Living, the Service Manager will lead Esmond Street through its next stage of development. You will lead and develop the staff team, build strong relationships with family members, external professionals, commissioning authorities and regulatory agencies, and ensure that Enable Glasgow’s values are evident in day-to-day practice and future service development.

We are looking for a manager who shares Enable Glasgow’s commitment to the right of people with learning disabilities to live fulfilling and meaningful lives. You will bring empathy, sound judgement and a genuine commitment to helping each person live the life they choose.

Key Responsibilities:

• Leadership & Management: this role involves managing and supporting a dynamic staff team, including support workers, housekeepers, catering staff and our senior support workers. It also involves conducting regular support and supervision, appraisals, and supporting continuous professional development.
• Service Delivery & Quality Assurance: to coordinate the operational management of the service, ensuring compliance with Care Inspectorate standards, legislative frameworks, and internal policies.
• Safeguarding & Risk Management: to lead on protection inquiries and implement robust risk assessments to safeguard vulnerable individuals.
• Resource Management: to effectively manage allocated budgets, play a role in commissioning appropriate care packages, and allocate resources efficiently to meet local population needs.
• Partnership Working: to collaborate closely with health and social care partners, other third-sector organisations, and family networks, promoting integrated, holistic support.

What We Are Looking For:

You will need to demonstrate the following experience, qualifications and professional requirements. Where a management qualification is not already held, we will support the successful candidate to work towards one.

• Experience: Significant experience in a health or social care setting, including a proven track record in a leadership or supervisory capacity.
• Qualifications: SVQ Level 4 in Health and Social Care (or equivalent professional qualification) alongside a recognised management qualification, or a willingness to work towards one.
• Professional Registration: Active registration (or immediate eligibility to register) with the Scottish Social Services Council.
• Key Skills: Excellent written and oral communication, sound budget handling abilities, and the resilience to manage challenging situations under pressure.
• Background Check: To join the PVG Scheme or to have your membership updated.

Benefits

Employee benefits include:

• 33 days leave (including public holidays) rising to 38 days after five years’ service.
• An enhanced pension scheme.
• Free life cover.
• Free access to counselling and wellbeing services.
• Support for training and professional development.

Enable Glasgow strives to apply equal opportunities and diversities principles to all aspects of its work.

All successful candidates are required to join the PVG Scheme (or to have their membership updated).

A senior role with the opportunity to shape payroll across Cornerstone.

We have a great opportunity for an experienced payroll professional to lead and influence payroll practice across Cornerstone.

You'll lead the delivery of a high-quality payroll and pension service, strengthen controls and compliance, and drive improvements to systems, processes and ways of working.

Leading your team, you'll ensure around 1,800 colleagues are paid accurately, compliantly and on time, while creating a supportive environment and providing professional advice across the organisation.

Based at our Glasgow, Dundee or Aberdeen office, this role offers hybrid working alongside occasional travel across our branch locations (travel expenses would be reimbursed as set out in Cornerstone’s expense policy with travel reimbursed by HMRC legislation).

About the role

At Cornerstone, our purpose is to enable the people we support to live valued lives in their communities.

As our Payroll Lead, you'll play an important role in ensuring our payroll service supports this purpose while meeting our financial, legal and regulatory responsibilities.

You'll have overall responsibility for the effective delivery of Cornerstone's end-to-end payroll and pension service, providing leadership to our Payroll Business Partners, Payroll Specialists and Payroll Officers.

This is a broad and influential role, combining strategic oversight with hands-on operational leadership. You'll provide assurance that payroll is accurate, compliant, well controlled and delivered to a consistently high standards.

You'll act as a senior point of escalation for complex and sensitive payroll matters, while working closely with Finance, People, HMRC, pension providers, auditors, advisers and system providers.

You'll also play a key role in using payroll data, insight and analysis to identify risks, improve service quality and support better decision-making.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the accurate, timely and compliant delivery of monthly payroll and pension services.
• Lead, support and develop the Payroll Team, creating a positive, accountable and customer-focused environment.
• Review and approve payroll before final submission, ensuring appropriate checks, reconciliations and authorisations are completed.
• Maintain effective payroll controls, segregation of duties and clear audit trails.
• Oversee statutory submissions, pension administration, payroll reconciliations, journals, month-end reporting and year-end activities.
• Ensure compliance with payroll, tax, employment, pension and data protection requirements.
• Monitor legislative and regulatory developments and ensure changes are effectively implemented.
• Produce clear payroll analysis and management information for Finance, People and senior leaders.
• Use data to identify trends, exceptions and emerging risks and drive continuous improvement.
• Lead the development and improvement of payroll systems, processes, controls and data quality.
• Provide professional advice and constructive challenge on complex payroll matters.
• Build effective relationships with HMRC, pension providers, auditors, advisers and payroll system providers.
• Represent payroll in relevant organisational meetings, projects and working groups.

What we're looking for

You'll be an experienced payroll leader with the knowledge and confidence to manage a complex, end-to-end payroll service within a large or multi-site organisation.

You'll be comfortable working at both a strategic and operational level, balancing accuracy, compliance, risk and customer service while leading and developing a team.

You'll have strong attention to detail and the ability to interpret complex legislation and translate requirements into clear, practical processes and guidance.

Essential qualifications and experience

• Significant experience of managing or leading an end-to-end payroll and pension service within a large or complex organisation.
• Current and detailed knowledge of PAYE, RTI, National Insurance, statutory payments, pension administration and automatic enrolment.
• Degree-level qualification, CIPP/IPPM qualification or equivalent extensive experience in a senior payroll leadership role.
• Strong leadership and people-management skills, including experience of coaching, developing and motivating payroll colleagues.
• Experience of payroll reconciliations, journals, financial controls, month-end and year-end reporting.
• Strong analytical and numerical skills, with excellent attention to detail.
• Advanced Excel and payroll data-analysis skills.
• Ability to interpret legislation and translate complex requirements into effective processes, controls and practical guidance.
• Strong risk management, problem-solving and root-cause analysis skills.
• Experience of improving payroll systems, processes, data quality and service performance.
• Strong communication, influencing and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to manage sensitive and confidential information with integrity and discretion.

Desirable

• Chartered or advanced professional payroll qualification.
• Relevant leadership or management qualification.
• Experience of Access Select Pay or a comparable payroll system.
• Experience of integrated HR and payroll systems or payroll modelling.
• Experience of audit or working with auditors and external advisers.
• Experience within social care, the charity sector, the third sector or another regulated environment.

Why Cornerstone

Our values, Caring, Person-Centred, Professional and Pioneering, underpin how we work and the services we provide.

As Payroll Lead, you'll have the opportunity to influence and strengthen an essential organisational service, develop colleagues and lead meaningful improvements to our payroll systems and processes.

You'll play a key role in ensuring our people are paid accurately and on time, while providing the financial control, assurance and insight that supports Cornerstone to deliver high-quality care and support services across Scotland.

So, if you're an experienced payroll leader looking for a role where you can use your expertise to lead, develop and drive meaningful improvement, we'd like to hear from you. Apply now!

Shortlisted candidates will be invited along to an interview on Friday 23rd October 2026.

The successful candidate will need to undertake a Level 2 Disclosure check through Disclosure Scotland.

Join GCIL and Make a Difference!

Glasgow Centre for Inclusive Living, GCIL, is a disabled people’s organisation. We work to promote independent living, equality and inclusion for disabled people.

We particularly welcome applications from disabled people and people with lived experience of the issues our work focuses on.

Why Work With Us?

• Meaningful Impact: Your work will make a tangible difference, helping disabled people of all ages to lead independent, fulfilling lives.
• People-Focused: You’ll spend a significant amount of your time communicating — one-to-one, in groups, in the community, and online. If you love engaging with people, this is the role for you.
• Varied Outreach: From delivering training sessions to hosting workshops, events, and drop-ins, you'll be out in the community building understanding and trust.
• Autonomy and Responsibility: Manage your own caseload and represent GCIL confidently through regular verbal and digital communication.
• Professional Growth: We’ll support your development, including your communication, training delivery, and community engagement skills.

About the Role

The role will provide administrative support to the Project Manager and wider project activity, helping to keep the project organised and running smoothly.

This will include arranging meetings, workshops and project activities, keeping accurate records, preparing and sharing project materials, supporting communication with participants and partners, and helping to make sure project information and activities are accessible and inclusive.

The project will involve disabled people, NHS Scotland Learning Partners and other stakeholders in the development and testing of practical toolkit resources.

The Administrator will play an important role in supporting participation, gathering feedback, maintaining project information and helping the team keep track of actions, timelines and evidence.

Additionally, as our Administrator you will:

• Provide administrative support to the Voices at Work NHS Scotland project
• Help coordinate meetings, workshops, stakeholder sessions, site visits and project events
• Maintain accurate project records, including participant information, action logs, feedback, monitoring information and toolkit testing evidence
• Prepare, format and share agendas, workshop materials, feedback forms, toolkit documents and other project resources
• Support clear and inclusive communication with participants, NHS Scotland Learning Partners, stakeholders and GCIL colleagues
• Help coordinate access requirements and accessible formats, such as Braille, large print and audio
• Use Microsoft 365, including Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams, Forms and SharePoint, to support project administration
• Support monitoring, feedback and reporting processes
• Help manage project resources responsibly and follow GCIL procedures

In order to be successful in this role, you must have:

• Has experience providing administrative support in a busy working environment.
• Is organised, reliable and accurate, with the ability to maintain records, manage information and help keep work on track.
• Has good communication skills and can communicate clearly and respectfully with disabled participants, NHS Scotland Learning Partners, stakeholders and colleagues.
• Is confident using Microsoft 365, including Word, Excel, Outlook and Teams.
• Can work independently, carrying out agreed tasks with confidence, while also contributing effectively as part of a team.
• Understands the importance of accessibility, inclusion and the meaningful involvement of disabled people.

It would be great if you had:

• Experience working with disabled people, supported lived-experience involvement or co-production, coordinating access arrangements, producing information in accessible formats.
• Using Canva or similar design software.

About GCIL

Glasgow Centre for Inclusive Living, GCIL, is a disabled people’s organisation. We work to promote independent living, equality and inclusion for disabled people.

We particularly welcome applications from disabled people and people with lived experience of the issues our work focuses on.

We Actively Welcome Disabled Applicants

As a disabled people-led organisation, we are especially keen to hear from disabled people, including those with lived experience of navigating support systems or barriers in society.

We are committed to creating a workplace where everyone can thrive. If you have lived experience of disability, we strongly encourage you to apply.

If you need adjustments during the application or interview process, just let us know we're happy to support you.

We guarantee interviews for all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria outlined in the job description.

Ready to Join Us?

If you're passionate about inclusion, empowerment, and social justice and ready to grow your leadership in a values-led environment we'd love to hear from you!

The posts will be primarily based in our Hamilton Office with regular travel to our Glasgow head office, and within the North and South Lanarkshire areas.

Apply now and help shape a more inclusive, equitable society.