Finance Business Partner: 9-12 Month FTC (Maternity Cover)NHS

Job summary

We have an opportunity for a Finance Business Partner to join our Finance team at HCRG Care Group on a fixed-term basis, providing maternity cover for approximately 912 months. This is a predominantly remote role, supporting the financial performance of our community healthcare services, primarily across Essex, with potential responsibility for West Lancashire. You'll work closely with operational managers and service leaders, helping them understand their financial performance, manage budgets and make informed decisions. We're looking for someone with a strong management accounting background who is comfortable working with financial information and building relationships with colleagues outside of Finance. You may already be working as a Finance Business Partner, or you could be an experienced Management Accountant looking to build on your commercial and stakeholder-facing experience. Main Responsibilities As a Finance Business Partner, you'll take responsibility for the financial performance and reporting of your allocated business unit or units.

Main duties of the job

We have an opportunity for a Finance Business Partner to join our Finance team at HCRG Care Group on a fixed-term basis, providing maternity cover for approximately 912 months. This is a predominantly remote role, supporting the financial performance of our community healthcare services, primarily across Essex, with potential responsibility for West Lancashire. You'll be working closely with operational managers and service leaders, helping them understand their financial performance, manage budgets, and make informed decisions. Responsibilities include preparing month-end journals, completing balance sheet reconciliations, producing monthly management reports, supporting annual budgets, and providing financial analysis on contract performance, profitability, pricing, and business cases. We seek someone with a strong management accounting background and experience in management accounting and month-end processes. An accounting qualification such as CIMA, ACCA, ACA (or equivalent), or strong relevant experience, is required.

Job description

Package Description: We have an opportunity for a Finance Business Partner to join our Finance team at HCRG Care Group on a fixed-term basis, providing maternity cover for approximately 912 months.

This is a predominantly remote role, supporting the financial performance of our community healthcare services, primarily across Essex, with potential responsibility for West Lancashire.

You'll work closely with operational managers and service leaders, helping them understand their financial performance, manage budgets and make informed decisions.

We're looking for someone with a strong management accounting background who is comfortable working with financial information and building relationships with colleagues outside of Finance.

You may already be working as a Finance Business Partner, or you could be an experienced Management Accountant looking to build on your commercial and stakeholder-facing experience.

Main Responsibilities

As a Finance Business Partner, you'll take responsibility for the financial performance and reporting of your allocated business unit or units.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Preparing month-end journals, including accruals, prepayments and other adjustments, ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting.
• Completing balance sheet reconciliations and maintaining appropriate financial controls.
• Producing monthly management reports, variance analysis and commentary to help operational teams understand financial performance.
• Supporting annual budgets, quarterly reforecasts and ongoing monthly forecasting.
• Working closely with operational managers to review costs, identify financial risks and opportunities, and support effective decision-making.
• Monitoring invoicing accuracy and aged debt, working with our central Accounts Receivable team to resolve queries.
• Providing financial analysis on contract performance, profitability, pricing and business cases.
• Building effective relationships with service managers and explaining financial information clearly to non-finance colleagues.
• Supporting financial planning, workforce planning and continuous improvements across the services you support.

The Ideal Candidate

We're looking for someone who can combine strong technical accounting skills with a practical, approachable style of business partnering.

You'll need:

• An accounting qualification such as CIMA, ACCA or ACA (or equivalent), or to be part-qualified with strong relevant experience.
• Experience of management accounting and month-end processes, including journals, accruals, prepayments and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Experience preparing budgets, forecasts and variance analysis.
• Strong Excel skills, including the ability to work with financial models and analyse data.
• Confidence working with operational managers and other stakeholders, communicating financial information in a clear and meaningful way.
• Good organisational skills, with the ability to manage deadlines and work independently.
• A proactive approach to identifying issues, improving processes and supporting business decisions.

Previous Finance Business Partner experience, particularly within a multi-contract or commercial environment, would be advantageous, as would experience of contract profitability analysis, Microsoft Dynamics or the healthcare sector.

You don't necessarily need to have worked in healthcare before. We're particularly interested in candidates who can demonstrate strong financial management skills and an ability to work effectively with operational teams.

About HCRG Care Group

HCRG Care Group is one of the UK's leading providers of community health and care services, working with the NHS and local authorities to deliver services that support people and communities across the country.

Our colleagues are guided by three values: Care, Think and Do. These shape how we work together, support our communities and continuously improve the services we provide.

Additional Information

This is a predominantly remote position, although occasional travel to our services may be required to meet colleagues, understand the services we deliver and build relationships with operational managers.

We are advertising this vacancy across several locations to reach candidates throughout the UK. This is one fixed-term position, so if you see the advert listed in more than one location, you only need to apply once.

The contract is anticipated to last approximately 912 months to provide maternity cover, subject to confirmation of the final arrangements.

About us

HCRG Care Group is a leading provider of community health and care services in the UK, working with the NHS and local authorities to deliver essential services that support people and communities across the country. Employing a team guided by values such as Care, Think, and Do, HCRG Care Group continuously seeks to improve the services it provides. The team is committed to working collaboratively, supporting community health initiatives and ensuring high-quality care delivery. HCRG Care Group provides a wide range of services, including adult health, children's services, and public health, and is an expert in transforming health and care ecosystems to achieve better health outcomes. As an organisation, HCRG Care Group values employees who bring technical skills, compassion, and a strong commitment to service excellence, thus playing a crucial role in the healthcare landscape in the UK.