Assistant Finance Business Partner
Orchard Hill College Academy Trust, Sutton, SM1 1DA11 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
10 December 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
28 November 2025
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: Full Time, Permanent
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Grade SO1/2 (£37,130 - £42,057)
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking for a detail-oriented Assistant Finance Business Partner to support our Finance team in managing accounting entries, reconciliations, cashflow, and departmental budgets. You will work closely with the Finance Business Partner and department heads to ensure accurate financial reporting, support planning, and contribute to the smooth running of financial processes across the organisation.
Key Responsibilities:
- Accounting & Reconciliations - Prepare and maintain monthly accounting entries, accruals, prepayments, deferred income, and intercompany reconciliations.
- Cashflow & Treasury Support - Assist with cashflow preparation, intercompany payments, and liaise with the Cashflow and Treasury Manager.
- Budget Management & Financial Planning - Support the Finance Business Partner in departmental budget monitoring, forecasting, and variance analysis.
- Reporting & Financial Analysis - Prepare reports, support the preparation of accounts, and maintain financial models for budgets and planning.
- Stakeholder Support & Process Improvement - Work with department heads, assist with ad hoc projects, and contribute to improving financial processes and data accuracy.
Key Requirements:
- Accounting Knowledge – Experience in preparing accounting entries, reconciliations, and financial reporting.
- Budgeting & Financial Planning – Ability to support departmental budgets, forecast variances, and assist with financial models.
- Analytical & Detail-Oriented – Strong numerical and analytical skills with a focus on accuracy.
- Communication & Collaboration – Able to work effectively with Finance Business Partners, department heads, and other stakeholders.
- Proactive & Organised – Self-motivated, able to manage multiple tasks, meet deadlines, and support process improvements.
What the school offers its staff
OHC&AT is an exciting, forward-thinking organisation, and we offer many benefits to attract and keep our staff, contributing towards maintaining and improving wellbeing, and encouraging our required behaviours, achievements, values, and skills. Below is just a selection of the benefits available to our employees:
Rewards & Benefits:
- Pathways for progression within the trust, ensuring you can grow and thrive in a supportive and inclusive environment.
- Pension Scheme - you will be enrolled in either the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) or the Teachers' Pension Scheme (TPS), both offering life cover and financial protection for your family.
- Salary Sacrifice Schemes (Cycle Scheme and Home Electronics Scheme)
- Employee Wellbeing - We support employee wellbeing with access to counselling, mental health support, generous leave, flexible working, and enhanced parental leave including Employee Assistance Programme, MyGym Discounts, Corporate Eyecare Scheme
- Employee Discounts (Blue Light Card, Costco Membership, Discounts for Teachers, and more)
- Other (Season Ticket Loan and Employee Referral Scheme)
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
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About Orchard Hill College Academy Trust
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
- Email address
- MollyKing@orchardhill.ac.uk
Orchard Hill College (the College) and Orchard Hill College Academy Trust (the Trust) together form Orchard Hill College and Academy Trust (OHC&AT), a family of specialist education providers for pupils and students from nursery to further education across London, Surrey, Sussex and Berkshire. As an Outstanding provider (Ofsted 2019) and Academy sponsor, Orchard Hill College has a strong track record for making a positive impact within the local communities it serves.
Pupils and students within the OHC&AT family have a wide range of learning abilities and additional needs including autistic spectrum disorder; speech, language and communication difficulties; social, emotional and mental health; profound and multiple disabilities; and physical disabilities including multi-sensory impairment and complex health needs.
Our ambition is to contribute further to improving the education offer for all pupils and students in our communities, including those with SEND. The College offers specialist educational programmes for students aged 16 and over in College centres and satellite provision in London and the South. The Academy Trust enables us to build on and extend scope of our work in these geographical areas, so that Academy pupils can also benefit from our expertise and access a greater range of opportunities arising from our strong community and stakeholder networks.
Supporting our College and Academies, OHC&AT also operates a range of services and support including Quality and Standards, Learning Support and Business Support.
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