Senior Finance Business Partner
Orchard Hill College Academy Trust, Sutton, SM1 1DA23 days remaining to apply
Start date details
to be confirmed
Closing date
14 July 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
20 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 36 hrs per week (8.45am – 4.30pm Monday – Thursday; 8.45am – 4.15pm Friday), Hybrid (3/2)
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- OHCAT Outer London Business Support Scale, Grade PO5/6/7 (spine points 44-52) £50,568.00 - £58,692.00 per annum.
What skills and experience we're looking for
As a Senior Finance Business Partner, you will oversee and be professionally responsible for the provision of a high-quality financial service to the academies the post-holder is accountable for. This post is central to supporting the trust and its academies to achieve their strategic aims and objectives, via effective and efficient management of financial resources to ultimately transform the lives of young people. The responsibilities for this role are wide and varied and will include:
- working closely with School Leadership Teams to discuss financial strategy, management accounts, budgets & forecasts and to provide financial and commercial advice.
- working with trust finance colleagues to drive continuous improvement in controls, finding efficiencies in processes and enhancing financial analysis which adds value.
- working closely with other trust departments such as HR, Estates and Procurement to align staffing, estates and supplier strategies with financial plans.
Requirements:
- Proven experience of finance business partnering, preferably within the Education or public sector.
- Demonstrable knowledge of financial management, budget planning, analysis and reporting.
- Continuous improvement mindset with a desire to challenge the status quo.
- Excellent communication skills with proven ability in working with non-financial stakeholders
- Experience of line management and an interest in people development.
- Proficiency with Microsoft packages and ability to learn finance systems required.
- Flexible, team-player with a can-do attitude to providing the best service to schools possible.
What the school offers its staff
Please see the attached job description and person specification for full details on the role and the skills, experience and knowledge we are looking for.
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
- jobs@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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