Stevenage (Hertfordshire) / (PT & FT) Finance Business Partner/ Employer

HFLRecruitment

Contract: Permanent, 37 hours (5 days per week), 40 weeks per year (Term time plus 2 weeks)
Salary: Up to FTE £32,554.96 p.a. Pro-rated salary: £28,970 p.a. (*inclusive of 6.4 weeks paid holiday entitlement)
Location: Hybrid working consisting of remote working, flexibility required to work across educational settings in Hertfordshire, and neighbouring counties, along with occasional visits to Robertson House, Stevenage.

Do you have strong experience of bookkeeping, producing budget reports and accounts?

Would you enjoy applying your knowledge and experience to support school leaders in managing their finances?

Have you ever considered a career in education finance where you can use your transactional skills to support schools to make a difference to children’s life chances across Herts and beyond?

If the answer is yes, why not come and join HFL Education (formerly Herts for Learning Ltd) where you can make a positive difference and further develop your career in education finance.

In this role, you will manage a portfolio of schools within your allocated area of Hertfordshire to provide advice on both the school’s current financial position and future projections. In addition to this you will provide financial guidance to support the school’s aims of continually driving forward the quality of teaching and learning. This is a busy and stimulating role that requires commitment, resilience and professionalism, but gives flexibility and independent working, in line with the service requirements of your schools, e.g. meeting school leaders.

We are seeking an individual with accounting experience, who may be part/full AAT qualified or similar and has the skills to produce accounts and budget reports that school leaders can trust.

Our 'working from anywhere' approach provides colleagues the opportunity to work flexibly in line with their role requirements. This consists of working on-site across various schools and settings, remote working and, up to 2 days per week in our Head Office in Stevenage, Hertfordshire. The ability to reach different locations by car will be essential for this role. If you drive, then a full driving licence and appropriate car insurance will be required. As there is a permanent home working element to this role, you will need to ensure you are equipped for home working.

Benefits: a generous employer pension contribution, 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays (rising to 31 days after five-years) or the equivalent paid for Term Time employees, family-friendly policies, hybrid working, paid mileage, a cycle to work scheme, onsite charging points for electric vehicles, access to mental health and wellbeing support, company performance bonus, professional development opportunities, benefit schemes for discounts and cashback offers, and more.

Would you like to know more information about this opportunity? If so, further information can be found in the job outline and on the HFL website. You can also contact Jackie Keegan via email at jackie.keegan@hfleducation.org and provide your mobile no. so a mutually convenient time can be arranged to discuss the role.

To apply, email hfl.recruitment@hfleducation.org with a detailed CV along with a cover letter to include responses to the following questions:
1. Detail the financial systems you have utilised or are familiar with.
2. What experience do you have working on multiple tasks with conflicting deadlines?
3. Give an example of financial reporting you have completed in the past and how you have ensured that the information was understood by the recipients.

As part of our move towards eradicating unconscious bias within the recruitment process, we will be anonymising your forms.

For recruitment queries, our Central Recruitment Team can also be contacted on the hfl.recruitment email address above. We would love to hear from you.

This job advert may close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. To make sure you don’t miss out on this great opportunity, please submit your application as soon as you can.
Interviews will be taking place via Microsoft Teams.


HFL is committed to being an equal opportunities employer. We insist on the equal treatment of all current and prospective colleagues and will never condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

HFL is also equally committed to becoming an anti-racist organisation and we encourage you to view our Anti-racist position statement which gives clarity on our anti-racist stance. In our relentless efforts to be an anti-racist organisation, we recognise the negative impacts of under representation and lack of diversity in our organisation, our education system and in all aspects of our society. Therefore, for recruitment into any HFL post, where we have 2 or more candidates of equal merit, candidates with protected characteristics will be given advantage over candidates without such characteristics. This is sometimes referred to as a ‘tie-breaker’ and is referred to as ‘positive action’ in the Equality Act 2010.

To help us meet our high standards and aspirations of a fully diverse and inclusive workplace, we strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from all backgrounds to apply and to join us.