Assistant Finance Business Partner

The Aurora Group; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 31,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading provider of educational and care services in the UK is seeking an Assistant Finance Business Partner to support financial reporting and management in various services. This role offers the flexibility of remote working with occasional travel to the central office, providing a competitive salary and generous benefits package.

Benefits

Life assurance

Enhanced Pension scheme

Enhanced annual leave

Perkbox discounts

Employee assistance programme

Fully funded training

Health cash back plan

Qualifications

• AAT Qualified or studying towards CIMA preferred.
• Experience in a Finance team and producing monthly management accounts.
• Strong IT skills with good knowledge of Excel.

Responsibilities

• Support the Finance Business Partner in financial reporting and forecasting.
• Prepare month-end management accounts and assist with transactional analysis.
• Embed financial controls and processes across services.

Skills

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Team player

Strong IT skills

Financial reporting

Education

AAT Qualification

Studying towards CIMA

Tools

Excel

Job description

Overview and Responsibilities

Assistant Finance Business Partner

Location: Remote / Home working

Salary: £31,000 - £33,000

Hours: 40 hours per week

The Aurora Group

The Aurora Group is one of the largest providers of SEND educational and care services in the country, supporting over 1,200 children, young people and adults, and employing over 1,500 staff spread across 27 services around England.

Due to our continued growth; we’re currently looking for an Assistant Finance Business Partner. Whilst the role is home based, there is a requirement to travel occasionally to Twigworth, Gloucestershire where ourCentral Officeprovides financial support, leadership and governance to the group as well as a number of our sites across the country.

The Role:

As a key member of the Finance Business Partnering Team you’ll be working closely with our Finance Business Partner to ensure that the financial position and forecasting of a number of our services (schools/colleges) within the group is accurately reported.

You’ll play a key a role in supporting the Finance Business Partner to prepare the month end management accounts; assisting with the preparation of accruals and prepayments, transactional analysis, monthly reforecasts, balance sheet reconciliations and annual budgets. You will help to embed financial controls and processes on site and provide insightful analysis, performance monitoring and financial modelling as appropriate. All of these processes will support the service’s leadership teams to maintain good budgetary control; ensuring they are fully versed in their financials and are enabled to make appropriate decisions as a result.

Please note that duties will vary and you will be expected to contribute to the overall aims of the team. Please see the link below for our full job description:

Job Description: Assistant Finance BusinessPartner

Skills and Qualifications

Experience:

Successful candidates are likely to demonstrate:

• AAT Qualified (or studying towards CIMA) preferred.
• Experience in working in a Finance team, and experience of producing monthly management accounts and reports.
• Strong IT skills with good knowledge of Excel.
• High degree of accuracy/attention to detail.
• Excellent team player with strong communications skills, with an ability to clearly explain financial concepts to non-financial managers.
• Credibility and confidence to work with senior managers across the organisation.

Whilst the role is predominantly home based there will be a need to work from our office in Twigworth when required as well the occasional visits to our services.

Benefits and Additional Information

What’s on offer?

Be part of our successful team and also benefit from a generous package that includes:

• Life assurance
• Enhanced Pension scheme
• Enhanced annual leave
• Perkbox - offering retail and other discounts, access to car lease scheme and bike to work scheme
• Employee assistance programme
• Fully funded training and qualifications
• Free membership to our Health cash back plan - Claim back money on services such as dental, optical, physio and many more.

How to Apply:

Please complete an online application form in full, remembering to include all employment and education details. If you need any assistance or would like any more information, please contact Liz in the Aurora Group Recruitment Team at [e-mail]

Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Aurora Group is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.

The Aurora Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young adults in our care and is a disability confident and equal opportunities employer.

This advert could be taken down at any point in time without prior notice if the position is filled.

Please note that candidates that are shortlisted might be subject to an online search.