Finance Business Partner

HCUC; Uxbridge; Hybrid; GBP 44,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent educational institution in the UK seeks a Finance Business Partner for its Uxbridge Campus. The role involves identifying and addressing the financial needs of the college group while providing support to budget managers and financial directors. Candidates should possess significant finance experience, along with a recognised accounting qualification. The position may offer hybrid working options after an initial period. This is a full-time position with a competitive salary range of £44,369 to £46,906 per annum.

Qualifications

• Completed or progressing towards an accounting qualification.
• Minimum of 3 years' experience in finance.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Identify, plan, and meet the finance needs of the College group.
• Provide accurate management information for budget managers.
• Support preparation of budgets and forecasts.

Skills

Accounting qualification (e.g. ACCA / CIMA)

Experience in budgeting and forecasting

Knowledge of finance and accounting regulations

Ability to work under pressure

Interpersonal and communication skills

Education

Recognised accounting qualification

Job description

Finance

Location: Uxbridge

Salary: £44,369 to £46,906 per annum including London Weighting

Post Type: Full Time

Release Date: Sunday 14 December 2025

Closing Date: Thursday 08 January 2026

Interview Date: To be confirmed

Reference: 2058-R

HRUC (Harrow, Richmond and Uxbridge Colleges) is a successful merged college group, based across 5 vibrant campuses.

We are looking to appoint a Finance Business Partner based at the Uxbridge Campus to proactively identify, plan and meet the finance needs of the College group. Supporting the Head of Financial Planning & Analysis and the Director of Finance, you would provide a professional, customer focused accounting service and deliver insightful, accurate and timely management information to ensure budget managers, the senior management team and other stakeholders have the information relevant to their needs and to ensure financial targets are met. You will also support the preparation of budgets and forecasts and monitoring of actual income, expenditure and capital spend against targets.

We are seeking to appoint someone who can demonstrate the following:

• Completed or progressing towards a recognised accounting qualification e.g. ACCA / CIMA
• Minimum of 3 years' experience in a Finance role
• Experience of budgeting and forecasting within an accounting function
• Detailed knowledge of finance and accounting regulations Detailed knowledge of finance, particularly management accounting systems and processes
• Ability to work under pressure and to challenging deadlines
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to build relationships with stakeholders

This post is based at Uxbridge Campus, with a requirement to travel to and work from other college sites as required. There may be an opportunity for hybrid working of 1 day per week after a settling in period, subject to business need.

Please note, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.

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Equal Opportunities

HRUC is an equal opportunities employer. We encourage applications from all people, irrespective of disability, race, gender, age, sexual orientation, transsexual or gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership, religion/faith or pregnancy and maternity leave.

HRUC (Harrow, Richmond & Uxbridge Colleges) is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults, and we expect all staff to share this commitment. To ensure that we meet our safeguarding commitments we will carry out all necessary pre-employment checks, including undertaking an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring check for all successful candidates.

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