Finance Business Partner: 9-12 Month FTC (Maternity Cover)

HCRG Care Group; Chelmsford; Remote; GBP 36,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

HCRG Care Group seeks a Finance Business Partner on a fixed-term basis (9–12 months) to support Essex services from a remote/home-based role with occasional travel. You will manage month-end, budgeting, forecasting, and cost analysis, working closely with operations to improve financial performance.

Applicants should have a CIMA/ACCA/ACA or equivalent qualification (or be part-qualified) with strong management accounting, Excel modelling and stakeholder communication skills.

Qualifications

• Accounting qualification such as CIMA/ACCA/ACA.
• Experience in management accounting and month-end processes.
• Experience preparing budgets, forecasts and variance analysis.
• Strong Excel skills and financial modelling.
• Clear communication with operational managers.
• Good organisational skills and deadline management.
• Proactive in improving processes and business decisions.
• Experience as Finance Business Partner is advantageous; familiarity with MS Dynamics or healthcare sector.

Responsibilities

• Prepare month-end journals, accruals and prepayments.
• Complete balance sheet reconciliations and maintain controls.
• Produce monthly management reports, variance analysis and commentary.
• Support budgets, quarterly reforecasts and ongoing monthly forecasting.
• Review costs with operational managers to identify risks and opportunities.
• Monitor invoicing and aged debt with Accounts Receivable.
• Provide financial analysis on contract performance and profitability.
• Explain financial information clearly to non-finance colleagues.
• Support workforce planning and continuous improvements.

Skills

Management accounting

Month-end processes

Budgeting & forecasting

Excel modelling

Stakeholder communication

Contract profitability analysis

Microsoft Dynamics

Education

CIMA/ACCA/ACA or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Dynamics

Job description

# Vacancies Finance Business Partner: 9-12 Month FTC (Maternity Cover)## Job IntroductionWe have an opportunity for a Finance Business Partner to join our Finance team at HCRG Care Group on a fixed-term basis, providing maternity cover for approximately 9–12 months.This is a predominantly remote role, supporting the financial performance of our community healthcare services, primarily across Essex, with potential responsibility for West Lancashire.You'll work closely with operational managers and service leaders, helping them understand their financial performance, manage budgets and make informed decisions.We're looking for someone with a strong management accounting background who is comfortable working with financial information and building relationships with colleagues outside of Finance.You may already be working as a Finance Business Partner, or you could be an experienced Management Accountant looking to build on your commercial and stakeholder-facing experience.**Main Responsibilities**As a Finance Business Partner, you'll take responsibility for the financial performance and reporting of your allocated business unit or units.Your responsibilities will include:* Preparing month-end journals, including accruals, prepayments and other adjustments, ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting.* Completing balance sheet reconciliations and maintaining appropriate financial controls.* Producing monthly management reports, variance analysis and commentary to help operational teams understand financial performance.* Supporting annual budgets, quarterly reforecasts and ongoing monthly forecasting.* Working closely with operational managers to review costs, identify financial risks and opportunities, and support effective decision-making.* Monitoring invoicing accuracy and aged debt, working with our central Accounts Receivable team to resolve queries.* Providing financial analysis on contract performance, profitability, pricing and business cases.* Building effective relationships with service managers and explaining financial information clearly to non-finance colleagues.* Supporting financial planning, workforce planning and continuous improvements across the services you support.**The Ideal Candidate**We're looking for someone who can combine strong technical accounting skills with a practical, approachable style of business partnering.You'll need:* An accounting qualification such as CIMA, ACCA or ACA (or equivalent), or to be part-qualified with strong relevant experience.* Experience of management accounting and month-end processes, including journals, accruals, prepayments and balance sheet reconciliations.* Experience preparing budgets, forecasts and variance analysis.* Strong Excel skills, including the ability to work with financial models and analyse data.* Confidence working with operational managers and other stakeholders, communicating financial information in a clear and meaningful way.* Good organisational skills, with the ability to manage deadlines and work independently.* A proactive approach to identifying issues, improving processes and supporting business decisions.Previous Finance Business Partner experience, particularly within a multi-contract or commercial environment, would be advantageous, as would experience of contract profitability analysis, Microsoft Dynamics or the healthcare sector.You don't necessarily need to have worked in healthcare before. We're particularly interested in candidates who can demonstrate strong financial management skills and an ability to work effectively with operational teams.**About HCRG Care Group**HCRG Care Group is one of the UK's leading providers of community health and care services, working with the NHS and local authorities to deliver services that support people and communities across the country.Our colleagues are guided by three values: **Care, Think and Do**. These shape how we work together, support our communities and continuously improve the services we provide.**Additional Information**This is a predominantly remote position, although occasional travel to our services may be required to meet colleagues, understand the services we deliver and build relationships with operational managers.We are advertising this vacancy across several locations to reach candidates throughout the UK. **This is one fixed-term position**, so if you see the advert listed in more than one location, you only need to apply once.The contract is anticipated to last approximately 9–12 months to provide maternity cover, subject to confirmation of the final arrangements.### Attached documents* Finance\\_Business\\_Partner\\_JD - FTC.pdfApply+− OpenStreetMap contributors### Finance Business Partner: 9-12 Month FTC (Maternity Cover)* **Salary** up to £40,000 per annum (depending upon experience)* **Frequency** Annual* **Job Reference** HCRGCG/TP/CR4/152668/21271* **Contract Type** Fixed Term - Full Time* **Closing Date** 29 November, 2026* **Job Category** HCRG - Corporate* **Business Unit** HCRG - Corporate* **Location** Chelmsford (home-based with occasional travel), United Kingdom* **Posted on** 13 November, 2026