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

HCRG Care Group; Manchester; A distancia; GBP 36.000 - 44.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

HCRG Care Group is seeking a Finance Business Partner to join the Finance team on a fixed-term basis (9–12 months) to provide maternity cover. The role is predominantly remote, supporting the financial performance of community healthcare services, with occasional travel to Manchester.

You will work with operational managers on budgets, forecasts, month-end reporting and cost control, bringing strong accounting and stakeholder-facing skills.

Formación

• Qualified or part-qualified accountant with CIMA/ACCA/ACA or equivalent.
• Experience in management accounting and month-end processes.
• Strong Excel and data analysis skills.
• Experience with MS Dynamics or healthcare sector advantageous.

Responsabilidades

• Prepare month-end journals, accruals, prepayments and other adjustments.
• Complete balance sheet reconciliations and maintain financial controls.
• Produce monthly management reports, variance analysis and commentary.
• Support annual budgets, quarterly reforecasts and monthly forecasts.
• Review costs with operational managers and identify financial risks/opportunities.
• Monitor invoicing accuracy and aged debt with AR team.
• Provide financial analysis on contract performance, profitability and business cases.
• Build relationships with service managers and explain financial information to non-finance colleagues.

Conocimientos

Management accounting

Month-end processes

Journals & accruals

Excel

Educación

CIMA/ACCA/ACA or equivalent

Herramientas

Microsoft Dynamics

Descripción del empleo

# 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/CR2/152668/21269* **Contract Type** Fixed Term - Full Time* **Closing Date** 29 November, 2026* **Job Category** HCRG - Corporate* **Business Unit** HCRG - Corporate* **Location** Manchester (home-based with occasional travel), United Kingdom* **Posted on** 13 November, 2026