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Salary: Grade PO3/4 £45,746 - £52,187

Location: Copthall House, 9 The Pavement, Grove Road, Sutton, Surrey, SM1 1DA

Working Pattern: Full Time, Permanent – all year round, 36 hrs per week, 8.45am - 4.30pm Monday -Thursday and 8.45am - 4.15pm Friday.

Orchard Hill College & Academy Trust (OHC&AT) is a family of specialist education providers for pupils and students from nursery to further education. We operate across academies and college centres in London, Surrey, Sussex and Berkshire. Supporting our academies and college, OHC&AT also operates learning support services, such as nursing and therapy, and a central business support team which includes HR, finance and IT.

Pupils and students within the OHC&AT family have a wide range of learning abilities and additional needs. These include autistic spectrum disorder; speech, language and communication difficulties; social, emotional and mental health needs; profound and multiple learning disabilities; and physical disabilities including multi-sensory impairment and complex health conditions.

We are seeking a skilled and proactive Capital and Fixed Asset Finance Business Partner to play a key role in ensuring the accurate recording and reporting of all fixed asset expenditure across both the College and the Trust. This pivotal position will support robust management accounts, statutory reporting, and external compliance requirements, providing clear, reliable financial insights that underpin effective decision‑making. If you are detail‑driven, collaborative, and motivated to contribute to a high‑performing finance team within a values‑led educational organisation, we invite you to join us.

• Ensure accurate recording, reconciliation, and reporting of all fixed asset and capital expenditure across the College & Academy Trust, supporting both management accounts and statutory reporting.
• Prepare and maintain capital expenditure reports, project actuals vs budget, and annual summaries for Finance Board papers, ensuring timely submission of all required returns.
• Manage and reconcile the fixed asset register, working closely with IT and Finance teams to ensure correct capitalisation, depreciation, disposals and asset transfers.
• Monitor and report capital funding allocations, highlighting risks, managing invoicing requirements, and supporting capital cash flow reporting.
• Support internal and external audit processes, maintaining compliance with financial regulations, policies and external reporting standards.

• Proven experience in finance, particularly in capital accounting or fixed asset management, ideally within an education or not‑for‑profit environment.
• Strong technical skills in financial reporting, reconciliation, depreciation and capital expenditure processes.
• Excellent attention to detail with the ability to analyse data, identify risks and ensure accuracy across financial records and systems.
• Effective communication and partnership skills, with the ability to work collaboratively with Finance, IT, Facilities and external stakeholders.
• Strong organisational abilities with experience meeting strict deadlines, managing multiple projects and maintaining high standards of confidentiality and compliance.

• Pathways for progression within the trust, ensuring you can grow and thrive in a supportive and inclusive environment.
• Pension Scheme – you will be enrolled in either the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) or the Teachers' Pension Scheme (TPS), both offering life cover and financial protection for your family.
• Salary Sacrifice Schemes (Cycle Scheme and Home Electronics Scheme)
• Employee Wellbeing – We support employee wellbeing with access to counselling, mental health support, generous leave, flexible working and enhanced parental leave including Employee Assistance Programme, MyGym Discounts, Corporate Eyecare Scheme
• Employee Discounts (Blue Light Card, Costco Membership, Discounts for Teachers and more)
• Other (Season Ticket Loan and Employee Referral Scheme)

Find out what makes OHC&AT a truly rewarding place to work – visit our ‘Work for us’ page to hear from our Chief Executive Officer, John Prior, and watch inspiring messages from students and parents about the difference our staff make every day.

Working together to transform lives is what we do and across the whole organisation we have a range of experts and practitioners who advocate for children and young people with SEND to ensure they receive the best possible opportunities to achieve their full potential.

As a large specialist education provider we employ over 1500 people across our schools, college and central support team. There is a wide range of job roles available, ranging from teaching and therapy to business support roles and significant career progression opportunities.

It is an exciting time to be part of OHC&AT and we are keen to recruit talented people who can play a key role in realising our mission and who want to make a difference. In return, we offer training and development, competitive pay and benefits in a positive and inclusive working environment.

We are committed to promoting and advancing equality of opportunity by attracting and retaining the most diverse range of students, staff and partners.

Your application form will be scored according to each of the requirements laid out in the person specification for this role. Please demonstrate in your statement how your experience, skills and knowledge match the criteria that are required for the role.

To apply for this role, please click ‘Fast Apply’, you will then be directed to a ‘Login’ page, once signed in please complete and submit the Application Form. Please note that CV applications cannot be considered.

Closing Date: 5th January 2026

Interviews will take place on: The Week Commencing 12th January 2026