Finance Business Partner

PLEASE NOTE: First round interviews for this position will be held on 25/09/2025.

Purpose:

As a Finance Business Partner, you will work closely with the directorates, department heads and regional budget holders (supporting multiple sites), ensuring the delivery of full and effective financial service The role is one of decision support: providing, analysing and interpreting management information to influence decision making and to deliver service improvements and efficiencies

Partner with the directors and regional budget holders providing insight and understanding to ensure the Trust meets its financial objectives.

Regularly spend time in our communities, working with our budget holders to understand and drive performance.

Location & Travel:
Remote.

The role is mainly remote (home-based); however, you will be expected to regularly attend our Northern communities – Botton Village near Whitby, Croft in Malton and Larchfield in Middlesbrough.

Duties & Responsibilities:

Key responsibilities include:

• Ownership of budget and forecasting process for your community/ directorate /depts operations.
• Working as a team with the other Finance Business Partners, ensure a timely process and a high level of accuracy and engagement.
• Compilation of the monthly management accounts, including KPI’s and explanations for major variances to budget.
• Build and manage relationships and network productively.
• Working with budget holders to provide insight and challenge the performance of operations identifying trends and opportunities for improved financial performance.
• Responsible for all journal entries into the accounting system for the directorates, and departments they support e.g., accruals, prepayments etc.
• Ensuring best practices is adhered at the communities and with budget holders so that they are compliant with organisation financial procedures.
• Provision of support and guidance to operational staff to assist them in effective use of the Trust financial systems.
• Monthly review of rotas, payroll, and commissioned income to identify any issues of overstaffing or commissioned rates.
• Responsible for the Annual income review for any uplifts including annual housing rental review.
• Ensuring sales invoicing is undertaken on a timely basis by the Assistant Finance Business Partner (as and when required).
• Reconciliation of the Income proof in totals.
• Effective credit control, to ensure receipts are received on a timely basis.
• Work closely with the Financial Controller to ensure all financial returns are completed and submitted Centrally on a timely basis e.g. weekly banking’s, year-end accounts etc.
• Maintain a regular stock take and stock valuation process.
• Responsible for review of relevant community expense (nominal) codes, ensuring income and expenditure is coded appropriately.
• Line management of Assistant Finance Business Partner.

General:

• To comply with the Trust’s Policies and Procedures, including Safeguarding, Equality & Diversity and Data Protection.
• To comply with the statutory provisions of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.
• Employees must look after their own health, safety and welfare and be mindful of other persons who may be affected by their acts or omissions. Employees must co-operate and comply with management instructions regarding Health and Safety issues and report all accidents, incidents and problems as soon as practicable to their manager or other senior members of staff where necessary.
• To ensure that confidentiality is respected and maintained at all times.
• To attend and participate in Team Meetings, 1-2-1 Supervision sessions and other meetings as required in line with the post.
• To undertake any other duties which are consistent with this post, as directed by line management.

This job description is not an exhaustive list of duties and responsibilities and is subject to change in accordance with the needs of the department.

Person Specification:

Essential:

• A recognised accountancy qualification - ACA /ACCA/CIMA qualified, finalist or part qualified, or QBE.
• Minimum 2 years in a similar senior finance role with a strong background in financial analysis, budgeting, and forecasting within the charity sector.
• Strategic knowledge and experience of finance and business planning
• Proven experience of supporting business performance management and reporting processes.
• Proven experience of business partnering and/or working closely with non-financial colleagues at varying levels of seniority.
• Experience of preparation of management accounts and multi operational reporting.
• Knowledge & understanding of internal controls& core accounting systems and processes.
• Ability to interact with non-financial business partners is key i.e. Operations, interpreting complex financial information, positions/ situations articulately.

Desirable:

• Degree in finance or accounting.
• Previous experience in an accounting role in the Charity or Housing Sectors.
• Iplicit accounting system in a multi cost centre environment.
• Experience/understanding of VAT partial exemption.
• Knowledge of Fixed Assets and Accounting for Capital expenditure projects.

Camphill Village Trust is an equal opportunity employer.

Camphill Village Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all adults who use our services and as such expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to complete the relevant pre-employment checks including a DBS check.

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a sufficient number of applications.