Job IntroductionPlease note: This is one vacancy being advertised across multiple locations to reach candidates within reasonable travelling distance of our Runcorn Head Office.
If your skills, experience, and qualifications match those in this job overview, do not delay your application.
If you have already applied through one of the other locations, you do not need to apply again – your application will be considered for the same role.
Make an impact beyond the numbers...Are you a part-qualified or qualified accountant who enjoys getting under the skin of a business, understanding what drives performance and using financial insight to influence better decisions?
We're looking for a Finance Business Partner to join HCRG Care Group in a varied, hands-on role combining strong management accounting with commercial finance, financial modelling, product costing and profitability analysis.
You'll work closely with operational and product leaders, taking real ownership of the numbers while providing the insight, challenge and commercial thinking that helps them make informed decisions.
This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys both sides of finance – being comfortable getting into the detail while also being able to step back, see the bigger picture and explain what the numbers really mean.
This is a full-time, permanent role, offering a salary of 45,000–50,000 depending on experience.
You'll work predominantly remotely, with occasional travel to our Head Office in Runcorn for meetings and collaboration, so we're ideally looking for someone within reasonable travelling distance. What you'll be doingThis is much more than a reporting role.
You'll take end-to-end financial ownership for your area and become a trusted finance partner to the people responsible for running it. You'll be: Taking ownership of the month-end process, including journals, accruals, prepayments, income recognition and balance sheet reconciliationsProducing monthly performance reporting, variance analysis and meaningful commentary that explains what's happening, why and what needs to happen nextLeading budgeting and forecasting, working with budget holders to challenge assumptions and identify risks and opportunitiesMaintaining rolling forecasts and helping senior stakeholders understand the likely financial position between formal forecasting cyclesBuilding and maintaining robust financial models to support commercial and operational decision-makingProducing product and contract profitability analysis, understanding what is driving margin movements and identifying opportunities to improve performanceProviding product costing and commercial analysis to support pricing, business cases and contract opportunitiesWorking closely with operational and product leaders, providing constructive challenge and helping them make commercially informed decisionsEnsuring sales and billing information is accurate and working with Accounts Receivable and Credit Control to resolve issues and manage aged debtTranslating complex financial information into clear, practical insight for non-finance colleaguesBuilding strong relationships across the business so Finance is involved in key decisions from the outsetThe breadth of the role reflects the JD, which gives the FBP responsibility across month-end and financial control through to reporting, forecasting, profitability, costing and commercial decision support.
Who we're looking forWe're looking for someone who combines strong financial fundamentals with commercial curiosity.
You'll be comfortable working with detailed financial information and modelling, but just as importantly, you'll be able to communicate confidently with stakeholders, ask the right questions and turn the numbers into something meaningful.
Essential: ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent – qualified, or part-qualified with strong relevant experienceStrong management accounting experience, including month-end, journals, accruals, prepayments and balance sheet reconciliationsExperience producing budgets and rolling forecasts, including variance analysisAdvanced Excel skills, with the ability to build and maintain robust financial modelsStrong analytical skills and the ability to interpret financial information rather than simply report itExcellent communication skills, with the ability to explain complex financial information clearly to non-finance colleaguesConfidence to challenge, influence and build credibility with stakeholdersA proactive and organised approach, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlinesThe ability to work independently while building strong relationships across Finance and the wider businessThese requirements align directly with the essential criteria in the person specification.
Desirable:
Previous experience in a Finance Business Partner, Management Accountant, Commercial Accountant or similar roleExperience within a product-based, manufacturing or multi-contract commercial environmentExperience of product costing or product/contract profitability analysisExperience supporting commercial decision-making, pricing or business casesExperience using Microsoft Dynamics or similar finance systemsNHS or healthcare experienceYou don't need to come from an NHS or healthcare background.
We're particularly interested in your ability to understand a business, build strong financial models and use your commercial and financial experience to provide meaningful insight and challenge. The JD specifically treats product/multi-contract business partnering, profitability analysis and NHS/care experience as desirable rather than essential. For a full list of role responsibilities, please refer to the attached job description. Why join us? If you're looking for a Finance Business Partner role where you can do more than produce the numbers, this is an opportunity to have genuine ownership and influence.
Commercial exposure – develop your experience across financial modelling, product costing, profitability and pricing End-to-end ownership – follow the numbers from month-end and financial control through to forecasting and commercial decision-making Real business partnering – work directly with operational and product leaders, providing insight and constructive challenge Variety – work across different financial and commercial priorities rather than focusing purely on management reporting Autonomy and flexibility – predominantly remote working with occasional collaboration at our Runcorn Head Office Room to develop – broaden your commercial finance experience within a large and diverse health and care organisationPackage DescriptionAs a Finance Business Partner, you'll be part of our valued Finance team at HCRG Care Group and will receive access to a range of rewards and benefits including:45,000–50,000 annual salary depending on experience, with access to our group pensionPrivate medical insurance with fast access to some of the most commonly used specialists, including support for musculoskeletal problems and mental healthFree tea, coffee and milk when working from our Runcorn Head OfficeMembership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to youAccess to your wages as you earn them to help cover life's emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest ratesOnline and face-to-face support with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post-trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, career coaching and counsellingAccess to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our 'Outstanding' learning and development team, The Learning EnterpriseAn open, just culture where you're encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least 100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each yearThe pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards, with the majority of our rated services holding 'Good' or 'Outstanding' ratings from the Care Quality CommissionAbout the CompanyWe change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes.
We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services.
Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year – guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do. We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team.
We're a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone. While it doesn't happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we'll need to close it earlier than the date we've shown here.
If you're keen to join our team, we'd love to hear from you, so please apply as soon as you can. As you'd expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance, so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks. Finally, we need to let you know that the company you'll work for is part of HCRG Care Group Holdings Limited and by applying for this job we'll need to process and hold information about you.
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