The role
We are looking for a Finance Business Partner to deliver financial management and planning services using our supported software to a portfolio of schools.
The HFL Financial Services team provides a wide range of high quality accounting and financial management services to support schools, academies and free schools primarily in Hertfordshire. Our Schools Financial Business Partners support a portfolio of schools and academies with the provision of accurate and timely accounting services. They provide advice on both the school’s current financial position and future projections as well as financial guidance to support the school’s aims of continually driving forward the quality of teaching and learning.
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- 28 days annual leave (rising to 31 following five years’ service) plus bank holidays
- A range of additional leave (compassionate, emergency, pregnancy related sickness, and disability leave for appointments)
- Pension scheme (10% employer contribution)
- Life assurance
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Annual company bonus opportunity
- Learning and development opportunities including academic sponsorship
- Occupational sick/maternity/adoption pay
- Access to HFL Extras, our online platform with a wide range of savings, discounts and cashback opportunities
- Paid leave entitlement to undertake voluntary work; we especially encourage school governors
- Hybrid flexible working with support on commuting expenses
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), which provides advice and support, including a counselling service
- Access to Mental Health First Aiders
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- HFL Equal opportunities monitoring form (DOCX 44 KB)
Would you like to know more information about this opportunity? If so, further information can be found in the job outline. You can also contact Jackie Keegan via email on jackie.keegan@hfleducation.org who would be happy to arrange a call or meeting with you.
To apply, email hfl.recruitment@hfleducation.org with a detailed CV along with a cover letter to include responses to the following questions, alternatively apply via our website below
- What skills and attributes do you think you could bring to enhance the role of Finance Business Partner?
- How would your previous or current experience benefit you to succeed in this role?
As part of our move towards eradicating unconscious bias within the recruitment process, we will be anonymising your forms.
For recruitment queries, our Central Recruitment Team can also be contacted on the hfl.recruitment email address above. We would love to hear from you.
At a glance
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Contract: Permanent
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Hours: 37hrs per week, term time + 2 weeks (flexible working patterns and hours will be considered for the right candidate)
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Salary: £32,565 FTE p.a. (pro-rata to be advised once contract hours are agreed)
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Location: Hybrid working – inclusive of working from home and working in schools/school setting. Flexibility required to work across educational settings in Hertfordshire and neighbouring counties, along with occasional visits to Bank House, Stevenage as required to meet organisational needs.
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Closing date: Wedensday 2nd July 2025
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Interview date: Week commencing 30th June 2025
Job outline
Contact us
We are a committed Disability Confident employer and a signatory of the BITC Race at Work Charter reflecting our continuing commitment to be unbiased across our recruitment and workplace practices.
We actively encourage suitably qualified applicants from all backgrounds to apply and to join us. We use an anonymous application process to ensure we always select candidates based on their skills and competencies. When two or more candidates have equal merit, the candidate with protected characteristics will have an advantage over others. This tie-breaker approach is described as positive action in the Equality Act 2010 and we believe strongly in the power of overcoming disadvantage.
If you are invited to interview, please be prepared to discuss the subject of unconscious bias with us. These conversations are extremely useful in giving us an idea of what working together will be like.
HFL is an equal opportunities employer, committed to building and celebrating an environment that is inclusive and equitable, in which everyone can flourish, regardless of race, age, sexuality, gender, disability, or status.