Finance Business Partner

Interim Finance Business Partner

6-Month Fixed-Term Contract

Habs has been awarded Independent School of the Year 2025, with Haberdashers’ Elstree Schools receiving both the award for Outstanding Educational Partnerships and the overall top accolade of Independent School of the Year 2025. This recognition reflects our long-term commitment to social impact and the deep, sustained collaborations we continue to build with our state sector partners. It is an exciting time to join our community.

Habs Elstree School is seeking an experienced and commercially focused Finance Business Partner to join our Finance team on a six-month fixed-term contract.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role during a period of strategic growth, transformation and organisational change. Working closely with the Director of Finance and senior stakeholders, you will provide high-quality financial insight and analysis to support effective decision-making across the organisation.

The successful candidate will combine strong technical and analytical skills with a proactive, business-focused approach. You will have the opportunity to contribute to financial planning and analysis, management reporting, finance transformation, strategic projects and process improvement, while acting as a trusted partner to colleagues across the school.

What you'll be doing

Your responsibilities will include:

• Lead and support long-term budgeting, forecasting and financial planning activities.
• Develop robust financial models, scenario analysis and business cases to support strategic decision-making.
• Produce insightful management information, KPI reporting and performance analysis, translating financial data into clear and actionable insight.
• Develop and enhance internal and external financial reporting dashboards, improving the quality, accessibility and presentation of financial information.
• Support the Director of Finance with strategic projects, organisational initiatives, business cases and ad hoc financial analysis.
• Deliver finance transformation, reporting enhancement and process improvement projects.
• Support the development, optimisation and effective use of finance systems and reporting tools.
• Contribute to year-end reporting, audit preparation and technical accounting activities.
• Work collaboratively with financial and non-financial stakeholders, providing constructive challenge and commercially focused financial advice.

About You

We're looking for someone who:

• Is a qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) with strong commercial and analytical capability.
• Has significant experience in FP&A, budgeting, forecasting and financial modelling, with the ability to turn financial data into meaningful insight.
• Is an effective finance business partner, confident building trusted relationships and working with stakeholders at all levels.
• Has a proven track record of delivering finance projects, process improvements and enhanced reporting.
• Has advanced Excel skills, including financial modelling, PivotTables, dashboards and complex data analysis.
• Has experience using Power BI and business intelligence tools to develop clear, insightful management information.
• Can communicate complex financial information clearly and confidently, adapting their approach for both financial and non-financial audiences.
• Is proactive, self-motivated and solutions-focused, with the ability to quickly understand a complex organisation, identify opportunities and make a positive impact from day one.

What we offer:

• A competitive salary, commensurate with the candidate’s experience
• The opportunity to work in a vibrant, ambitious, and supportive school community alongside exceptional colleagues who are deeply committed to excellence and to one another
• Generous private pension scheme through Aegon with substantial employer contributions
• Life assurance cover
• Access to the Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), offering confidential support, guidance, and advice
• Extensive professional development and training opportunities within a culture that values growth and continuous learning
• Free lunch and refreshments during the working day
• Free onsite parking and access to the Schools’ extensive coach network
• Free access to excellent sports facilities, including the gym, swimming pool, and fitness classes
• Wellbeing initiatives and programmes, including yoga, mindfulness sessions, and health checks
• Access to an online GP service, providing quick and convenient healthcare advice
• Access to Vivup, the staff benefits platform offering discounts, financial advice, and wellbeing resources

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.