As your finance business partner, we offer tailored support that enables you to make effective and informed decisions based on – and backed up by - up to date financial analysis.
Our work as a finance business partner to academies and trusts is designed to enable you to make the best and most cost-effective use of the resources you have at your disposal now in order to drive success in the future.
We also provide critical horizon scanning support – enabling trusts to have a better understanding of future risks and funding announcements and empowering them to implement the best strategies to address these.
How will the Finance Business Partnering Service help my academy or trust?
Our team of highly qualified and expert Finance Business Partner (FPB) can offer a wealth of experience, skills, and support to add tangible value to your finance function.
These include, but are not limited to:
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Tailored, strategic business partnering support
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Management accounts compliant with Academies Trust Handbook
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Financial forecasting
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In depth financial analysis to support schools and trusts to understand risk areas
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Academy budget modelling and scenario planning
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Horizon scanning and latest financial advice
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Supporting trusts to understand financial implications of strategic decisions
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Cost benefit analysis on specific projects and plans
Why use our Finance Business Partnering Service?
The academies and trusts we work with as a finance business partner enjoy the benefit of up-to-date financial advice, support with modelling changes to budgets and an implicit understanding of the financial implications of their intended or real-life decisions.
Our fully qualified team of finance professionals can support your trust or academy to plan over a rolling 36-month period by providing three-year budgets, which supports effective financial planning and decision making for Trust Boards.
We pride ourselves on a creative and collaborative approach that’s tailored to the specific financial needs and challenges of your academy or trust.
Find out more
If you’d like to know more about our finance business partnering service and how it can help you to plan for success now and in the future, please email academytrusts@hfleducation.org