Job Description

Job title: Finance Business Partner
Salary range: 39,898 per year
Type of contract: 6 months fixed term contract
Location: London, Hybrid
Working hours: Full time, 35 hours per week (other options available)
About the role
We are looking for a Finance Business Partner to join our Finance and Commercial Directorate. This role is key to providing expert and comprehensive financial management information advice and coaching to the College's Budget holders and staff to inform fact-based decision making and enable them to achieve their strategic objectives.
As Finance Business Partner, you will provide insightful financial support, ensure accurate reporting and act as a trusted advisor to project managers and stakeholders. You will help prepare management accounts, oversee reconciliations and contribute to strengthening the College's financial stewardship. You will contribute to the Finance Department strategic objectives through leading in agreed projects and policy developments.
This is an excellent opportunity to apply your finance business partnering expertise while building strong professional relationships across the College and supporting our mission to improve healthcare for women and girls worldwide.
Responsibilities:

• Partner with project managers, providing clear and timely financial advice.

• Prepare and monitor project budgets, reporting against spend and identifying risks.

• Deliver accurate reconciliations and contribute to monthly management accounts.

• Support grant applications and produce reporting packs for funders.

• Work with colleagues to improve processes and strengthen financial reporting.

For the full list of key responsibilities, please check the recruitment pack.
About you
This role will suit someone who enjoys working closely with non-finance colleagues, translating numbers into meaningful insights and helping projects succeed.
Requirements:

• Experience in finance business partnering, ideally with exposure to project finance and grant funding.

• Proficiency with accounting packages and advanced Excel.

• Strong reconciliation and management accounts experience.

• Excellent attention to detail and ability to explain financial information clearly.

• Collaborative and confident in building strong professional relationships.

We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply. If you meet most of the requirements and are enthusiastic about the role, we would love to hear from you.
Our culture and benefits
As a key member of the team, you will be located in our offices in London Bridge. We offer a friendly, values led working culture with an excellent benefits package that includes:

• Agile and flexible working environment and free lunch onsite

• 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays and office closure from 25 December to 1 January

• 10% pension contribution after probation

• Enhanced wellbeing and family support

• Interest-free bike and season ticket loans after probation

• Tailored Learning and Development and study leave

• Affinity staff networks

• Life assurance and income protection schemes

• Lifestyle discounts

For a full list of the benefits we offer, please visit our careers site.
How to apply

• Click on Apply to be taken to our recruitment platform, Applied. Please visit our careers website, , to download the full Job pack.

• Applications close at 10.00 am on Monday 22 September 2025.

• We encourage candidates to apply early and reserve the right to close the advert and appoint before the closing date.

• If you have any additional questions about the role or how to apply, please contact the People Team on 020 7772 6453 or .

We believe that diverse teams will deliver the best outcomes for women's healthcare and we strive to be an inclusive employer. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and particularly encourage candidates from underrepresented groups, including those from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds and people with disabilities. To find out more, please see our Diversity Policy and Equal Opportunities Policy.
If you require any adjustments to apply for this role or need the job advert in an alternative format, please contact us via . We are happy to support with reasonable adjustments to accommodate individual needs throughout the recruitment process.
Please note: We are only accepting applicants with a right to work in the UK; we are unable to sponsor people requiring a work visa.
About us
The RCOG is a professional membership association dedicated to improving women's health care across the world. We do this by setting standards for clinical practice, providing doctors with training and lifelong learning, and working with partners to advocate for women's health and health care across their life course. We are a global leader in this specialist area, supporting 18,000 members in the UK and internationally.
We are a values-led organisation placing high standards, innovation, openness, inclusiveness and trust at the centre of all we do.

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