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Historic England

Deputy Finance Business Partner

Swindon
£26.9k – £29k/yr
Posted about 15 hours ago
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Summary

Historic England is the public organisation that brings new life to heritage to build a better future for every place and everyone.

Historic England has a fantastic opportunity for you to join us as our Deputy Finance Business Partner.

This is a full time, permanent position.

The location of this role is Swindon, inclusive with hybrid working.

We offer a wide benefits package including a competitive defined benefit pension scheme to which we make 28.97% employer contributions, a generous 28 days holiday, corporate discounts, free entry into English Heritage sites across the country and development opportunities to ensure you achieve your goals.

To view our full range of benefits please follow the link here.

What you will be doing

As our Deputy Finance Business Partner, you will assist the Finance Business Partnering team in the provision of financial support and advice to our customers. You will assist with the budgeting processes and all budget related activity, movement, profiling and transfers to and from cost centre/subjective codes.

You will maintain and administer the chart of account process and cost centre structure for all customers. Monitor requests and provide relevant customer service.

Who we are looking for

  • Proven experience in this area
  • Excel skills
  • Team working
  • Communication skills at all levels

Please note your application will be scored and assessed against the above criteria.

Historic England is a Disability Confident Leader and normally offers guaranteed interviews to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria for the role, where it is practical and appropriate to do so. We want all candidates to shine in the recruitment process, so please tell us what we can do to help you show us your very best self. For more information, please visit our Everyone is Welcome page, or contact us at recruitmentTeam@Historicengland.org.uk if you have any recruitment queries.

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We are an equal opportunity employer which values diversity and inclusion. If you have a disability or neurodiversity, we would be happy to discuss reasonable adjustments to the job with you. Having won the Gold Award from MIND for workplace wellbeing in seven consecutive years, we also recognise the importance of a healthy work-life balance.

We are an inclusive employer and believe that flexible working options are for everyone. We want to make sure our working arrangements don’t prevent anyone from joining us because of their personal circumstances. We also want to provide you with the best balance in your home and work life that we can.

We are open to considering options including job sharing, part-time working, compressed hours working and different working locations, including hybrid working. Please visit our jobs pages or contact us to find out more.

Why work for Historic England

We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity for everyone. Diversity helps us to perform better and attract more people to support our work. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates and candidates with disabilities as they are underrepresented within Historic England at this level.

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Historic England wants all of our candidates to shine in the recruitment process. Please tell us what we can do to make sure you can show us your very best self. You can contact us by email at recruitmentTeam@Historicengland.org.uk if you have any recruitment queries.

At Historic England we use a hiring system called Applied. Applied is a behavioural science-backed recruitment platform that reduces bias, improves quality of hire and increases diversity. We do not use CV application for the majority of our hiring processes. You will answer a selection of questions that allow our hiring teams to test your skills and suitability for the role.

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Provisional interview dates: 24th August 2026

Please follow the link for a full copy of the Job Description – https://historicengland.org.uk/media/3t5gy5ku/deputy-finance-business-partner.odt

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Skills

Excel
Team working
Communication skills
Budgeting
Financial support
Chart of accounts administration
Customer service

Location

Swindon, England, United Kingdom

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