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Finance Business Partner (m, f, d)
AI Summary
Acts as a finance business partner, providing financial insight and guidance to management and functional leaders. Supports budgeting, forecasting, planning, performance analysis, and drives data‑driven decision‑making for assigned institutions or campuses.
About this role
Your Responsibilities
▪ Act as a trusted finance business partner to management and functional leaders,
providing financial insight and guidance to support strategic and operational
decision-making.
▪ Support the annual budgeting, rolling forecasting, and long-term financial
planning processes for assigned institutions / campuses / business units,
ensuring alignment with business objectives.
▪ Analyse and report on financial and operational performance against budget and
forecast, investigating key variances, identifying risks and opportunities, and
recommending corrective actions.
▪ Deliver insightful analysis of key top-line performance drivers, including student
enrolments, tuition revenue, pricing, retention, and other business KPIs.
▪ Build strong partnerships with stakeholders, promoting financial accountability
and supporting the delivery of business objectives through data-driven decisionmaking.
▪ Identify opportunities to improve financial performance, optimise resource
allocation, and enhance reporting, planning, and financial processes through
continuous improvement initiatives.
▪ Ensure the accuracy, integrity, and consistency of financial and operational data
used for reporting, planning, and decision-making, while maintaining compliance
with financial governance.
Your profile
▪ Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration,
or a related discipline is required.
▪ Master's degree or equivalent professional is preferred.
▪ Strong financial analysis, budgeting, forecasting, and business partnering
experience.
▪ Highly autonomous, proactive, and solution-oriented, with the ability to work
independently and drive initiatives.
▪ Advanced analytical skills with experience handling large, complex financial and
operational datasets with strong attention to detail.
▪ Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to
translate complex financial information into clear business insights
▪ Advanced Excel skills; experience with ERP systems and business
intelligence/reporting tools
▪ Experience in higher education or a service-based organisation is an advantage
Why us?
We offer you:
- An exciting work environment with international colleagues.
- The opportunity to develop and implement innovative ideas and new concepts.
- After successfully completing the probationary period, we provide employee wellness subsidies through our health budget, including preventive care and follow-up healthcare services.
- Numerous activities and events on campus in the fields of culture, education, business, and technology.
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