Senior Finance Business Partner

Senior Finance Business Partner Salary: 63,790 - 104,980 CZK per month Employment type: 9 month fixed term contract Hours per week: 40 Reporting into: Head of Financial Planning and Analysis Department: Finance Click here to read the full job description and view our excellent benefits here This role operates on a hybrid working arrangement that will require occasional travel into our Prague office. This may fluctuate in line with business requirements. Our working model arrangements are a non-contractual benefit so please note that an Arden work location is added to our employment contracts. About Arden University : We are an aspirational and multi-award-winning university, delivering rapid growth with ambitious plans to disrupt the HE sector through our passion for innovation and digital education. Our vision is to become the first-choice university for career-focused lifelong learners worldwide, ensuring that everyone, everywhere can access higher education. There has never been a more exciting time to join Arden University, as we expand into new disciplines, forge worldwide partnerships, and expand our locations. About our Department : The Finance Department at Arden University plays a pivotal role in supporting our ambitious growth and innovation agenda. As trusted partners across the University, we ensure that every financial decision underpins Arden’s mission to make education more accessible, affordable, and impactful for learners worldwide. Our department is structured around excellence, collaboration, and continuous improvement — providing strategic insight, robust financial management, and efficient transactional services that enable the University to deliver on its goals. From managing core financial operations and student finance to driving digital transformation across systems and processes, we are committed to achieving best-in-class financial stewardship and service delivery. About the Opportunity: As our Senior Finance Business Partner, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the financial performance and strategic direction of the University, partnering closely with academic and professional service leaders to drive informed decision-making and sustainable growth. This is a highly visible and influential position, responsible for leading financial planning, business partnering, performance reporting, and strategic analysis across our Faculties and key support functions. You will provide meaningful insight and challenge to senior stakeholders, helping to ensure that academic and commercial objectives are achieved while maintaining a strong focus on value creation and operational excellence. Working at the heart of the organisation, you will deliver analysis across key performance drivers including student revenue, progression, product profitability, pricing strategies, and teaching resource utilisation. You will support major academic initiatives and investment decisions through robust financial modelling, business case development, and return-on-investment analysis, ensuring resources are allocated effectively to maximise impact. The role also offers the opportunity to lead the development of financial models, forecasting tools, and management reporting frameworks that provide timely, relevant, and actionable insights to senior leadership teams. This is an excellent opportunity for a commercially minded finance professional who enjoys partnering with senior stakeholders, driving performance improvements, and contributing to the success of a dynamic and growing higher education institution. About You: You are a qualified and commercially minded finance professional with significant experience in business partnering, financial planning, and performance analysis within a complex organisation. You thrive in a collaborative environment, building strong relationships with senior stakeholders and providing insightful financial challenge that supports strategic decision-making. You are equally comfortable operating at both a strategic and operational level, balancing attention to detail with a focus on long-term value creation. Essential Skills/ Experience Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent). Significant experience in a senior finance business partnering role within a complex organisation. Strong commercial acumen with the ability to identify risks, opportunities, and performance drivers. Proven experience of financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and management reporting. Advanced financial modelling skills, including business case development and return-on-investment analysis. Experience analysing profitability, revenue performance, pricing structures, and operational costs. Ability to interpret complex financial data and communicate insights clearly to non-financial stakeholders. Demonstrable experience influencing and challenging senior leaders to support effective decision-making. Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to build credible relationships across multiple functions. Experience developing and improving financial reporting frameworks, systems, and processes. Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and organisational skills. Advanced Excel skills and strong proficiency with financial planning and reporting systems. Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver high-quality outputs to tight deadlines. Strong communication and presentation skills, with the confidence to engage at Executive and Senior Management level. A collaborative, proactive, and continuous improvement mindset. Desirable Skills / Experience: 2-5+ years PQE CCAB/CIMA Management skills – coaching, motivation Use of PowerBi and accounting system packages Wider sector knowledge and understanding of current trends and best practice Why Arden: At Arden, you will become a part of a passionate and dedicated team who are committed to removing unnecessary barriers to learning and making education more accessible. Our people work hard to ensure our students journeys are the best they can possibly be, as such we want to reward our people with fantastic benefits. Employees benefit from: 30 days holiday + bank holidays on-top, and even a Christmas closure! Study any Arden course for free, with a discount for all family and friend ‘Golden Ticket’ which allows you to gift anyone in your life a free Arden education Plus, other excellent benefits Our Values: Stand out, Progressive, Accessible, Resourceful, Kindness, reflect who we are as an institution, a team and as individuals. If they also reflect you and you are excited by the chance to be the driving, creative force within a growing business, we want to hear from you. There has never been a more exciting time to join Arden University, as we expand into new disciplines and locations. Closing Date: 22nd June (Midnight) We reserve the right to close this vacancy before the specified closing date should we receive sufficient applications or in order to respond to business needs. In order to avoid missing an opportunity to apply please submit your application as early as possible. If you are a current Arden student or have an upcoming course with us, you are not eligible to apply for Student Experience roles due to a conflict of interest related to system access. Equity, Diversity & Inclusion: As an Equal Opportunity Employer we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. Therefore, we make sure that our recruitment and selection processes never discriminate based upon people's age, disability, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances, and actively welcome applications from all groups. Department Finance Role Finance Business Partner Locations Prague Remote status Hybrid Monthly salary CZK63,790 - CZK104,980 Working model (Please note, our working models are a non-contractual benefit and can be subject to change) Hybrid Contract Type: Professional Services Contract About Arden University Since 1990, Arden University has reshaped flexible higher education, becoming a beacon for accessible learning. Beginning as a trusted online partner for UK universities, we've transformed into a symbol of online and blended degree courses designed for modern lives. With over 90 career-focused qualifications, validated by prestigious bodies like the British Psychological Society and Chartered Management Institute, our dedication to exceptional education stands strong. Our mission is forward-looking and purposeful. We understand the evolving needs of employers and the global economy, driving us to champion meaningful change. Through our Study Centres in the UK (Manchester, Birmingham, London, Leeds, Nottingham) and Berlin, Germany, we empower a diverse student community to access life-altering degree pathways. At our core lies equity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging, rooted in the belief that education is a force for both individual and collective progress. By seamlessly merging technology and education, we're breaking down barriers and revolutionizing conventional learning models. Join our community of around 1,100 colleagues in shaping a more accessible, inclusive, and brighter future for all. Founded in 1990