Senior Finance Business Partner
Added 14 Sept · still live
Possible
Sponsorship likelihood
This employer issued few or no visas recently
Not disclosed
Salary
Not disclosed by employer
£45,800
Going rate
Skilled Worker going rate
This role likely qualifies for a Skilled Worker visa
SOC 2422 (75% match) is an eligible occupation, with a going rate of £45,800, and Study Group is a licensed sponsor. That is our reading of the rules. Whether they issue a Certificate of Sponsorship is still their call.
This could also be SOC 2421 (Chartered and certified accountants, Qualified accountant business partner role; description emphasises financial analysis and controls) or SOC 1131 (Financial managers and directors, Commercial lead partnering with Exec Committee, driving business performance). We read the code off the advert, so it is our best guess, not the employer's.
Your salary route
New graduate or PhD holder? Pick one of the lower rates.
What each route needs for this job
| Occupation code | New entrant 70% of going rate | STEM PhD 80% of going rate | Relevant PhD 90% of going rate | Standard rate 100% of going rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2422 Finance and investment analysts and advisers Most likely code | £33,400 | £36,700 | £41,200 | £45,800 |
2421 Chartered and certified accountants Also possible | £34,500 | £39,400 | £44,300 | £49,200 |
1131 Financial managers and directors Also possible | £52,600 | £60,100 | £67,600 | £75,100 |
We use the lowest threshold across the plausible codes. Likelihood is Possible at most when the pay clears only a lower rate, or only under a less likely code. How the Home Office picks the code
About the role
Contract Type: Full Time, Fixed Term 6 months
Location: Brighton, Brighton Head Office - Remote
Join us as a Business Partner and Commercial Lead, partnering with Executive Committee stakeholders to influence decision-making and drive business performance. You'll deliver deep commercial insight, lead the standardisation of business case development and evaluation, strengthen cost management, and champion Commercial Finance across key business projects and change programmes.
ABOUT THE ROLE
Business Partnering and Relationship Management
Contract Type: Full Time, Fixed Term 6 months
Location: Brighton, Brighton Head Office - Remote
Join us as a Business Partner and Commercial Lead, partnering with Executive Committee stakeholders to influence decision-making and drive business performance. You'll deliver deep commercial insight, lead the standardisation of business case development and evaluation, strengthen cost management, and champion Commercial Finance across key business projects and change programmes.
ABOUT THE ROLE
Business Partnering and Relationship Management
- Be proactive in producing forward looking insight and analysis and ensure a joined-up approach to Business Partnering by taking a holistic view across the business
- Identify key areas of opportunities and risks across the business, communicating these to the business areas and devising actions plans to support and follow these plans through
- Lead efforts to strengthen financial controls over student acquisition costs, including discounts, commissions, and related expense drivers
- Use data and improve use of Power BI as golden source to support better insight for analysis
- Ensure the delivery and quality of analysis, reports, benchmarking, KPI identification and measurement, and historical trends to the business to enable proactive decision making
- Representing the interests and requirements of commercial finance in organisation-wide projects, change initiatives, core process and systems evaluation and implementation
- Ensure awareness of and incorporate industry benchmarking, competitor analysis, market trends, macro factors impacting business performance
- Champion a growth and cost efficiency mindset across wider business as two key principles to move the business forward
- Co-ordinate with Business Partner team and wider Finance colleagues to ensure a standardised approach to preparation and evaluation of business cases, that provide financial evaluation and assess financial implications, across the portfolio and establish a mechanism of internal cross-portfolio benchmarking
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- Deputising for Head of FBP and Director of Commercial Finance where appropriate, involving providing project-based Finance support to members of the Executive Committee and other key stakeholders
- Leadership and development across the wider Commercial Finance team through providing thought leadership, coordination and mentoring
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Essential
- Be a qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent such as ISCA, CPA)
- An experienced Finance Business Partner, with a commercial outlook, who has worked with senior stakeholders in a complex, preferably global, matrix organisation
- Record of accomplishment of collating and analysing both financial and non-financial data and sharing resulting information and insight to support business decision making
- Strong proven leadership skills, whether through formal management, deputising responsibilities, or informal mentoring
- Experience of working with analytical tools such as Adaptive, PowerBI
- Previous experience of working in a business model which has business facing roles supported by Finance Centres of Excellence/Shared Services teams
- Project based work experience would be beneficial
Study Group is a leading international education provider that is dedicated and passionate about helping students around the world, creating a brighter future and reaching their full potential. We are a trusted international educator to students and more than 50 university partners globally. We deliver high-quality international education solutions that drive success for our partners and students. We are able to provide students with the resources and guidance they need to succeed. Our global network of offices and university partnerships ensure that students receive the best educational services available.
ORGANISATION COMPLIANCE
For successful applicants the following checks will be conducted- Criminal Background Check (country specific), x2 References, ID and Right to Work checks as well as Education Verification. We are proud to be an equal-opportunity employer and we strive to create a diverse and inclusive workplace. We are committed to providing equal opportunities for all individuals, regardless of race, gender, religion, nationality, or any other factor. We believe that the best person for the job should be selected based on skills and experience alone. Your information will be kept confidential and stored securely. Please see our Privacy Policy.
We adopt a rolling recruitment process meaning that we review applications as they are submitted. To avoid disappointment, please ensure that you apply ASAP.
This description is the source posting as it read when we added it. We are not affiliated with Study Group, so check their own site for the current details.
Where this offer sits in the market
Finance and investment analysts and advisers (SOC 2422) · UK · ONS ASHE 2025 · basic pay · ~203k in sampleSOC 2422
- Middle half £36,296–68,744
- Median £49,816
- Going rate £45,800
- Threshold £41,700
- New entrant £33,400–41,200
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About sponsorship for this role
Does this job guarantee visa sponsorship?
Not necessarily. Study Group holds a sponsor licence, but sponsorship for a specific hire is always the employer's decision. Be upfront in your application that you'll require it.
What salary is needed for this role to be eligible?
The offer must clear both the general threshold and the SOC 2422 going rate of £45,800. New-entrant and shortage discounts can lower it.