Global Finance Partner, Operations & Insights

CEA Study Abroad, Inc.; Australia; Hybrid; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

CEA CAPA is seeking a Finance Business Partner for Global Operations. You will drive financial insight, cost optimisation and performance transparency across international sites, translating data into actionable insights for decision-making and efficiency improvements.

You will own reporting, dashboards and benchmarking, partnering with Operations and Finance to identify cost-saving initiatives and ensure robust financial controls across the global portfolio.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting or related discipline.
• Professional accounting qualification or equivalent experience.
• Experience with data visualization tools is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Deliver financial analysis across costs and margins, identifying trends and opportunities.
• Perform variance analysis against budget and forecast, explaining drivers.
• Support monthly close and reporting to stakeholders.
• Develop dashboards and benchmarking across locations to monitor performance.
• Partner with Operations, Procurement and Finance to implement cost-saving initiatives.
• Present insights clearly to finance and non-finance audiences.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Power BI

Data analysis

Budgeting & forecasting

General ledger

Cross-functional partnering

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance or accounting

Professional accounting qualification

Tools

ERP systems

SQL

Google Data Analytics

Job description

CEA CAPA is seeking a Finance Business Partner for Global Operations. You will drive financial insight, cost optimisation and performance transparency across international sites, translating data into actionable insights for decision-making and efficiency improvements.

You will own reporting, dashboards and benchmarking, partnering with Operations and Finance to identify cost-saving initiatives and ensure robust financial controls across the global portfolio.