Business Strategist

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS & ASSESSMENT; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 43,000 - 59,000; Full time

Job summary

A world-leading academic publisher in Cambridge seeks a Business Strategist to support corporate strategy development and business planning. The successful candidate will conduct strategic analysis, produce reports, and interact with senior leadership. This role requires expertise in financial modelling and communication skills. A competitive salary and hybrid working options are offered.

Benefits

28 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Private medical and Permanent Health Insurance

Discretionary annual bonus

Group personal pension scheme

Life assurance up to 4 x annual salary

Green travel schemes

Qualifications

• Detail-oriented and motivated self-starter.
• Ability to distil confidential information into concise formats.
• Experience in strategic analysis and report writing.

Responsibilities

• Conduct strategic analysis and data collection.
• Produce regular and ad hoc strategy reports.
• Support senior leadership in strategy development.

Skills

Financial modelling

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Job description

Business Strategist

Salary: £43,800 - £58,500 per annum

Location: Cambridge, UK (with hybrid working)

Contract: Permanent, Full time, 35 hours per week

We're looking for a Business Strategist with confident financial modelling and analytical skills to join the Strategy team to ensure that our corporate strategy development and business planning is well-evidenced, well organised and well supported.

We areCambridge University Press & Assessment, a world-leading academic publisher and assessment organisation and a proud part of the University of Cambridge.

About the role

The Business Strategist needs to get to know our organisation, our markets and competitive environment, our operating contexts, our people and our data. Then combine that deep understanding with logic and creativity to propose and undertake analyses with the Strategy Team and senior executives on our organisation's most important challenges.

Alongside insight andchallenge, this role will include analysis, report writing, presenting, project planning and co-ordination. The Business Strategist will need to be skilled in proactive problem solving, independent working and will include opportunities to lead on other strategic projects across the business.

Keyaccountabilities include:

• Strategic analysis: collect, organise and analyse information, including financial and qualitative data, from across and beyond the business.
• Strategy reporting: collate and produce regular and ad hoc reports for corporate management.
• Strategy development: work on projects to support senior leadership teams in strategy development and implementation.

Our work in strategy helps the organisation to make a difference to the lives of learners and teachers around the world. We help our teams to deliver a sustainable contribution to invest in the business and support the University's mission.

About you

A detail orientated, motivated self-starter; organised, with excellent communication skills; who takes ownership; and values education, integrity and innovation.

The successful candidate will be able to distil a high volume of information, potentially confidential, into a concise format that allows key decisions to be taken swiftly.

If you would like to know more about this opportunity and what will make you successful, please see the full job description attached to the bottom of this vacancy on our careers site.

Rewards and benefits

We will support you to be at your best in work and to live well outside of it. In addition to competitive salaries, we offer a world-class, flexiblerewards package, featuring family-friendly and planet-friendly benefits including:

• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Private medical and Permanent Health Insurance
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Group personal pension scheme
• Life assurance up to 4 x annual salary
• Green travel schemes

We are a hybrid working organisation, and we offer a range of flexible working options from day one. We expect most hybrid-working colleagues to spend 40-60% of their time at their dedicated office or location. We will also consider other work arrangements if you wish to work more flexibly or require adjustments due to a disability.

Ready to pursue your potential? Apply now.

We review applications on an ongoing basis, with a closing date for all applications beingSunday 31st August 2025although we may close it earlier if suitable candidates are identified. Interviews are scheduled to take placeon 8th September 2025.Please note, this will be a two round interview process.

Please note that successful applicantswill be subject to satisfactory background checks including DBS due to working in a regulated industry.

Cambridge University Press & Assessment is an approved UK employer for the sponsorship of eligible roles and applicants under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please refer to thegov.ukwebsite for guidance to understand your own eligibility based on the role you are applying for.

Why join us

Joining us is your opportunity to pursue potential. You'll belong to a collaborative team that's exploring new and better ways to serve students, teachers and researchers across the globe – for the benefit of individuals, society and the world. Sharing our mission will inspire your own growth, development and progress, in an environment which embraces difference, change and aspiration.

Cambridge University Press & Assessment is committed to being a place where anyone can enjoy a successful career, where it's safe to speak up, and where we learn continuously to improve together. We welcome applications from all candidates, regardless of demographic characteristics (age, disability, educational attainment, ethnicity, gender, marital status, neurodiversity, religion, sex, gender identityand sexual identity), cultural, or social class/background.

We believe better outcomes come through diversity of thought, background and approach. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and communities, actively seeking to employ people from a wide range of different communities.