Strategic Finance Partner: Budgeting, Forecasting Insights

GUS Germany GmbH; Deutschland; Remote; USD 74,841 - 103,626; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellness subsidies

Campus events

Job summary

GUS Germany GmbH is seeking a dedicated finance business partner to collaborate with management and functional leaders, delivering financial insight for strategic and operational decisions. You will support annual budgeting, rolling forecasts, and long-term planning for campuses and units, while analysing performance against plans and advising on risks and opportunities.

The role emphasizes high autonomy, stakeholder management, and the ability to drive improvements in reporting, planning, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, economics, business administration, or 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 drive initiatives.
• Advanced analytical skills with experience handling large, complex financial and operational datasets.

Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted finance business partner to management and functional leaders, providing financial insight to support strategic and operational decisions.
• Support annual budgeting, rolling forecasting, and long-term financial planning for assigned units.
• Analyse and report on performance against budget and forecast, identify risks and opportunities and propose corrective actions.
• Deliver analysis of top-line drivers including student enrolments, tuition revenue, pricing, retention, and other KPIs.
• Build partnerships with stakeholders to promote financial accountability and data-driven decision making.
• Identify opportunities to improve financial performance and reporting through continuous improvement initiatives.
• Ensure accuracy and integrity of financial data and compliance with governance.

Skills

Financial analysis

Budgeting & forecasting

Business partnering

Advanced Excel

ERP systems

BI/reporting tools

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, economics, business administration or related

Master’s degree or equivalent preferred

Tools

ERP systems

BI tools

Advanced Excel

Job description

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.