Senior Strategic Finance Business Partner - Strategic Development Initiatives

Salary: Grade 9 starting at £58,225 to £67,468 per annum, pro rata if part time, with discretionary range dependent on skills and experience.

Expected start date: November 2025

About the role

An exciting opportunity exists to join the University of Sussex as its Senior Strategic Business Partner, leading the delivery of services to support strategic business development initiatives. This new role will provide expert advice and strategic financial support to the University’s Executive, ensuring the University’s Strategy 2035 is delivered and sustainable financial performance objectives met. 

You will advise on financial strategy and planning, taking a leading role in the identification of strategic business opportunities, collaboratively developing proposals with Directors of service and business leads for prioritisation by the University’s Executive, and delivering financially sustainable business plans for implementation. You will work primarily to support the development of new business opportunities but also to improve the performance of existing initiatives and projects. You will work across portfolios, forging effective relationships with the University’s Executive and collaborating with business leaders from Professional Services Divisions and Academic Faculties, to support the ongoing development of a portfolio of income generating activities and services, based on and around core higher education provision and research activity.

You must be a confident communicator able to work effectively with senior leaders and those with operational responsibilities alike. You must be an enthusiastic collaborator who embraces team working and sees value in the contribution of others, including Senior Business Partners for Academic Faculties and Professional Services Divisions and other senior colleagues in Professional Services Divisions. You will be a crucial partner, providing support to senior managers and business leaders, who must make effective financial decisions, and you will be instrumental in building excellent financial management literacy and practice across the University alongside fellow Senior Finance Business Partners.

You must have an analytical mind and be experienced in presenting financial information for decision making in a succinct and digestible form by a non-financial audience. You will be familiar with the development and use of reporting tools and data driven decision making processes. This must include a high level of competence to build business cases and define models in support of decision making for strategies and specific initiatives.

About you

If you are a strategic minded person with a high level of business acumen and you are an effective collaborator who values people and team working and with the ability to deliver high quality financial services, support and analysis to decision makers, then we want to hear from you.

About our Division 

Please find further information regarding the division at Finance: University of Sussex.

Please find further information regarding the division at http://www.sussex.ac.uk/schoolsandservices/professionalservices/finance

Why work here

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Further Key Information 

For informal enquiries please contact Carey McLaughlin (c.mclaughlin@sussex.ac.uk) for informal inquiries.

For full details and how to apply, please click on the 'Apply' button above

The University of Sussex values the diversity of its staff and students, and we welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

The University requires that work undertaken for the University is performed in the UK. 

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