Job Description:
Finance Business Partner
Victory House, Brighton (BN1 4FY)
Hybrid working
Full time 37.5 hours
Permanent
Salary £51,000 to £70,000 per annum depending on experience
We make health happen
At Bupa, our purpose is simple: helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. With no shareholders, our customers are at the heart of everything we do.
As a Finance Business Partner, you'll play a vital role in supporting our strategic vision and profitability goals. You'll partner with commercial teams to deliver insights that drive growth, efficiency, and better outcomes for our customers. This is your chance to make a real impact in a global organisation that values innovation, collaboration, and care.
How you'll help us make health happen
Partner with UK & Africa teams to support commercial success and achieve profit and growth targets.
Deliver monthly performance reporting, including P&L analysis and insightful commentaries for senior stakeholders.
Support planning and forecasting processes, including annual operating plans and rolling forecasts.
Analyse key performance drivers such as claims and commission trends, providing actionable insights.
Develop robust financial business cases for commercial decisions, pricing initiatives, and transformation projects.
Build strong relationships across finance and non-finance teams, influencing outcomes and sharing knowledge.
Ensure compliance with governance, audit, and regulatory requirements.
Key skills/qualifications needed for this role
Qualified accountant with strong commercial awareness - please specify your qualification on your application
Experience in business partnering at all levels is essential
Proven experience in financial analysis, ideally within insurance or financial services.
Highly analytical with advanced Excel skills and a knack for turning data into clear insights.
Excellent communication and influencing skills, able to bridge financial and non-financial understanding.
Strong stakeholder management experience and ability to work across teams.
Proactive, adaptable, and comfortable in a fast-paced environment.
A team player with a curious mindset and a drive to go beyond expectations.
Benefits
Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health - from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family-friendly benefits.
Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:
25 days holiday, increasing with service, plus the option to buy or sell
Enhanced pension and life insurance
Access to Bupa health and dental insurance
Mental health and wellbeing support
Discounts on Bupa products and services
Career development opportunities and internal mobility
Why Bupa?
We're a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose - helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.
We encourage all of our people to "Be you at Bupa". We champion diversity and understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That's why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We'll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.
If you require information regarding this role in an alternative format, please email: careers@bupa.com
Time Type:
Full timeJob Area:
Finance & AccountingLocations:
Victory House, Brighton
Bupa’s purpose is helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We do this by providing a broad range of healthcare services, support and advice to people throughout their lives. People are at the heart of everything we do. Together, we make health happen.
Every company needs an ethos, and we're no different. Through good days and challeging times, we always work with our values in mind. These are: Brave - Make new possibilities happen. Caring - Act with empathy and respect. Responsible - Own your decisions and actions.
We don't have shareholders at Bupa, which means we're free to invest our profits where they matter: our patients, our facilities, our research, and you.
As a healthcare provider, we have a duty to do the right thing. By our customers, our people and our partners. The Bupa Code holds us to this duty. It's our promise to protect, care for, and build trust with everyone who relies on us.
Here you’ll be welcomed. We champion diversity and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve.
You’ll find an inclusive environment where you can be yourself and where everyone is driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world.Free
to be you.
Back in September 2018, we made a pledge. That we'd do whatever we could to make Bupa a diverse, kind and inclusive place to work.
Everyone deserves a positive working environment. Everyone deserves to have their voice heard. Everyone deserves freedom from bullying, harassment and discrimination.
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