Job Description:
Head of Finance Business Partnering
Competitive Salary, bonus & benefits
UK office / Hybrid (Salford Quays, Angel Court, Leeds, or Brighton)
Permanent
37.5 hours per week
Closing date – 9th May 2025
We make health happen
At Bupa, we are dedicated to helping people live longer, healthier, and happier lives. Our mission is to be the world's most customer-centric healthcare company, and we achieve this by putting our customers at the heart of everything we do. As the Head of Finance Business Partnering, you will play a crucial role in supporting our mission by providing financial insight and oversight to our functional leaders, ensuring that our financial activities align with our strategic goals.
Key Responsibilities
As the Head of Finance Business Partnering, you will lead a team of approximately seven Business Partners, providing financial support, insight, and oversight to the UK 'Functional' Leaders and their teams. Your responsibilities will include:
Lead the financial planning and forecasting of gross costs (UK)
Provide framework for standardized reporting and cost management.
Support the annual and interim audit processes.
Identify opportunities to reduce third-party vendor costs
Finance Lead - transformation projects.
Build investment models, performing financial analysis
Supporting & challenge Exec commercial decision-making.
Manage financial risks & controls
What We're Looking For
To be successful in this role, you will need:
Professional accountancy qualification (ICAEW, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent)
Finance business partnering experience - Executive level.
Strong cost management experience, preferably within regulated financial services or the healthcare sector.
Able to work under significant pressure, handle multiple priorities.
Broad commercial finance experience, including reporting, planning, forecasting, and analytics.
Experience in investment appraisal and building financial models.
Strong strategic thinking and problem-solving skills.
Excellent communication and storytelling abilities.
Proven people management and leadership skills.
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.
In this role you will receive the following benefits and more:
25% Management Bonus
Car Allowance
Pension (contributory)
Life Insurance
Family Health Cover
Health and wellbeing programs
Flexible working arrangements
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 we 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:
Bupa Place
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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