Job Description:
Compliance Business Partner
Bupa Place (Salford Quays M50 3SP) or Willow House (Staines, TW18 3DZ)
Full time (37.5 hours)
Permanent
Hybrid (2 days per week in the office)
Salary from: £59,100 to £70,000 per annum plus fantastic Bupa Benefits
Advert closes Monday 28th September 2026
We make health happen
At Bupa, we're here to help people live longer, healthier, happier lives and make a better world. As a healthcare provider with no shareholders, we focus on our customers and our people, reinvesting our profits to improve healthcare and customer experiences.
We're looking for a Compliance Business Partner to join our Risk and Compliance team. This is an exciting opportunity to become a trusted advisor to our UK Insurance and Bupa Global businesses, helping ensure regulatory requirements are understood, embedded and effectively managed across our operations. This role will primarily face into our Commercial and Customer teams, helping colleagues to deliver the very best outcomes for customers.
As a Compliance Business Partner, you'll work closely with senior leaders and business teams to provide practical, commercially focused compliance advice. You'll support business growth and innovation, through effective regular business partnering, while helping ensure we continue to meet our regulatory obligations and maintain a strong customer-focused compliance culture.
This role offers the opportunity to influence decision-making, support strategic initiatives, and help shape the future of compliance across a complex and evolving healthcare and insurance environment.
How you'll help us make health happen
As a Compliance Business Partner, you will:
Partner with business functions (Commercial and Customer) to provide high-quality regulatory advice and guidance on compliance matters.
Build strong relationships with stakeholders and provide robust advice and constructive challenge to support effective risk management and customer outcomes.
Support new ways of working, product governance, customer propositions and business initiatives by providing practical and proportionate compliance advice through a distinct distribution lens.
Identify, assess and escalate regulatory risks, issues and breaches where appropriate.
Help develop and enhance compliance frameworks, controls, policies and procedures.
Work collaboratively with colleagues across Risk, Compliance and other business functions to drive consistency and continuous improvement.
Help embed a strong compliance and conduct culture across regulated entities and wider business operations.
Key Skills/Qualifications needed in this role
We're looking for a Compliance Business Partner who combines strong regulatory knowledge with excellent relationship-building and influencing skills.
Previous experience in a similar second-line role within Financial Services/Insurance is essential - please ensure your experience is listed on your CV
A strong understanding of FCA regulations, regulatory expectations and conduct risk management, including the Consumer Duty.
Experience providing practical compliance advice to business stakeholders.
The ability to interpret regulations and translate them into clear business guidance.
Strong stakeholder management and business partnering skills, with experience influencing leaders and colleagues at all levels.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Strong analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills.
The ability to balance regulatory requirements with commercial objectives and customer outcomes.
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 per year, pro rata to your contract.
Access to a range of services to support your physical and mental wellbeing
Access to our confidential employee assistance programme
Workplace pension
Online discounts covering your everyday shopping, entertainment, eating out and more.
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:
Legal, Risk & AuditLocations:
Bupa Place, Staines - Willow House
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.
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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.
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