Compliance Business Partner

Bupa UK; Salford; Hybrid; GBP 59,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday pro rata

Employee assistance programme

Workplace pension

Online discounts

Job summary

Bupa UK is seeking a Compliance Business Partner to join our Risk and Compliance team. The role supports UK Insurance and Bupa Global, delivering practical compliance advice to commercial and customer teams while helping ensure regulatory obligations are met.

Hybrid working with two days in the office, 37.5 hours a week, salary range £59,100 to £70,000, and extensive benefits. You will influence decision-making and shape the future of compliance in a complex healthcare and insurance environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar second-line role within Financial Services/Insurance.
• Strong understanding of FCA regulations and conduct risk management.
• Ability to interpret regulations and translate them into clear business guidance.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and stakeholder management.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Ability to balance regulatory requirements with commercial objectives and customer outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality regulatory advice to Commercial and Customer teams.
• Build relationships with stakeholders and provide robust advice to support risk management and customer outcomes.
• Support product governance, customer propositions and business initiatives with practical compliance guidance.
• Identify, assess and elevate regulatory risks, issues and breaches.
• Help develop and enhance compliance frameworks, controls, policies and procedures.
• Collaborate with Risk, Compliance and other functions to drive consistency and improvement.
• Embed a strong compliance culture across regulated entities and wider operations.

Skills

Regulatory knowledge

Stakeholder management

Regulatory interpretation

Communication skills

Business partnering

Analytical thinking

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.

Job Description

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

• 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 elevate 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

• 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: [e-mail]

Time Type

Full time

Job Area

Legal, Risk & Audit

Locations

Bupa Place, Staines - Willow House