Finance Business Partner - UK & Africa

ACCA Careers; Brighton; Hybrid; GBP 51,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health insurer in Brighton is seeking a Finance Business Partner to support strategic vision and profitability goals. You will collaborate with commercial teams, deliver insights to drive growth, and manage financial analytics. Ideal candidates should hold qualifications as a certified accountant and possess a strong financial analysis background. This role offers a hybrid working model and a competitive salary between £51,000 and £70,000 per annum.

Benefits

25 days holiday, increasing with service

Enhanced pension and life insurance

Access to health and dental insurance

Mental health and wellbeing support

Discounts on services

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in insurance or financial services preferred.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Partner with UK & Africa teams for commercial success.
• Deliver monthly performance reporting and P&L analysis.
• Support planning and forecasting processes.
• Analyze key performance drivers.
• Develop robust financial business cases.
• Build relationships across finance and non-finance teams.
• Ensure compliance with governance and regulatory requirements.

Skills

Qualified accountant with strong commercial awareness

Experience in business partnering

Proven experience in financial analysis

Advanced Excel skills

Excellent communication and influencing skills

Strong stakeholder management experience

Proactive and adaptable

Team player with a curious mindset

Education

Qualified accountant

Job description

Job Description

Finance Business Partner

Victory House, Brighton (BN1 4FY)

Hybrid working

Full time 37.5 hours

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: [e-mail]

End Date: November 19, 2025

For further information, and to apply, please visit our website via the “Apply” button below.