Senior Business Analyst

Bupa; Staines-upon-Thames; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health insurer in the UK is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to support data operations. The role, which offers hybrid working, involves developing analytic solutions and maintaining technical expertise in data handling. The ideal candidate will have a solid background in managing complex datasets and experience with SQL and SAS. The position provides a competitive salary and excellent benefits, including health insurance and a generous holiday allowance.

Benefits

25 days holiday

Bupa health insurance

Enhanced pension plan

Onsite gyms or local discounts

Various online discounts

Qualifications

• Experience in using analytics and reporting solutions.
• Strong technical background with data operations.
• Proven record of development and testing of production processes.

Responsibilities

• Maintain knowledge of business operations and data expertise.
• Communicate effectively with colleagues to establish business needs.
• Support month-end production processes and automation migration.

Skills

Proven experience with large complex datasets

Experience in SQL dialects

Ability to handle confidential data responsibly

Experience with Oracle or SQL Server

Experience in healthcare and finance datasets

Familiarity with SAS language

Tools

SQL (T-SQL, PostgreSQL, MSSQL, MYSQL)

SAS EG

Snowflake

Job description

Job Description:

Senior Business Analyst

Hybrid: up to 3 days WFH

Manchester, Staines or London

Permanent

From £41.7k DOE and location + fantastic benefits

Full time : 37.5 hours per week

We consider all types of flexibility, including locations, hours and working patterns.

We make health happen

Working in our UK support functions you’ll play a key part in helping our customer facing colleagues deliver exceptional standards of customer service and patient care. No matter your role, you’ll have an opportunity to do work that matters. Making a difference to the lives of our customers each and every day.

The role is part of the Data Operations team within the overall UKI Data & Analytics department, with the aim of developing new analytic and production data reporting solutions, based on the principals of production effectiveness and optimisation.

How y ou’ll help us make health happen :

• Maintain a sound knowledge of business operations, with a high level of data technical expertise
• Work with fellow analysts, non technical business managers and colleagues to understand the desired outcome and what insights are necessary for their decision making
• Communicate effectively and clearly to help colleagues understand the work and to fully establish business needs and help evolve business requirements and solutions
• Support the running of month end production process as we evolve the automation of these and migrate from SAS EG to Viya and Snowflake hosted data solutions
• End to end development and testing of new production codes and processes
• Work on tasks that are purely technology driven as well as those that are business and regulatory focused, needing data exploration and agile solution development
• Establish quality checking procedures on new code solutions and they are effective, robust and appropriate
• Make recommendation for improvements, actively looking for opportunities to optimise existing business data solutions

Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role:

• Proven experience of using industry standard tools and processing with large complex and intricate datamarts and datasets
• Experience with health care and finance data sets is an advantage, experience in a database programming languages strongly preferred.
• Experience in working with RDMS such as Oracle or SQL Server and cloud-based data platforms – Snowflake
• Experienced in at least one: SQL dialect (T-SQL, PostgreSQL, MSSQL, MYSQL) and SAS language
• Ability to understand where efficiencies can be gained from application of technology and taking the appropriate course of action to implement and deliver benefits
• Ability to deal responsibly with confidential data, understanding data governance controls

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 through length of service, with option to buy or sell

• Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind

• An enhanced pension plan and life insurance

• Onsite gyms or local discounts where no onsite gym available

• Various other benefits and online discounts

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 w e especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Bupa takes pride in being a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer and will aim to offer an interview/assessment to disabled applicants who best meet the minimum criteria for the role. We’re committed to ensuring you’re treated fairly during the recruitment process and offer reasonable adjustments to anyone who may benefit from accommodations to the recruitment process .

If you require information regarding this role in an alternative format , please email: [e-mail]

Time Type:

Full time

Job Area:

Locations:

Angel Court, London, Bupa Place, Staines - Willow House