Senior Commercial Analyst

Bupa; Salford; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health insurer in Salford is seeking a Senior Commercial Analyst to support financial planning and manage costs across multiple functions. Successful candidates will have strong stakeholder management skills and a proactive approach to learning. This role provides opportunities to make a significant impact within the company and offers various benefits, including health insurance and additional holiday options.

Benefits

25 days holiday, increasing with service

Bupa health insurance

Enhanced pension plan and life insurance

Onsite gyms or local discounts

Various online discounts

Qualifications

• Proven experience in financial planning and reporting.
• High level of stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to analyze and assess business cases.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business functions in cost management.
• Support financial planning for a £25m cost base.
• Build and maintain relationships with Directors.

Skills

Cost management

Financial planning

Stakeholder management

Communication

Analytical skills

Proactive learning

Job description

Overview

The role will evolve over time and provide variety via working with different business functions (and these may change in future) and working on projects.

Responsibilities

• Play a business partnering role in cost management across multiple business functions, supporting senior leaders to get optimal value from their budgets.
• Initially responsible for financial planning and reporting on a c.£25m p.a. cost base and c.450 FTE.
• Support financial planning and controls in the analysis of healthcare claims costs.
• Support commercial prioritisation and success of Healthcare Leadership Savings of c.£10m p.a. including building robust forecasts and plans.
• Build, strengthen and maintain stakeholder relationships at Director level, with the ability to be tenacious and challenging when required.
• Analyse, advise and assess business cases, calculating ROIs, holding approval authority on business cases and subsequently being accountable for tracking financial benefits on those cases that are approved for delivery.
• Ensure process controls and KPIs are in place to monitor key business drivers.
• An excellent communicator, comfortable presenting to stakeholders from Board level to front line.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to push back and challenge when required.
• Ambitious with a desire to progress and establish a career within Bupa.
• Pro-active and keen to develop and learn new skills.
• As our Senior Commercial Analyst you can expect to get to know everything, about Bupa… It\'s all about the partnering and as this role evolves you\'ll get the opportunity to shape it and make it your own.

Team and culture

The team you\'ll be working in works closely with senior stakeholders across our largest unit to set ambitious but achievable budget targets and develops and track pathways to achieve them, over a 3 year time horizon. 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 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.

Benefits

• 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