Senior Finance Applications Specialist (Oracle EPBCS)

Bupa; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A global healthcare company seeks a Senior Finance Applications Specialist to enhance the Oracle EPBCS platform and drive effective financial planning processes. This role offers a competitive salary and benefits, with a hybrid working model based in London. Candidates should possess strong finance process knowledge and excellent communication skills. Preferred qualifications include expertise in Oracle EPM solutions and professional accountancy credentials.

Benefits

25 days holiday

Bupa health insurance

Bonus scheme

Pension scheme

Enhanced parental leave

Discounts on Bupa products and services

Access to employee wellbeing programme

Qualifications

• Confident working with finance systems.
• Solid understanding of finance processes.
• Experience in a regulated environment.

Responsibilities

• Drive end-to-end process flow for ESG reporting.
• Support Management Reporting and Financial Planning processes.
• Lead Oracle applications ensuring controls and governance.

Skills

Customer-oriented mindset

Exceptional verbal communication skills

Technical and analytical skills

Finance process understanding

Expertise in Oracle EPM solutions

Understanding of complex environments

Project management skills

Professional accountancy qualification

Education

Professional accountancy qualification (CIMA/ACA/ACCA)

Tools

Oracle EPBCS

Groovy scripting

MS Power BI

Job description

Job Description

Bupa, we’re here to help people live longer, healthier, happier lives – and make a better world. We’re a global healthcare company with no shareholders, which means our customers come first in everything we do.

Competitive salary + benefits including up to 10% bonus

Competitive salary + benefits including up to 10% bonus

Angel Court, London

Angel Court, London

Hybrid working

Hybrid working

Full-time, 35 hours per week

Full-time, 35 hours per week

We make health happen

We make health happen

How you’ll help us make health happen

As a Senior Finance Applications Specialist, you’ll play a key role in both the day-to-day running and future development of our Oracle EPBCS platform. You’ll drive smarter, more efficient ways of working – especially in ESG and financial planning.

Change

• Contribute to/drive the translation of functional requirements and Excel modelling to application design and configuration.
• Participate or lead in new initiatives to identify appropriate technology solutions, working closely with the Finance Transformation and Project Management teams.
• Own a part of the Oracle EPBCS system delivery of new initiatives to deliver benefits to the ESG and FP&A Reporting teams.
• Lead and own Oracle EPBCS development components including Data forms / Narrative Reports, Data synchronisations and calculations as well as MS Power BI reports.
• Support the testing and end-user training of the new initiatives.

Run

• Drive the end-to-end process flow and data requirements to support ESG reporting (Scopes 1,2 and 3) and the inter-dependencies with other reporting processes.
• Support the Management Reporting and Financial Planning processes during peak reporting cycles and key deadlines.
• Take the lead in operating the Oracle applications, ensuring the appropriate controls and governance are in place. Collect (or personally identify), assess and implement functionality improvements and configuration changes to our systems to support a more efficient and easily maintainable reporting process.
• Provide a great level of service to the ESG reporting team, understanding in detail their reporting needs and being the go-to person for all system-related activities.

What you’ll bring

We’re looking for someone who’s confident working with finance systems and enjoys solving problems. You’ll bring:

• A customer-oriented mindset with exceptional verbal communication skills.
• Solid technical and analytical skills, with the ability to interpret & present data clearly.
• Strong finance process understanding, at least in one of the following areas: ESG Reporting, Financial Reporting (Statutory, Regulatory or Management), Non-Financial Reporting.
• Expertise in Oracle Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) solutions (or willingness to be hands-on), with understanding of Groovy scripting being a plus.
• Solid experience of working in a complex and/or regulated environment and delivering and/or operating large-scale finance systems and models.
• Understanding of demands faced by a large global company and its financial reporting process.
• Ability to manage project schedules and workload within a collaborative team framework.
• Professional accountancy qualification (CIMA/ACA/ACCA) will be considered as a plus.

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.

• 25 days holiday, increasing through length of service, with the option to buy or sell.
• Bupa health insurance.
• Bonus scheme.
• Pension scheme.
• Enhanced parental leave.
• Discounts on Bupa products and services.
• Access to our employee wellbeing programme.

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.

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