Senior Finance Business Partner - Tech

Bupa; Greater Manchester; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Bupa is seeking a Finance Business Partner to support the Functional Executive team in delivering financial processes and insights. This role involves presenting analytics, performing financial modelling, and engaging with various teams to ensure effective financial management. The position offers a competitive salary and a range of benefits, including flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

25 days holiday, increasing with service

Bupa health insurance

Enhanced pension plan and life insurance

Annual performance-based bonus

Onsite gyms or local discounts

Various other benefits and online discounts

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years experience in finance roles.
• Experience presenting to Executive teams.
• Ability to perform financial modelling and investment appraisals.

Responsibilities

• Support the Head of Business Partnering with finance support.
• Deliver key financial processes including month end and forecasts.
• Provide proactive financial support and data for decision making.

Skills

Financial modelling

Business Partnering

Financial Analysis

Planning/Forecasting

Management Accounting

Financial Reporting

Education

Professional accountancy qualification – ICAEW, ACCA or CIMA

Job description

Job Description:

Manchester, Staines, Leeds or London

Competitive salary + fantastic benefits

37.5 hours per week

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

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

In this position you will support the Head of Business Partnering in providing finance support to the Functional Executive team member and their teams. You will also deliver key financial processes including month end, rolling forecasts and the three year Plan.

You’ll help us make health happen by

• Present total technology function results for both regular and ad hoc cost reporting to BGIUK CIO and Technology Leadership Team
• Review and finalise Exec level commentary for Tech function including but not limited to; monthly flash, ELOS and functional/cost centre reporting
• Provide proactive financial support by understanding MU and functional strategy, interlinks with transformation activity and BAU, performing financial modelling including investment appraisals and scenario modelling
• Work closely with TCO Analysts to ensure combining of contracts/licenses details into Plan and forecast reporting
• Understand Group/MU Finance landscape and proactively engage relevant teams to support and deliver actuals, forecast, plan or modelling activities including FP&R, systems and tax
• Be data led, ensuring budget holders have relevant information required to make decisions and where possible, automate provision of data

Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role

• Hold a professional accountancy qualification – ICAEW, ACCA or CIMA (or equivalent)
• Minimum of 5 years experience in industry or practice within finance roles; business partnering, Financial Analysis, planning/forecasting, Management accounting and Financial Reporting
• Business Partnering experience to an Executive team – confident to present analytics and options, robustly challenge, holds an inquisitive mindset and strong understanding of corporate functions
• Financial modelling and investment appraisals to support key decisions
• Flexible and pragmatic – able to work under significant pressure and intensity, handling multiple priorities both BAU and change and taking a risk based approach

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
• Annual performance-based bonus
• 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 we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

As a Disability Confident employer, we offer a guaranteed interview for every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the job. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

End Date: June 3, 2025
For further information, and to apply, please visit our website via the “Apply” button below.