Job Description:

Senior Technical and Data Analyst – Finance Functions

Location London (EC2R 7HJ) Hybrid working options (up to 3/4 days WFH)

Permanent - Full time 35hours

Competitive Salary depending on experience and fantastic benefits

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

We make health happen

At Bupa, we’re passionate about technology. With colleagues, customers, patients, and residents in mind you’ll have the opportunity to work on innovative projects and make a real impact on their lives.

Right from the start you’ll become part of our digital strategy, joining us on our journey and developing yourself along the way.

The Senior Technical and Data Analyst role sits within our Global Functions Technology team supporting Group and Global Functions that sit in the strategic global solutions for BUPA.  Specifically, this role is to support the Finance Domain that supports the Finance Planning.

The products supported will vary over time but primarily this role is to support the Financial Planning, Actuarial and Corporate Reporting products that deliver the statutory, regulatory and management reporting.

How you’ll help us make health happen:

The Senior Technical and Data Analyst is an integral part of the finance domain support team and is responsible for supporting the product team with detailed technical and data analysis for the Group Functions Finance domain throughout the product life cycle. The TDA will work collegiately with the wider teams to deliver business and technical value.

• Be a subject matter expert for the product, its value stream, its data and systems using methodical investigation and design thinking to identify, shape and deliver change, working with the product and value stream owner, and product team, to ensure continuous improvement of the end-to-end value stream.

• Provide/utilise data and systems analysis to:

  • Define metrics to monitor and report the efficacy and efficiency of the product.

  • Develop models and use data facts drive decisions in the product team.

• Develop user stories (including the breakdown of work) using workshops, proto-typing, mock ups, visualisation and domain knowledge with design thinking to describe, shape and constructively challenge the product owners’ requirements.

• Drive end to end delivery of:

  • Backlog items that will achieve the realisation of business outcomes.

  • Continuous improvement of data quality and data standardisation

  • Product improvements, in partnership with the product owner who owns the business requirement (further detail below)

• Provide hands on ownership of the continuous improvement of products by:

  • Owning the definition and maintenance of system configuration (e.g., Business rules)

  • Owning deployments for product releases including data migration and cutover

  • Providing functional product reviews

  • Developing technical testing (system, unit and non-functional testing) including creating test plans, designing non-functional tests, synthesizing test data, executing tests and partnering with stakeholders to validate output

• Work in an agile manner as part of the agile scrum team, using design thinking, breaking work into small increments, and building out patterns and processes that can be repeated

Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role:

• Experience in technical delivery teams (technical and data analysis)

• Hold deep product and domain knowledge across Finance domain technologies i.e. Significant subject matter experience in the following:

  • Actuarial Technology

  • Actuarial processes, models and analysis (at least at a high level)

  • Technology to support FP&A Processes (Actuals, Forecasting / Planning)

  • Core accounting and finance technologies (ERP’s / GL’s)

  • Actuarial processes, models and analysis (at least at a high level)

  • Complex integration (Data, integration technologies and methods)

  • Financial data modelling

• Finance / accountancy qualifications beneficial

• Understanding of code management (branching, management, release management)

• Functional and technical design

• Significant experience and track-record in delivering in and leveraging agile methodologies.

• Data management experience, inc. data analysis, data modelling, mapping

• Experience in acceptance and outcome criteria gathering and translation to user stories.

• Numerate with strong analytical and problem-solving ability.

• Excellent standard of written and presentation skills with high proficiency of working in Azure DevOps, Excel

• Experience of collaborating with senior business and technology leaders to achieve outcomes.

• Strong influencing skills across stakeholders, colleagues and external vendors.

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. Upon 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.

If you would like more information on the role, require an alternative format, or would like to discuss other opportunities suited to your skills and experience, please contact the recruiter.

Time Type:

Full time

Job Area:

IT

Locations:

Angel Court, London