• Job Description

  Req#: R1165329

  Job Description:

  Senior Financial Administrator

  Open across UK Locations + Hybrid Working

  Full time (37.5hrs pw)

  Permanent

  Competetive Salary (dependant on experience and location) + Excellent Benefits

  Here you’ll be welcomed. We champion diversity and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. You’ll find an inclusive environment where you can be yourself and where everyone is driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world.

  We make health happen

  The Senior Financial Administrator is responsible for a portfolio of care homes and plays a key role in supporting the business with specific finance administration responsibilities.

  Reporting to the Service Operations Manager, the senior financial administrator has a close working relationship with relief administrators, financial administrators, and the finance business partners, in addition to all central teams and managers working in and across the UK Market. The building and maintaining of stake holder relationships coupled with a strong subject matter input into all the financial decisions being considered will be required to achieve the objectives of the job role.

  The job holder will be expected to gain a deep understanding of service provision required by the UK Market, including all aspects that drive and improve value and return. This can include both end customer and intermediary partners, third party providers i.e. Local Authorities and CCG’s and functional effectiveness with the UK Market ensuring that returns from customers are maximised

  Reporting to the Service Operations Manager, the role holder will be accountable for providing ongoing financial administration, policy compliance and system support across the Bupa UK, ensuring all finance administration teams are working to Bupa specified policy, procedures and standards.

  You’ll help us make health happen through:

  • Developing a deep understanding of the business processes and funding models required to meet both business and customer needs.
  • Completing financial control reviews in each home within the portfolio once a year providing feedback and recommendations to stakeholders and escalating any risks to the Service Operations Manager.
  • Monitoring progress of action plans, providing assistance, training and support where necessary to clear outstanding action points.
  • Completing follow up financial control reviews as required in line with agreed timescales.
  • Attending quarterly review meetings with Service Operations Manager to review and discuss findings, identify common problems / weaknesses in policy / process and contributing to strengthening controls and effectiveness for further reviews.
  • Working collaboratively with relief administrators, financial administrators, finance business partners, central teams and the Service Operations Manager, feeding back findings and recommendations on day to day issues.
  • Building and maintain key relationships with third party providers i.e. Local Authorities and CCG’s to drive value and maintain effectiveness of associated billing and payment processes.

  Key Skills needed for this role:

  • Proven ability to work on own initiative
  • Professional accounting qualification desirable
  • Extensive experience of financial billing systems and processes
  • Auditing experience
  • Skilled and strong mentor, trainer and facilitator
  • Excellent communication, negotiation and influencing skills
  • Ability to champion continuous improvement and customer focus

  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 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

  At Bupa we adhere to a structured framework when awarding any changes to salary. We believe this creates a fair and consistent approach for all colleagues looking to grow or change role. For more guidance please click HERE.

  Before you apply for a vacancy, please ensure your job history on your workday profile is up to date with all your career history and achievements. This will mean the Recruitment team have all the relevant information they need to review your application.

  Please be aware that if you’re successful in securing this role there may be changes to your notice period and other terms and conditions, your recruiter will be able to advise what this means for you during your application.

  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.

  Time Type:

  Full time

  Job Area:

  Finance & Accounting

  Locations:

  Home Based, c/o Angel Court, London, Nationwide

• About the company

  Bupa's origins and global headquarters are in the United Kingdom.

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