Finance Analyst (Capex)

Job Description: Finance Analyst (Capex) Cromwell Hospital (High Street Kensington Offices, London, SW5 0TU) Full time, Permanent Hybrid Working (2 days per week in the office) Salary from £46,000 per annum (DOE) plus fantastic Bupa Benefits Advert closes Wednesday 23rd April 2025 We make health happen 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. As a member of the Cromwell Finance Team, you will own the Capital Investment request and sign-off process, alongside CAPEX reporting, forecasting and planning across the Hospital and our Specialist Diagnostic Centres. Ensuring that the Hospital Fixed Asset Register is accurate and that all capex-related processes are regularly reviewed and are being adhered to. How you’ll help us make health happen You will be managing the capital expenditure request process (CER) for the hospital and our Specialist Diagnostic Centres. By Producing a weekly view of capex requests for review and sign off by the Cromwell Executive and maintaining an up-to-date record of all CERs and outcomes. Approving of capex purchase orders, ensuring the correct department and project coding has been used. Ensure that capex spend is managed to Plan and provide robust explanations for deviations from Plan, including depreciation variances to plan. Provide a monthly capex Forecast, along with commentary on month-on-month movements, for submission to Group. Responding to queries and identifying opportunities for improvement in processes and reporting. Provide on-going support to senior management for large capex projects within the Hospital and provide up-to-date cost v budget analysis for each project. Key Skills/Qualifications needed for this role A part qualified accountant or qualified-by-experience working in a capex finance role within a large organisation. Demonstrated understanding of CapEx vs OpEx, with ability to advise on categorisation in line with accounting capitalisation principles and challenge where appropriate. Highly competent in Excel and Power Point. Knowledge of Oracle, Peoplesoft and Compucare would be desirable but not essential. Experience in assisting with business cases, investment appraisals and financial modelling. Experience in producing outputs for senior Management and Executive teams, including the ability to draw out and summarise key messages. Strong organisation, time management and stakeholder management skills An understanding of key Hospital business drivers and operations is desirable. Strong interpersonal and communication skills. Confident and robust enough to challenge senior colleagues where appropriate. The ability to build relationships with the wider Finance community and the business at all levels. 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 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 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. If you require information regarding this role in an alternative format, please email: careers@bupa.com Time Type: Full time Job Area: Finance & Accounting Locations: Cromwell HSK Be at the heart of helping people live longer healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We employ more than 80,000 people globally who are making this a reality. If you've got the belief, the drive and the talent to help us in our ambition then we’d like to hear from you. Wherever you work, one thing stands out about Bupa people. Our customers are our passion – they’re at the heart of our positively different culture of care. At Bupa you’ll be challenged, you’ll be encouraged to innovate, and collaborate with colleagues who are committed to delivering exceptional experiences. We trust, respect and consider everyone, knowing your difference will make the difference. Please introduce yourself to our recruiters and we'll get in touch if there's a role that sounds like a good match.