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Job Description

IT Specialist – Reporting and Developer

Salford, London or Staines with hybrid flexi working

Permanent, Full time 37.5 hrs/pwk

Salary £70,000 – £83,000 depending on location + benefits and 10% mgmt. bonus

Closing date: Monday 31st Jan 2022

At the moment we are running a hybrid working program and have flexibility with office and home working, as we transition back in the office environment, but need to be within distance of the Salford, London or Staines office to come in as and when required.

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.

Are you a strong IT Specialist advanced with SQL and developing finance reporting systems who enjoys problem solving and finding the best IT solutions?

Job Purpose

The Product Delivery team has responsibility across all financial and commercial functions across the BGUK market unit. Whilst the responsibility primarily covers the UKI regulated insurance business, it also encompasses Bupa Global and the other provisioning businesses, i.e. Care Homes and Richmond Villages. This role performs a key critical control to ensure that financial and customer data is kept secure as well as ensuring customer data is continually protected in line with regular system updates.

The role requires adherence to strict externally supplied deadlines in an environment of high governance and control both within the Bupa framework and with the external regulators. This requires leading the development and support of complex I.T. solutions and providing accurate data sets to a number of stakeholders. Due to the complex nature of the role and the high level of regulation and scrutiny by external auditors this role requires both a high level of technical knowledge and a wide range of operational experience.

The role needs to ensure that BGUKMU is compliant with IFRSs, local internal & external finance reporting requirements whilst being a primary contact for liaising with finance business partners, internal and external auditors on any data issues which are impacting UKI and BINS reporting.

Responsibility For

Responsible for developing the Finance I.T. solutions that provide data to deliver monthly financial results for the UK Funding business. Results are delivered to the Customer FD and consolidated into the overall UK MU and Group results within strict deadlines and subject to external audit and regulatory governance.
Responsible for Finance I.T. solutions that provide data to deliver quarterly financial and regulatory results for the UK Funding business. Results are delivered to the UKI FD and consolidated into the overall UK MU and Group results within strict deadlines.
Development and support of Finance I.T. solutions that provide data to deliver monthly and quarterly financial and regulatory results for other provisioning businesses. This incorporates internal and external audit data requests.
Primary contact for External & Internal Audit data explanations and documentation of processes.
Responsibility for maintaining I.T. environments ensuring compliance with Bupa I.T. standards and practises.
Primary contact for liasing with IT teams across the whole Market Unit.
Continuous awareness of complex and new transactions to ensure compliance with regulatory and statutory obligations including coordination with experts including external audit, legal, property and tax teams.
Continuous awareness of GDPR and data retention policies to ensure Bupa are compliant with the Data Protection Act.
Oversee the development and continuous improvement of technical solutions. In general lead a relentless focus on process improvement across all areas of the team. Seek opportunities to further automate as appropriate.
Primary contact for data issues, queries and investigations for Commercial Finance, Operational Finance, Sales, Audit.
Control of source code across multiple systems.
Responsible for the design, development and implementation of I.T. solutions to streamline Financial Reconciliations, Reporting and Audit.
Responsible for maintaining a backlog of requests for new work items, prioritisation of work items and Release Management
Documentation of Finance I.T. landscape highlighting dependencies and data flows across systems
Responsible for provision and accuracy of data for a suite of automated and ‘self serve’ Cognos reports across multiple Business areas
Responsible for provision and accuracy of data for a suite of SSAS cubes across multiple Business areas
Primary contact for advice on Finance I.T. Development and provision of data
Robust support and technical analysis of deployed I.T. solutions to assist internal & external auditors.
Peer review new Development by other members of the team including advice on development approach
Continuous awareness of new technology and technology upgrades that may require some processes to be re-engineered

Liaise And Collaborate With

Deliver Reporting direct to the needs of the UKI Finance Business Partners of each of the segments/companies that make up the UK Funding business. Continuous liaison with Finance Business Partners on all matters of data and reporting.
Responsible and key contact for data provision for the half year and year end statutory audits for the UK Funding businesses with external auditors. Working directly with external auditors to elicit process flows and Business calculations
Engage with Database Administrators on complex issues regarding database performance, storage requirements, archiving strategy, backup requirements
Engage with I.T. Support for Release Management and Deployments. Provide assistance where necessary to support daily batch of automated jobs
Attendance at monthly sprint planning sessions, working with the Technical Product Owner to review the backlog and prioritise new development
Engage with Finance Business Partners, Actuarial, Sales to ensure their reporting needs are satisfied to deliver regulatory and operational reporting in line with regulatory requirements
Work with the Technical Product Owner to ensure control over the monthly reporting and planning processes.
Lead role as part of the Market Unit wider Finance team to support Technical Product Owner, share ideas and to provide generic problem solving as required.

People Leadership

Project leadership of a wide ranging team of Finance and I.T. professionals and development of trainees
Sharing best practice initiative
Coaching the team to ensure I.T. skills, governance, standards and technical knowledge is up to date and relevant to UKI Finance requirements
Ensure continual development of colleagues, helping them to manage their workload and empowering them to make decisions while maintaining the appropriate level of review
To independently guide, challenge and support customers in BINS in all technical matters from the inception of a project to its delivery in BAU.
To influence the design and approach in all technical matters, engaging with Project Stakeholders to convey the approach

Qualifications, Skills And Experience

Strong Business Analysis skills – 10 years+ experience
IT Technical background
Strong RDBMS, SQL Server (T-SQL) & Oracle (PL-SQL) are a must for this role
SDLC experience delivering projects from inception to BAU
Development Leadership skills
Confidence to influence design and approach with senior colleagues
Engagement with Stakeholders, including Executive level
Database Tuning and performance
Data Modelling and database design (transactional schemas and star schemas)
SSIS, SSAS, SSRS Development
Knowledge of Source Control principals
C# and VBA programming
Ability to adapt and learn new technologies quickly
Fault resolution
Data Migration
Knowledge of Peoplesoft
Understanding of TWS / Batch processing
Solid understanding of API concepts
Managed backlogs / user stories / requirements capture and documentation
Ability to meet internally and externally provided deadlines is critical
Significant experience of developing robust, efficient solutions
Analytical and numerate with good systems knowledge is essential
Thorough understanding of PMI
Excellent commercial acumen coupled with strong technical finance skills
Ability to work alone, self motivated but also good team player
Excellent communication and negotiation skills. Confident to liaise directly with Technical staff or Directors across all structures on complex transactions
Ability to champion continuous improvement and Customer focus
Well organised, flexible and adaptable with excellent Influencing Skills
Flexible, objective and pragmatic. Able to work under significant pressure and intensity – handling multiple conflicts of interest and priorities and capable of providing insightful and balanced views
Strong interpersonal, communication and negotiation skills. Emphasis on achieving results and successful outcomes through consultation and conciliation whilst equally being confident and robust enough to challenge technical and senior colleagues where appropriate.
Objective, analytical and lateral thinking with a ‘can-do’ attitude with the ability to summarise and communicate complicated technical issues
Ability to work with 3rd parties and form strong Business relationships

Why Bupa?

We are a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. We reinvest profits into providing more and better healthcare for the benefit of current and future customers.

You’ll Be Eligible For

Our benefits are driven by what matters to our people. It’s important to us that these benefits support a work-life balance that keeps people healthy, both mentally and physically.

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, life insurance and income protection
Annual performance-based bonus
Onsite gyms or local discounts where no onsite gym available
Various family friendly benefits

Diversity and Inclusion

Bupa is committed to making sure that every applicant is assessed solely on personal merit and qualifications. We actively celebrate the diversity of our colleagues and provide an inclusive environment so you can bring your true self to Bupa. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly regardless of disability or circumstance. That’s why we’re happy to offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

Whether you’ve found your feet or are discovering a new path.

Welcome to a place that celebrates you.

This isn’t where you’ve been.

This is where you’re going.

This is what we have belief in.

Time Type

Full time

Job Posting End Date

Company: Bupa

Vacancy Type:

Job Location: Salford Quays, England, United Kingdom

Application Deadline: N/A

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