Strategy & Reporting Senior Associate 

Permanent, Full-time

Hybrid role – 1–2 days per month in one of our offices (Bristol, London, Leeds or Manchester)

The Role

Bupa Dental Care (BDC) supports c.360 practices across the UK, delivering essential care to millions of patients every year. As we continue on an ambitious growth journey, we’re looking for a Strategy & Reporting Senior Associate to help shape the future of our business and influence key decision-making.

This role sits within our Commercial Finance & Strategy team – a small, high-performing and supportive team led by our Head of Commercial Finance. Reporting into the Senior Strategy Lead, you’ll play a key role in turning complex data and market insight into clear, actionable recommendations.

You’ll be at the heart of the business, providing strategic analysis and reporting that directly informs senior stakeholders and drives better decisions across Bupa Dental Care.

Responsibilities

• Support the development of Bupa Dental Care’s strategy alongside the Dental Executive Team
• Partner across the business on high-priority projects, identifying opportunities to add value
• Bring external market and competitor insight to shape decision-making
• Deliver strategic and financial reporting into wider Bupa

Strategic projects

• Lead analysis across a range of projects, using both quantitative and qualitative insight
• Turn complex data into clear, actionable recommendations
• Contribute to business cases, challenging assumptions and strengthening decisions
• Present insights in a clear, compelling way to senior stakeholders

Reporting

• Deliver regular strategic reporting to senior leadership
• Own and improve KPI reporting, keeping it focused and relevant
• Partner with teams to align reporting to business priorities
• Act as a go-to for external market insight

Skills/Experience

• Strategy experience from consulting or in-house roles
• Strong interest in healthcare (experience helpful, not essential)
• Professional qualification (ACA / ACCA / CIMA / CFA) beneficial
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills (quant & qual)
• Confident using Excel and PowerPoint; Python/ML a bonus
• Commercially minded, able to turn data into clear insight
• Comfortable with financials and building business cases
• Clear, confident communicator with stakeholders at all levels
• Collaborative, with strong relationship-building skills
• Self-sufficient, organised, and comfortable managing multiple priorities
• Proactive, pragmatic, and able to work through ambiguity

Benefits

The benefits here are industry-leading, and we’ll be able to tell you more about them in the process (or jump to the benefits and rewards page on our careers site for a flavour). But here’s a snapshot:

• 25 days holiday, plus the option to buy more.
• Discounts in over 7,000 retailers, discounted gym membership and discounted dental insurance (of course).
• Health Trust - our bespoke employee private healthcare plan, providing healthcare cover with no medical underwriting for colleagues and their families.
• Access to remote GP and nurse services, physiotherapy, and mental health support.
• MyHealthcare Allowance, an annual allowance which is redeemable against a menu of Bupa healthcare products.
• Early access to your earned wages through Wagestream.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• And many more, just ask…

If you or someone you know would be interested in working with a dynamic and expanding healthcare business, with lots of support on offer, great benefits and friendly teams, we would love to hear from you!

To find out more about working with us, find us on LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram.

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.  

Bupa takes pride in being a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer and will aim to offer an interview/assessment to disabled applicants who best meet the minimum criteria for the role. We are committed to ensuring you are treated fairly during the recruitment process and offer reasonable adjustments to anyone who may benefit from accommodations to the recruitment process.

Bupa Dental Care is an equal opportunities employer.