Job Description:
Commissions Payments Team Leader
Brighton (Victory House, BN1 4FY)
Hybrid (1 day per week in the office)
Full time (37.5 hours per week)
Permanent
Salary from £41,500 per annum plus fantastic Bupa Benefits
Advert closes Friday 11th July 2025
We make health happen
At Bupa, we’re here to help people live longer, healthier, happier lives—and to make a better world. That’s our purpose, and it’s what drives everything we do.
As our Commission Payments Team Leader, you’ll play a key role in making that happen. You’ll lead a small, specialist team within our Finance Operations function, ensuring that complex payments and commission processes run smoothly, accurately, and efficiently. Your work will help us maintain strong relationships with our partners and ensure our financial operations support the wider business and our customers.
This is a great opportunity to step into a leadership role where your analytical skills, finance expertise, and people-first mindset will make a real difference.
How you’ll help us make health happen
In this role, you’ll:
Lead and support a team of two Commissions Analysts, overseeing day-to-day operations
Act as the go-to expert for commissions and complex payments within Finance Operations
Perform complex reconciliations for commissions, premiums, and claims
Build strong working relationships across teams to improve processes and outcomes
Complete monthly control checks and submit KPI reports, analysing variances and identifying root causes
Support improvements in risk management and internal controls
Help develop better data and management information (MI) across the function
Foster a positive, collaborative team environment
Work closely with the Head of Finance Operations and other senior stakeholders
Key Skills and Qualifications needed for this role
We’re looking for someone who’s confident with numbers, comfortable with complexity, and passionate about leading people.
You’ll need:
Experience with commissions is a bonus, but not essential
Strong analytical skills and attention to detail is required
The ability to interpret financial data and explain its impact clearly
Experience of operating within or awareness of a good financial control environment would be ideal
Excellent communication and influencing skills
Confidence managing multiple tasks and prioritising effectively
A collaborative, team-focused approach
Experience leading or mentoring others
Proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Excel
A proactive mindset and a drive to improve processes
The ability to build strong relationships across teams and 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 with service, plus the option to buy or sell
Enhanced pension and life insurance
Access to Bupa health and dental insurance
Mental health and wellbeing support
Discounts on Bupa products and services
Career development opportunities and internal mobility
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.
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:
Victory House, Brighton
