Job Description:
M&A Senior Analyst
Hybrid working with 3 days per week working from home
Angel Court, London, EC2R 7HJ
Permanent
Fantastic benefits
Full time 37.5 hours per week
We make health happen
Working in our UK support functions you’ll play a key part in supporting the smooth execution of mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, and strategic partnership projects within Bupa. You’ll have an opportunity to do work that matters, making a difference to the lives of our customers each and every day.
As M&A Senior Analyst, you will play a key role in supporting the team through the identification, assessment, and execution of M&A opportunities. This will include support on a range of work across M&A projects, including valuation models and financial due diligence. This is a broad, commercially focused role within a dynamic environment with opportunities to develop and grow.
How you’ll help us make health happen
1. Support the team in the development and implementation of an ongoing programme of acquisitions, divestments, joint ventures and strategic partnerships.
2. Support on transactions including appraisal of opportunity, supporting the preparation of Information Memorandums and internal business cases, developing, refining and stress-testing valuation models (e.g., DCF, trading multiples and precedent transactions) and undertaking financial reviews and commercial assessment.
3. Support assessment of the key metrics on transactions on the business unit and market unit such as ROCE/profitability/capital requirements etc.
4. Support on valuation workstreams, which includes the development of the valuation model, working closely with M&A colleagues and partnering with finance teams across the Market Unit.
5. Support in the review and assessment of financial due diligence, in some cases conduct vendor or buy side financial due diligence with support from M&A Manager / Senior Manager or Head of M&A.
6. Support with M&A processes on a day-to-day basis, including Q&A process as part of due diligence, analysis as applicable during the process.
7. Delivering high quality, relevant and timely reporting and financial appraisals in a way that is ready for the M&A Manager / Senior Manager or Head of M&A to review.
8. Contribute to papers, briefings and advice regarding valuation, risks and opportunities for the Management Unit so that appropriate management decisions can be taken.
9. Support in undertaking Post Acquisition and Investment reviews.
Key Skills/Qualifications needed for this role
10. Educated to degree level or equivalent
11. Professional qualification (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) or equivalent from practice
12. Relevant post qualification commercial experience, including M&A ideally in healthcare provision and insurance
13. Strong analytical and financial evaluation skills, with the ability to search out relevant information, insights, assess financial risk and opportunity and any other financial implications on the transaction
14. Experienced in carrying out financial appraisals and valuation modelling (e.g., DCF, trading multiples), with the ability to analyse key value drivers and outputs (such as IRR, EV and ROCE) and assessing the financial impact on transactions.
15. Experience in financial due diligence, which could include determining QofE, Net Debt and adjusted working capital adjustments and considerations
16. Experienced in preparing Information Memorandums.
17. Skilled in problem solving, interpreting complex information and ability to translate their impact on transactions in a clear and logical way.
18. Skilled in managing large datasets, organising these in a way which can be easily digested.
19. Good influencing and communication skills, both verbal and written
20. A good relationship builder, who can support and challenge colleagues at all levels of seniority from different functions in a constructive and effective manner.
21. Ability to work on numerous tasks and work under pressure and adapting to changing and ambiguous situations.
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.