M&A Manager, BGIUK

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M&A Manager

London (EC2R 7HJ)

Hybrid working (3 days in the office)

Full time 37.5 hours

Permanent

Competitive Salary (DOE) plus fantastic Bupa benefits

Advert closes Friday 6th February 2026

We make health happen

At Bupa were here to help people live longer healthier happier lives and to make a better world. With no shareholders our focus is on our customers and the care we deliver every day.

As an M&A Manager youll play a key role in shaping the future of our business. Youll help us grow sustainably by supporting the identification assessment and delivery of new opportunities from acquisitions and divestments to joint ventures and strategic partnerships.

In this role youll bring together financial insight commercial thinking and a collaborative approach that supports teams across the market unit. Your work will help us invest in the right opportunities strengthen our services and ultimately improve the experience of the people who rely on us.

How youll help us make health happen

• Support the development and implementation of an ongoing programme of acquisitions divestments joint ventures and strategic partnerships.

• Appraise new opportunities by preparing information memorandums internal business cases and financial reviews.

• Build refine and stresstest valuation models including discounted cash flow (DCF) trading multiples and precedent transactions using scenario and sensitivity analysis.

• Assess key transaction metrics such as profitability capital requirements and return on capital employed (ROCE).

• Lead valuation workstreams on smaller transactions and partner closely with finance teams.

• Review financial duediligence outputs and assess the impact on each transaction; in some cases supporting vendor or buyside financial due diligence.

• Manage the daytoday transaction process on smaller deals including Q&A analysis and input on commercial terms.

• Deliver timely reporting financial appraisals and project updates to support decisionmaking.

• Contribute to briefings and papers on valuation risks and opportunities for senior leaders.

• Carry out postacquisition and investment reviews to help us continuously improve.

Key skills and qualifications required for this role

• Qualified accountant (either ACA or equivalent) would be beneficial

• Commercial experience ideally including M&A work in healthcare insurance or a related sector

• Strong analytical skills and experience in financial modelling and valuation techniques is required.

• Experience carrying out financial due diligence including assessing quality of earnings net debt and workingcapital considerations is needed.

• The ability to interpret complex information and translate it clearly and logically for a range of stakeholders

• Confidence managing large datasets and presenting insights in a businessfriendly way.

• Strong communication and influencing skills with the ability to support and challenge stakeholders at all levels.

• The ability to manage multiple projects and adapt in changing or 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

Were 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. Thats 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. Well make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

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