Capex & Investment Analyst

At Bupa, we're here to help people live longer, healthier, happier lives and make a better world.

We're looking for a Capex & Investment Analyst to join the Finance team at King Edward VII's Hospital. This is an exciting opportunity to take ownership of the capital expenditure process and play a key role in supporting investment decisions that help maintain and enhance facilities, technology, and patient services.

Responsibilities

• Own and manage the Capital Expenditure Request (CER) process, ensuring approvals, governance, and controls are followed consistently.
• Prepare capital expenditure summaries and reporting for review by senior leadership teams.
• Review capital requests and provide guidance to budget holders on capital investment requirements and approval processes.
• Lead monthly and year-end capital accounting activities, ensuring transactions are accurately recorded and supported.
• Apply appropriate accounting treatment to capital expenditure in line with IFRS accounting standards and company policies.
• Own and maintain the Fixed Asset Register, ensuring it remains accurate, complete, and reconciled to the general ledger.
• Manage depreciation accounting, asset transfers, disposals, and write-offs.
• Produce monthly CAPEX reporting, forecasts, and variance analysis for management and group reporting.
• Support investment planning through financial analysis, forecasting, and reporting.
• Calculate and account for capitalisable project staff costs where appropriate.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen controls, improve processes, and enhance reporting.

Key Skills/Qualifications required for this role

• Fully qualified accountant is required.
• Strong finance experience, with sound knowledge of capital accounting, CAPEX reporting, capital expenditure vs operating expenditure, and capitalisation principles.
• Experience maintaining fixed asset registers and managing depreciation accounting.
• Strong Excel skills and confidence producing reports and presentations for senior stakeholders.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage competing priorities.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to challenge constructively when required.
• Experience with business cases, investment appraisals, financial modelling, Oracle, PeopleSoft or healthcare environments would be advantageous.

Benefits

• Annual leave entitlement of 25 days + bank holidays increasing with length of service.
• In-house training for all staff.
• Company pension scheme.
• Life assurance.
• Employee Referral Scheme.
• Access to staff restaurant.
• Interest-free travel loan.
• Private healthcare (Eligible after 12m).
• Bicycle Loan Scheme.
• Retailer discounts.
• Employee Assistance Programme.