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M&A Executive

Leeds
£26.5k/yr
Posted about 21 hours ago
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Job Description: M&A Executive

Leeds (LS5 3BF) or London (EC2R 7HJ)
FTC 3 months
Full time 37.5 hours
Hybrid working (2 days per week in the office)
Salary: from £26,500 per annum DOE
Advert closes Monday 24th August 2026


We make health happen

At Bupa, our purpose is simple: helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world.

As a healthcare provider and insurer, we're always looking for ways to strengthen and grow our services so we can meet the changing needs of our customers. Strategic partnerships, joint ventures and acquisitions play an important role in helping us achieve this.

As our M&A Executive, you'll be part of a team that assists in portfolio management and helps assess growth opportunities across the business. You'll support on different variety of transactions including divestments and acquisitions. Working alongside experienced M&A professionals, you'll gain exposure to commercial analysis, project management and strategic decision-making.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who enjoys combining analytical thinking with project delivery and is looking to develop a career in mergers and acquisitions, corporate development or strategic finance.


How you’ll help us make health happen

As our M&A Executive, you'll:

  • Coordinate administrative activities across live transactions
  • Maintain opportunity trackers, risk and consideration logs and activity logs on transactions, ensuring information is accurate and up to date.
  • Prepare status reports on transactions
  • Monitor and report on transaction costs, budgets and forecasts.
  • Support project teams with data room management, site visits and transaction administration.
  • Support the M&A team in identifying and assessing acquisition, partnership and joint venture opportunities.
  • Help develop and manage acquisition pipelines and market opportunity research.
  • Review potential opportunities and prepare concise reports and recommendations.
  • Support financial and commercial assessments of acquisition opportunities.
  • Maintain strong governance and ensure activities are completed in line with Bupa policies and procedures.
  • Contribute to a high-performing team and support continuous improvement initiatives.

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Key skills and responsibilities needed for this role

  • Previous experience in Project Administration is required
  • Strong numerical and analytical skills.
  • Good business acumen
  • Good Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel.
  • Experience managing multiple priorities, strong organisational skills and meeting deadlines is essential.
  • Confidence building relationships with colleagues from different teams and levels of the organisation.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Excellent attention to detail.
  • A proactive and flexible approach to work.
  • An interest in M&A acquisitions

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.

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  • 25 days holiday per year, pro rata to your contract.
  • Access to a range of services to support your physical and mental wellbeing
  • Fixed term benefits allowance
  • Access to our confidential employee assistance programme
  • Workplace pension

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 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’re 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


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Skills

Project administration
Numerical skills
Analytical skills
Business acumen
Microsoft Office
Excel
Organizational skills
Relationship building
Written communication
Verbal communication
Attention to detail
Proactive approach
Flexible approach
Mergers and acquisitions

Location

Leeds, England, United Kingdom

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