Group Sustainability Analyst

Job Description:

Group Sustainability Analyst

London

Hybrid & flexible working

Permanent role

Full time - 35 hours

Competitive salary DOE & attractive benefits package

The closing date for applications is Thursday 4th December, 2025

We make health happen

Join Bupa's Group Sustainability Team and help deliver our Better World strategy. We lead sustainability across Bupa's global businesses, setting vision and strategy, and working with Market Units (MUs) and core functions to deliver meaningful progress.

As Sustainability Data & Insights Analyst, you'll play a critical role in ensuring Bupa uses the best environmental and social data to inform decisions and accelerate our net zero transition. Working closely with sustainability and non-sustainability teams, you'll provide insights, improve data quality, and support governance processes.

A key focus will be calculating and interpreting Bupa's Scope 3 emissions footprint throughout 2026, while enhancing data and upskilling stakeholders on methodology and reporting. You'll also have the opportunity to broaden your responsibilities by supporting and co-ordinating the Group Sustainability team with delivery of our Net Zero Transition.

How you'll help us make health happen:

Producing data-driven insights

• Support ESG / sustainability data collation and reporting processes for internal use as well as any external disclosure requirements.

• Using your experience and knowledge of data analysis, support core decision making with insights from sustainability metrics and KPIs tracked as part of the sustainability strategy.

• Facilitate the effective engagement of Bupa's leadership team and MUs with insights that support key governance meetings.

• Support insights development and thought leadership for Bupa's coalitions, white papers, external reporting and internal engagement forums.

• Support with enhancing data flow, automation and reporting via the introduction of technological data architecture solutions.  

Transition planning and decarbonisation support

• Support with data collection, improvements, analytics and interpretation for Bupa's transition planning programme.

• Work with complex models to support transition planning activities (e.g., Scope 3 forecasting and measuring progress against decarbonisation, climate risks and opportunities quantification).

• Engage with cross-functional teams to develop and monitor KPI and internal-target progress linked to Bupa's transition plan.

• Support Group, MU and functional teams in reducing emissions and demonstrating progress against our scope 3 science-based target.

• Support with implementation of climate resilience initiatives as part of transition planning.

GHG emissions reporting support

Scope 3:

• Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to calculate the Group scope 3 footprint throughout 2026.

• Guide and support key Group and MU teams to enhance Bupa's scope 3 data quality.

• Manage the upkeep of reporting governance documentation.

• Stay abreast of sector and best practice developments in value chain accounting and decarbonisation.

• Upskill Non-Financial Reporting teams in current scope 3 modelling and methodology.

• Support the Group Sustainability Specialist with transitioning scope 3 reporting responsibilities to Bupa's Non-Financial Reporting teams.

Scope 1 & 2:

• Co-ordinate scope 1 and 2 reporting for Group Functions, as per the Non-Financial Reporting team processes.

• Be comfortable with collecting, cleaning and managing Group Functions emissions data in established ESG systems, ensuring timely and accurate scope 1 and 2 disclosure.

• Working with Non-Financial Reporting and Financial Systems teams as and when required.

Skills & Experience needed for this role:

• This is an entry level – junior role; previous experience of sustainability/ESG data, metrics, and reporting is required, preferably within a large, global organisation.  

• Proficient with MS Excel, including the ability to manipulate and analyse large quantities of data essential.

• Experience with other MS products, Power BI, Tableau, or other business intelligence tools is preferred but not essential.

• Understanding of GHG Protocol standards and related documents, particularly scope 3 methodologies, essential.

• Knowledge of CDP, SBTi, CSRD, ISSB and other sustainability frameworks, standards and regulations preferred

• Logical and methodical with attention to detail essential.

• Eager to learn and takes accountability for self-development.

• Proactive self-starter, takes ownership of workload and projects while actively contributing to team, function, and overall business success.

• Builds strong relationships and collaborates effectively with stakeholders at all levels across global teams, external partners, and third parties.

• Adaptable and resilient, with the ability to manage workload and balance priorities across shifting agenda.

• Thrives under pressure and confidently switches between tasks and meeting tight/conflicting deadlines with accuracy and focus.

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 per year.

• Management bonus scheme

• Access to a range of services to support your physical and mental wellbeing

• Access to our confidential employee assistance programme

• Workplace pension

• Online discounts covering your everyday shopping, entertainment, eating out and more.

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.

As a Disability Confident employer, we offer a guaranteed interview for every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the job. We'll 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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