About Cera:
Cera is the UK's largest HealthTech company and one of Europe's fastest-growing businesses – harnessing preventative technology and AI to take care out of Britain's hospitals and into patients' homes. Our 10,000 carers and nurses deliver around 2.5 million patient home visits a month – a volume greater than all A&E attendances across England.
Cera is now Europe's largest HealthTech company and one of its fastest-growing businesses, with circa $500 million in annualised revenues, and 150-fold growth in impact over the past five years. Cera has also gathered the largest home healthcare dataset in Europe, powering the development of cutting-edge AI products that have reduced hospitalisations by up to 70%, saving the UK Government and NHS more than £1 billion to date.
The UK's Number 1 ranked HealthTech company, Cera's pioneering approach has been recognised by numerous industry awards including a Newsweek AI Impact Award, the UK Tech Awards' Tech for Good Prize, Health Tech Digital's Best Use of Artificial Intelligence, the Deloitte Fast 50 and EY's prestigious UK Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2024. Cera was recently recognised by TIME Magazine as one of the World's Top HealthTech Companies, and has been recognised as the Number 1 Healthcare AI Company for 2025.
About the role:
We are seeking an ambitious part-qualified (AAT / ACCA / CIMA) Assistant Management Accountant to join our Colchester finance team. Reporting to the Head of Management Accounts, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the accuracy and integrity of our financial reporting during a period of rapid growth.
This is a wide-ranging role perfect for a Finance Assistant or Trainee looking to step up into management accounts and take ownership of key processes.
Responsibilities:
Financial Reporting: Compiling monthly branch P&Ls and providing insightful variance analysis.
Month-End Mastery: Calculating and posting accruals, prepayments, and inter-company journals.
Reconciliations: Managing bank reconciliations and monthly balance sheet reconciliations to ensure "audit-ready" data.
Audit Support: Serving as a key point of contact for external auditors and assisting with year-end queries.
Inter-company Affairs: Managing the reconciliation of IC accounts to ensure group-wide accuracy.
Ad Hoc Analysis: Partnering with the wider finance team to solve complex queries and support strategic projects.
Qualifications and Skills:
The Foundation: A part-qualified status (AAT/ACCA/CIMA) with a solid grasp of accounting principles.
The Technicals: Prior experience with accruals, prepayments, and bank reconciliations is essential.
The Tools: You should be highly proficient in Excel (we use it daily) and comfortable navigating accounting systems.
The Mindset: You thrive in fast-paced environments where priorities shift. You have a "can-do" energy and the ability to work under pressure to meet tight month-end deadlines.
The Edge: Previous experience assisting with statutory audits is a significant advantage.
General Company Responsibilities:
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI): Employees are expected to promote and uphold the organisation's commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion by fostering a respectful and inclusive working environment.
Health and Safety: Employees must ensure compliance with health and safety regulations and organisational policies, and take responsibility for their personal safety and the safety of others.
Training and Development: Employees must engage in all relevant Company mandatory training, workshops, and learning opportunities.
Policies and Procedures: Employees must adhere to all organisational policies and procedures.