Job Description:
Finance Analyst
Hybrid working with up to 4 days per week working from home
Brighton
Permanent
Salary £25K - £31K
Fantastic benefits including healthcare and generous pension
Full time 37.5 hours per week
Here you’ll be welcomed. We champion diversity and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. You’ll find an inclusive environment where you can be yourself and where everyone is driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world.
Working in our UK support functions you’ll play a key part in helping our customer facing colleagues deliver exceptional standards of customer service and patient care. No matter your role, you’ll have an opportunity to do work that matters. Making a difference to the lives of our customers each and every day.
Role Overview
The role is part of the General Ledger Team within the Financial Reporting Team (“FRT”). FRT comprises a team that manages the General Ledger (“GL”), and the accounting, interfaces and controls (including reconciliations) over it, and another team that prepares monthly financial results (management reports and statutory entity reports).
What you’ll do:
1. Assists with the preparation of the general ledger to include journal preparation and posting and assisting with the month-end reporting close process
2. Helps to ensure that the GL is fully accurate and that the balance sheet is reconciled in line with policy and procedures and that reconciling items are accounted for correctly and on a timely basis
3. Proactively works to improve the financial reporting processes and controls within the function and management of process documentation to meet changing business requirements
4. Participates in adhoc finance projects and change activities
5. Assists external auditors with information requirements and queries
6. Complete other ad-hoc tasks as required
7. To maintain governance and control requirements, ensuring that all Bupa accounting and financial control policies are understood and applied within Bupa Global
What you’ll bring:
8. AAT (or equivalent/similar) qualification with a strong appetite to learn
9. Experience with PeopleSoft & SWAN desirable but not essential
10. Highly numerate, with the ability to process financial data and with a strong attention to detail
11. Excellent communication skills (both verbally and written), driven, and with a team focus
12. Track record of exceeding business objectives
13. Demonstrable problem-solving skills
14. Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Excel
Additional skills required
• Demonstrating ownership and accountability
• Adaptability and flexibility especially in a rapidly changing environment
• Ability to work effectively and collaboratively across multiple finance teams/departments
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?
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.