Job Description:
Financial Accountant
Hybrid working with up to 3 days per week working from home
Salford Quays, Manchester
Permanent
Salary starting from £40K per annum dependent upon experience
Fantastic benefits including generous pension and healthcare
Full time 37.5 hours per week
We make health happen
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.
Due to internal promotion, we’re looking for a seasoned Financial Accountant to join our Financial Control and Reporting team. Here you’ll maintain the day-to-day accounting process including a focus on the accounting control and audit of specified business units, produce month results, balance sheet reporting, forecasting and more.
How you’ll help us make health happen
Some of the duties you'll perform are:
1. Production of accurate monthly financial and management accounts for specified business units in line with deadlines.
2. To become familiar working with the accounting experts within the IFR&C Team on policy, rules and accounting standards that govern the preparation of accurate financial accounts.
3. Ownership of the upload to Group’s consolidation system – Tagetik, ensuring completion is in line with BGIUK MU and Group instructions and deadlines.
4. Preparation of quarterly IPT, VAT returns, providing support and guidance as required to the BGIUK tax team.
5. Prepare calculations for the recommended level of non-technical provisions required for each financial/statutory period end.
6. To provide relevant financial information for first review on a monthly basis to allow the speedy preparation of the management accounts.
7. To assist with the process of preparing annual forecast submissions to the BGIUK MU and Group, along with review with the GLT Manager and Head of Financial Reporting .
8. Prepare year-end financial and statutory returns as per Group and industry guidelines as well as the maintenance of year-end working files for internal control, Group submissions and external audit review.
9. To be able to perform routine system functions, with the support of the Financial Systems Administrator.
10. Learning and development alongside the accounting experts within the IFR&C team, to become fully conversant with all regulatory information and standards required.
Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role:
11. The successful candidate is likely to be qualified in an accounting professional qualification – ACA, ACCA or CIMA.
12. Proven ability to work under pressure and meet stretching and tight deadlines.
13. Finance experience with a strong grasp of double entry is necessary for success in the role.
14. Must be analytically and numerically minded.
15. Advanced PC skills including Excel, Word, PowerPoint and PeopleSoft. Access desirable.
16. Excellent stakeholder management skills, including communication, management of expectation, recommendations, quality of outputs, etc.
17. The jobholder will be expected to proactively build and maintain relationships with stakeholders throughout Bupa.
18. Quick to learn and responsive to the needs of the business.
19. Proactive with a ‘can do’ attitude.
20. The successful candidate will have good commercial skills and the ability to adapt to new environment quickly.
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.