Job Description:
Financial Reporting Systems Accountant
Fixed Term Contract (12 months)
Brighton (Victory House, BN1 4FY)
Full time, 37.5 hours
Hybrid working (1 day per week in Brighton office)
Salary from £44,300 to £55,300 per annum plus Bupa Benefits
We make Health happen
At Bupa, our purpose is simple yet powerful: helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We’re a health insurer and provider with no shareholders, which means our customers are always our priority.
This role sits within our Financial Reporting Team (FRT) at Bupa Global and plays a key part in supporting our mission. As a Financial Reporting Systems Accountant, you’ll help us make health happen by improving the systems that underpin our financial operations – ensuring accuracy, efficiency, and transparency in everything we do.
You’ll be joining a team that’s passionate about innovation and continuous improvement. This is a great opportunity to work with advanced tools like Blackline and Peoplesoft, and to contribute to the enhancement of our reconciliation processes.
How you’ll help us make health happen
As Financial Reporting Systems Accountant, you’ll:
1. Support the General Ledger team in embedding the Blackline reconciliation tool into daily processes
2. Assist with system changes in Peoplesoft and our insurance administration system
3. Create and maintain allocation rules (automated journals) within the general ledger
4. Ensure timely and accurate implementation of system changes
5. Help maximise the use of Blackline to improve efficiency and control
6. Work closely with internal teams to support financial reporting and reconciliation accuracy
Key skills/Qualifications needed for this role
7. A professional accounting qualification (ACCA, ACA or equivalent), or be qualified by experience (please specify on your application)
8. Strong experience in process improvement and re-engineering
9. Hands-on experience with Blackline or similar reconciliation tools
10. Excellent communication and influencing skills
11. A collaborative mindset and proven ability to work well in a team
12. Strong attention to detail and the ability to process financial data quickly
13. Resilience and creativity when working to deadlines
14. A clear understanding of how your work impacts customer outcomes
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:
15. 25 days holiday per year, pro rata to your contract.
16. Access to a range of services to support your physical and mental wellbeing
17. Fixed term benefits allowance
18. Access to our confidential employee assistance programme
19. Workplace pension
20. 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.