Team – Group Finance
Working Pattern - Hybrid – 2 days per week in the Vitality Bournemouth Office. Full time, 35 hours per week.
We are happy to discuss flexible working!
Top 3 skills needed for this role:
1. Strong knowledge of IFRS and experience delivering statutory accounts and audits.
2. Proven ability to manage month-end, forecasting, and maintain robust financial controls.
3. Excellent communication skills to work effectively across finance, tax, audit, and business teams.
What this role is all about:
Vitality Corporate Services Limited is looking for a Financial Controller to lead financial reporting and controls across our UK operations. You’ll manage intercompany transactions, statutory accounts, regulatory submissions, and audits, while providing strategic guidance on accounting and business decisions. This role works closely with audit, tax, and finance teams to ensure compliance and support the future direction of the business.
Key Actions
4. Month-End & Management Reporting – Deliver accurate month-end close and management accounts in collaboration with the wider finance team.
5. Intercompany & Business Unit Recharges – Oversee all recharge processes and reconciliations, ensuring accuracy and timely resolution of discrepancies.
6. Statutory Accounts & Regulatory Reporting – Lead preparation of annual financial statements and manage regulatory submissions, including RMAR and FCA filings.
7. Planning & Forecasting – Support annual planning and long-term financial forecasts, aligning assumptions with business strategy.
8. Audit Leadership – Act as the main contact for external audits and coordinate internal audit responses.
9. Accounting Compliance & Technical Oversight – Ensure compliance with accounting standards and manage complex areas such as IFRS 16 leases and intangible assets.
10. Financial Control & Continuous Improvement – Maintain a robust control environment and drive process improvements across reporting and compliance.
What do you need to thrive?
11. Comfortable getting into the detail and taking ownership of tasks, while also contributing to strategic discussions and continuous improvement initiatives.
12. Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with a track record of working collaboratively across finance, tax, audit, and systems teams.
13. Hands-on experience in preparing and delivering Annual Financial Statements, including liaising with auditors and ensuring compliance with relevant standards.
14. Demonstrated ability to operate effectively within a large corporate structure, navigating cross-functional teams and governance frameworks.
15. Fully Qualified Accountant -( ACA, ACCA, CIMA) with strong technical accounting knowledge and post-qualification experience.
16. Proven experience in financial accounting within a complex, multi-entity environment, including month-end close, reconciliations, and statutory reporting.
So, what’s in it for you?
17. Bonus Schemes – A bonus that regularly rewards you for your performance
18. A pension of up to 12%– We will match your contributions up to 6% of your salary
19. Our award-winning Vitality health insurance – With its own set of rewards and benefits
20. Life Assurance – Four times annual salary
These are just some of the many perks that we offer! To view the extensive range of benefits we offer, please visit our careers page. Fantastic Benefits. Exciting rewards. Great career opportunities!
If you are successful in your application and join us at Vitality, this is our promise to you, we will:
21. Help you to be the healthiest you’ve ever been.
22. Create an environment that embraces you as you are and enables you to be your best self.
23. Give you flexibility on how, where and when you work.
24. Help you advance your career by playing you to your strengths.
25. Give you a voice to help our business grow and make Vitality a great place to be.
26. Give you the space to try, fail and learn.
27. Provide a healthy balance of challenge and support.
28. Recognise and reward you with a competitive salary and amazing benefits.
29. Be there for you when you need us.
30. Provide opportunities for you to be a force for good in society.
We commit to all these things because we want you to feel that you belong, and are supported to be happy and healthy.