Finance Manager

ACCA Careers; Salford; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking health insurance provider as a Finance Manager, where you'll play a vital role in financial planning and reporting. This 12-month fixed-term contract offers a hybrid working model, allowing you to balance your time effectively. You'll be responsible for managing financial controls, leading a dedicated team, and implementing lean processes that enhance operational efficiency. With a competitive salary and a robust benefits package, this position is perfect for those looking to make a meaningful impact in a dynamic environment. If you're ready to take your career to the next level and contribute to a mission-driven organization, this is the opportunity for you.

Benefits

25 days holiday per year

Access to wellbeing services

Fixed term benefits allowance

Employee assistance programme

Workplace pension

Online shopping discounts

Qualifications

• Professional qualification in finance is essential.
• 1-2 years relevant experience in commerce or industry preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage financial planning and reporting for the organization.
• Ensure compliance with financial controls and reporting standards.
• Lead a team of 4, overseeing their workload and development.

Skills

Financial and management accounting

Customer service skills

Analytical skills

Leadership skills

Communication skills

Ability to work under pressure

Adaptability

Education

Professional qualification (CIMA, ACCA, ACA)

Job description

Job Description:

Finance Manager

Hybrid working with up to 4 days per week working from home

Manchester, Leeds, Staines or London

12-month fixed term contract

£50K - £60K per annum dependent upon experience

Fantastic benefits including 10% Management Bonus Scheme

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.

As our Finance Manager you’ll enjoy overall responsibility for the provision of financial planning and reporting for our functions. This is an exciting time to be part of a team that is implementing lean processes where you can bring in fresh ideas and make your mark.

How you’ll help us make health happen:

Financial and management reporting

• Overall accountability for reporting and reviewing the Non IT cost base.
• To review the management accounts before the monthly close, identifying and resolving material issues arising.
• To validate that appropriate balances in respect of accruals / prepayments and related charges are captured with full supporting documentation; and review on a regular basis.
• Ensure year-end statutory accounts and VAT returns, including supporting documentation, are prepared and completed to professional standards and to the relevant timetable.
• To assist the UK Cost Controller in ensuring the year end audit goes smoothly.
• Work in partnership with Cost Centre Managers to determine and effect appropriate Service Fees.
• To propose and implement improvements in MI reporting, supporting operational management and meeting BGUK reporting requirements in full.

Financial controls

• Implement and monitor compliance with appropriate financial controls agreed with Finance Business Partners. Controls should be designed to control the company’s cost base and safeguard its assets, and will include authorisation and reconciliation procedures.
• Review and sign off all balance sheet reconciliations (fixed asset, debtor, creditor, intercompany etc) monthly, ensuring all reconciling items are both bona fide and cleared on a timely basis.
• Review (and evidence) work of team members on regular basis.
• Ensure that all work is appropriately documented and cross referenced.
• Ensure that all projects are properly authorised and that costs are monitored, controlled and reported on an ongoing basis.

Financial planning

• Assisting with the management and challenge of the AOP, 3YP and quarterly forecast processes including preparing output documents in the form of financial templates and storyboards.
• Updating the overall forecast project plan and proactively highlighting interdependencies and key milestones.
• Promote Bupa UK strategy through the business.
• To ensure progress against key financial milestones are tracked on an ongoing basis.
• To ensure that any risks to achievement of business targets are understood, addressed and escalated where appropriate.

General duties

• Development of effective working relationships with, and provision of financial advice to management teams/ Finance Business Partners.
• Day to day management of a team of 4, including workload, performance and development.
• To undertake other assignments and projects, as required to support other members of the Record to Report Finance team and in response to requests from Bupa’s management team.

What you'll bring

The jobholder will be able to demonstrate:

• Professional qualification (CIMA, ACCA, ACA).
• Preferably 1-2 years relevant experience within commerce / industry.
• First hand experience of financial and management accounting in a complex environment.
• Excellent customer service skills, including communication, management of expectation, recommendations, quality of outputs etc.
• The jobholder will be expected to proactively build and maintain relationships with customers throughout the company and operate effectively at all levels, including Directors.
• Ability to work effectively under time pressure.
• Ability to adapt to new situations.
• Strong analytical and technical accounting skills.
• Clear understanding of financial controls.
• Sound understanding of Bupa and the markets in which it operates.
• Leadership skills in respect of small teams.
• Sound understanding of project accounting theory and practice.
• Excellent communication, influencing and negotiation skills.

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 per year, pro rata to your contract.
• Access to a range of services to support your physical and mental wellbeing.
• Fixed term benefits allowance.
• Access to our confidential employee assistance programme.
• Workplace pension.
• 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.

We encourage all of our people to “Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That’s why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

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End Date: February 10, 2025

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