Financial Accountant

Bupa; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A health insurance provider in Manchester is seeking a Financial Accountant to join their Financial Control and Reporting team. This full-time role offers a hybrid working model with the opportunity to work from home up to 3 days per week. The ideal candidate will have an accounting qualification and experience in finance, with strong analytical skills. Responsibilities include producing financial accounts, preparing tax returns, and maintaining stakeholder relationships. Competitive salary starting from £40K with fantastic benefits.

Benefits

25 days holiday, increasing with service

Bupa health insurance

Enhanced pension plan and life insurance

Onsite gyms or local discounts

Various other benefits and online discounts

Qualifications

• Qualified in ACA, ACCA or CIMA.
• Experience in finance with strong double entry skills required.
• Must have excellent analytical and numerical skills.

Responsibilities

• Produce monthly financial and management accounts for business units.
• Work with IFR&C Team on policy and standards for accurate accounts.
• Prepare quarterly IPT and VAT returns for tax team.
• Provide monthly financial information for management accounts.

Skills

Qualified in an accounting professional qualification – ACA, ACCA or CIMA

Proven ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines

Strong grasp of double entry

Analytically and numerically minded

Advanced PC skills including Excel, Word, PowerPoint

Excellent stakeholder management skills

Proactive with a 'can do' attitude

Education

Professional accounting qualification

Tools

Excel

PeopleSoft

Access

Job description

Job Description:

Hybrid working with up to 3 days per week working from home

Salford Quays, Manchester

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:

• Production of accurate monthly financial and management accounts for specified business units in line with deadlines.
• 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.
• Ownership of the upload to Group’s consolidation system – Tagetik, ensuring completion is in line with BGIUK MU and Group instructions and deadlines.
• Preparation of quarterly IPT, VAT returns, providing support and guidance as required to the BGIUK tax team.
• Prepare calculations for the recommended level of non-technical provisions required for each financial/statutory period end.
• To provide relevant financial information for first review on a monthly basis to allow the speedy preparation of the management accounts.
• 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.
• 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.
• To be able to perform routine system functions, with the support of the Financial Systems Administrator.
• 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:

• The successful candidate is likely to be qualified in an accounting professional qualification – ACA, ACCA or CIMA.
• Proven ability to work under pressure and meet stretching and tight deadlines.
• Finance experience with a strong grasp of double entry is necessary for success in the role.
• Must be analytically and numerically minded.
• Advanced PC skills including Excel, Word, PowerPoint and PeopleSoft. Access desirable.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, including communication, management of expectation, recommendations, quality of outputs, etc.
• The jobholder will be expected to proactively build and maintain relationships with stakeholders throughout Bupa.
• Quick to learn and responsive to the needs of the business.
• Proactive with a ‘can do’ attitude.
• 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.

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 takes pride in being a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer and will aim to offer an interview/assessment to disabled applicants who best meet the minimum criteria for the role. We’re committed to ensuring you’re treated fairly during the recruitment process and offer reasonable adjustments to anyone who may benefit from accommodations to the recruitment process.

End Date: December 21, 2025

For further information, and to apply, please visit our website via the “Apply” button below.