Financial Accountant

Bupa; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 39,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Health insurance

Enhanced pension plan

Onsite gym

Job summary

Bupa is hiring a Financial Accountant to join the IFR&C team. This hybrid role supports IFR&C in producing statutory and regulatory reporting for UKRE, including month-end and quarter-end closes, journal entries, and regulatory returns.

You will collaborate across the Finance team and with UKRE stakeholders to maintain controls and drive process improvement. The role requires a near-qualified accountant with strong analytical skills and experience in financial reporting, supported by advanced

Qualifications

• Candidate likely to be nearly or newly qualified in ACA/ACCA/CIMA.
• Strong grasp of double-entry accounting required.
• Excellent numerical and analytical skills expected.

Responsibilities

• Produce accurate monthly financial accounts for UK Regulated Entities.
• Prepare journals to reflect UKRE results and ensure proper consolidations.
• Check Tagetik submissions for completeness and regulatory compliance.
• Support preparation of Annual Report and Accounts for the UKRE.
• Assist with quarterly/annual regulatory returns (FCA and overseas regulators).
• Maintain controls and reconciliations, updating process notes.
• Support RERDC agenda, minutes, actions and papers.

Skills

Near qualified accountant

Financial reporting

Double entry accounting

Analytical & numerical

Advanced Excel

Stakeholder communication

Education

Nearly/ Newly qualified ACA/ACCA/CIMA

Tools

Tagetik

Job description

Financial Accountant

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

Angel Court London, Bupa Place Salford Quays Manchester, Victory House Brighton or Kirkstall Forge Leeds

Permanent

Salary £39,300 - £52,000 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.

As our Financial accountant, you’ll play be working with the Insurance Financial Reporting and Control (‘IFR&C’) team, to support the production of statutory, regulatory and industry reporting for Bupa Insurance Limited (‘BINS’) and Bupa Insurance Services Limited (‘BISL’) together our UK Regulated Entities (‘UKRE).

You’ll report to the UKRE Financial Reporting Manager and will support with the review of the month end and quarter end results, preparation of annual statutory

accounts, regulatory returns and industry returns.

This role will implement and maintain controls and reconciliations over these key

processes and liaise with teams across the Market Unit and wider Group.

How you’ll help us make health happen

• Production of accurate monthly financial accounts and quarterly reporting for the UKRE in line with Group and regulatory deadlines.
• To prepare and upload appropriate journals to create the UKRE result.
• To check the completeness of Tagetik submissions for the UKRE to meet reporting requirements.
• To support the process of preparing the Annual Report and Accounts for the UKRE.
• Preparation of quarterly and annual regulatory returns for the Financial Conduct Authority and overseas regulators.
• Maintenance of working files and continuous improvement of controls and reconciliations.
• Maintain process and procedure notes ensuring they are fit for purpose and reviewed at least annually.
• Support the preparation and running of the Regulated Entities Reporting and Disclosure Committee (‘RERDC’) by preparing agendas, taking minutes, tracking actions and preparing papers to be presented to the RERDC and the Regulated Entities Audit Committee.
• Learning and development alongside the accounting experts within the IFR&C team, to become fully conversant with our business units, statutory and regulatory requirements.
• Prepare returns relating to the Office of National Statistics, Payment Practices and Association of British Insurers.
• Support ad-hoc tasks and projects as required by the Financial Reporting Manager or Director of IFR&C.

Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role:

• The successful candidate is likely to be a nearly or newly qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA,CIMA).
• The jobholder will be expected to pursue a significant programme of personal development.
• 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 accountancy software.
• Excellent Customer service skills, including communication, management of expectation, recommendations.
• Attention to detail and high quality outputs.
• The jobholder will be expected to proactively build and maintain relationships with customers throughout the finance team.
• Quick to learn and responsive to the needs of the business.
• Proactive with a ‘can do’ approach.

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.