Financial Reporting Accountant: Month-End, Controls & Insights

Simplyhealth; Basingstoke; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Simplyhealth is seeking a Financial Reporting Accountant to ensure accurate, timely and robust financial reporting across the business. This hands-on role covers month-end close, reliable information, and insightful commentary to stakeholders.

You'll leverage Dynamics 365, Power BI and Excel to strengthen controls, drive efficiencies and support decision-making, with close collaboration across Finance, Commercial Finance and FP&A.

Responsibilities

• Preparing accurate monthly management accounts, including journals, accruals, prepayments, reconciliations and supporting schedules.
• Supporting month-end close activities and ensuring financial information is delivered accurately and on time.
• Maintaining a strong financial control environment through robust reconciliations, analytical reviews and issue resolution.
• Producing insightful variance analysis and commentary against budget, forecast and prior year performance.
• Acting as the finance lead for payroll accounting and associated controls and reporting.
• Supporting claims provision calculations and Solvency UK reporting activities.
• Partnering with Finance and operational stakeholders to provide insight, challenge and support effective decision-making.
• Supporting budgeting, forecasting and planning activities.
• Producing management information, reporting packs and Board-level reporting.
• Supporting year-end reporting, statutory accounts preparation and audit activities.
• Identifying opportunities to improve financial reporting processes, controls and data quality.

Skills

Month-end close

Financial reporting

Variance analysis

Payroll accounting

Solvency UK reporting

Power BI

Excel

Microsoft Dynamics 365

Tools

Microsoft Dynamics 365

Power BI

Excel

Job description

Simplyhealth is seeking a Financial Reporting Accountant to ensure accurate, timely and robust financial reporting across the business. This hands-on role covers month-end close, reliable information, and insightful commentary to stakeholders.

You'll leverage Dynamics 365, Power BI and Excel to strengthen controls, drive efficiencies and support decision-making, with close collaboration across Finance, Commercial Finance and FP&A.