Financial Reporting Manager

Bupa; Salford; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Financial Reporting Manager to oversee financial controls and reporting for a central cost base. This role offers the chance to lead a team and drive process improvements, ensuring compliance with professional standards. You will play a crucial role in financial reporting and contribute to the well-being of the organization through a comprehensive benefits program. If you are solution-oriented and possess strong leadership skills, this position offers a fulfilling opportunity to make a significant impact in the finance sector.

Benefits

25 days holiday per year, pro-rata

Access to services supporting physical and mental wellbeing

Fixed-term benefits allowance

Access to confidential employee assistance programs

Qualifications

• Hold a professional accountancy qualification such as ICAEW, ACCA, or CIMA.
• Experience in financial and statutory accounts reporting is essential.

Responsibilities

• Manage financial controls for reporting and review of the central cost base.
• Lead process improvements and support a team of 6-7 individuals.

Skills

Professional accountancy qualification (ICAEW, ACCA, CIMA)

Financial and statutory accounts reporting

Process improvements

People management and leadership

Ability to work under pressure

Tools

Power BI

Oracle

PeopleSoft

Job description

Job Description:

Financial Reporting Manager

Location: Bupa Place, Kirkstall Forge, Angel Court

Contract: Secondment: 12 months

Salary: Circa £50k - £60k DOE and location + fantastic benefits

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

We consider all types of flexibility, including locations, hours, and working patterns.

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.

The role

As Financial Reporting Manager, you will support the Head of Functional Reporting to deliver financial control and reporting deliverables for the functional and central cost base.

Key responsibilities

• Manage the central shared service of financial controls for reporting and review of the central cost base (£250m)
• Ensure central year-end statutory accounts and VAT returns, including supporting documentation, are prepared and completed to professional standards
• Lead process improvements to reduce wastage and apply appropriate controls and materiality to financial processes, including process mapping, documentation, and utilizing tools such as Power BI, Oracle, PeopleSoft
• Lead, manage, motivate, and support a team of 6-7 individuals
• Regularly review and update financial statutory reporting and controls, including process mapping and maintaining risk registers
• Ensure regular balance sheet reconciliations to support and challenge the granularity and regularity of financial data, adopting a risk-based approach
• Be responsible for financial and board reporting for the Bupa Foundation
• Oversee staff training and development

Required skills and qualifications

• Hold a professional accountancy qualification – ICAEW, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent
• Experience in financial and statutory accounts reporting
• Experience with process improvements preferred
• Solution-oriented, flexible, and pragmatic approach
• Ability to work under pressure, managing multiple conflicts of interest and priorities
• Strong people management and leadership skills

Benefits

Our benefits are designed to promote health and wellbeing. Our Viva programme covers mental, physical, financial, social, and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and offer family-friendly benefits.

Joining Bupa in this role, you will receive:

• 25 days holiday per year, pro-rata
• Access to services supporting physical and mental wellbeing
• Fixed-term benefits allowance
• Access to confidential employee assistance programs

Why Bupa?

We’re a health insurer and provider, focused on our customers. Our people are driven by a purpose: helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives, and making a better world. We act bravely, caring and responsibly in everything we do.

We champion diversity and encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. As a Disability Confident employer, we offer guaranteed interviews for disabled applicants meeting minimum criteria and provide reasonable adjustments during recruitment.

Time Type: Full time

Job Area: Finance & Accounting

Location: Bupa Place