Senior Finance Analyst - 6 Month FTC

Vitality; Bournemouth; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus schemes

Pension up to 12%

Vitality health insurance

Life assurance

Job summary

Vitality in Bournemouth is seeking a Senior Finance Analyst on a fixed-term basis to provide essential operational finance and management accounting support during a period of higher demand.

You will own month-end processes across multiple cost centres, deliver variance analysis and partner with budget holders and finance teams to influence performance. The role is hybrid, 35 hours per week, with 2 days in the Bournemouth office.

Qualifications

• Experience in management accounting, expense management or finance business partnering environments.
• Strong knowledge of month-end accounting processes, financial controls and reporting requirements.
• Experience analysing financial performance, investigating variances and delivering actionable insights.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills with confidence to support and challenge constructively.
• Progress towards accounting qualification such as CIMA/ACA or equivalent, or significant progress towards qualification.

Responsibilities

• Taking ownership of month-end accounting activities across multiple business areas, ensuring timely and accurate delivery of financial results.
• Leading detailed review and analysis of operating expenditure to identify risks, trends and variances.
• Driving strong financial controls across cost centres through governance and accurate accounting treatment.
• Acting as a trusted finance partner to budget holders and stakeholders with insights and guidance.
• Managing accruals, prepayments and journal activity, ensuring policy compliance and audit readiness.
• Preparing, reconciling and resolving intercompany recharge activity with accuracy.
• Delivering balance sheet reconciliations and addressing outstanding items.
• Supporting forecasting, budgeting and financial modelling with meaningful analysis.
• Collaborating with Finance Teams to resolve issues and improve reporting quality.

Skills

Management accounting

Advanced financial analysis

Stakeholder partnership

Education

CIMA/ACA or equivalent

Tools

Excel

Job description

About The Role

Team – UK Finance

Working Pattern - Hybrid – 2 days per week in the Vitality Bournemouth Office. Full time, 35 hours per week.

We are happy to discuss flexible working!

Top 3 skills needed for this role:

• Proven Management Accounting Experience
• Advanced Financial Analysis Capability
• Strong Stakeholder Partnership Skills

What this role is all about:

We're looking for a Senior Finance Analyst to join the Finance team on a fixed-term basis, providing critical operational finance and management accounting support during a period of increased demand. This role will play a key part in maintaining the accuracy, control and timely delivery of financial reporting across multiple business areas. Working closely with Finance Business Partners, budget holders and Finance Operations teams, the role offers broad exposure across the business and the opportunity to influence financial performance through insightful analysis and strong stakeholder engagement.

Key Actions

• Taking ownership of month-end accounting activities across multiple business areas, ensuring the timely and accurate delivery of financial results and reporting
• Leading detailed review and analysis of operating expenditure, identifying risks, trends and material variances to support effective financial decision-making
• Driving strong financial control across assigned cost centres through robust governance, accurate accounting treatment and proactive challenge of expenditure
• Acting as a trusted finance partner to budget holders and business stakeholders, providing insight, guidance and commercial support throughout reporting cycles
• Managing complex accruals, prepayments and journal activity while ensuring compliance with accounting standards, policies and internal control requirements
• Owning the preparation, reconciliation and resolution of intercompany recharge activity, maintaining accuracy, transparency and audit readiness at all times
• Delivering high-quality balance sheet reconciliations, investigating outstanding items and ensuring financial records remain complete, controlled and supportable
• Supporting forecasting, planning and budgeting activities through meaningful analysis, financial modelling and the validation of business assumptions
• Collaborating closely with Finance Business Partners, Financial Control and Finance Systems teams to resolve issues, improve reporting quality and maintain operational continuity
• Identifying and implementing process improvements that enhance efficiency, strengthen controls and improve the accuracy and usefulness of financial reporting

What do you need to thrive?

• Previous experience in management accounting, expense management or finance business partnering environments
• Strong knowledge of month-end accounting processes, financial controls and reporting requirements
• Experience analysing financial performance, investigating variances and delivering actionable insights
• Excellent stakeholder management skills with confidence to support and challenge constructively
• Strong analytical mindset with exceptional attention to detail and accuracy
• Advanced Excel skills with the ability to manipulate and analyse financial data
• Relevant accounting qualification such as CIMA, ACA or equivalent, or significant progress towards qualification
• Experience working with financial systems and reporting tools

So, what’s in it for you?

• Bonus Schemes – A bonus that regularly rewards you for your performance
• A pension of up to 12%– We will match your contributions up to 6% of your salary
• Our award-winning Vitality health insurance – With its own set of rewards and benefits
• Life Assurance – Four times annual salary

These are just some of the many perks that we offer! To view the extensive range of benefits we offer, please visit our careers page.

Fantastic Benefits. Exciting rewards. Great career opportunities!

If you are successful in your application and join us at Vitality, this is our promise to you

• Help you to be the healthiest you’ve ever been
• Create an environment that embraces you as you are and enables you to be your best self
• Give you flexibility on how, where and when you work
• Help you advance your career by playing you to your strengths
• Give you the space to try, fail and learn
• Provide a healthy balance of challenge and support
• Recognise and reward you with a competitive salary and amazing benefits
• Be there for you when you need us
• Provide opportunities for you to be a force for good in society

We commit to all these things because we want you to feel that you belong, and are supported to be happy and healthy.

About Us

We’re incredibly proud to be recognised for the culture we've created — recently being named one of Glassdoor’s Best Places to Work 2026, and in 2024 we were delighted to be awarded Top 10 Places to Work in the Sunday Times Awards.

Vitality is a multi-award-winning UK insurance brand, here to make the world a healthier, happier place. We’ve been a purpose and values-driven business from day 1- long before it became fashionable. Our core purpose is to make people healthier and enhance protect their lives. Vitality pioneered shared-value insurance. We incentivise people to live healthier longer lives – they benefit, our business benefits, and society benefits. We’re successful because we attract, develop, and retain the best people – and because we care. Plus, you get to join our 1.7+ million members with access to our unique health insurance and healthy living programme. Just to make sure you know our products inside and out. Ready to find out if we’re the right fit for you? We can’t wait.

Diversity & Inclusion

At Vitality, we’re committed to diversity and inclusion because it’s good for our employees, for our business, and for society. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.

Vitality’s approach to sustainability

Vitality is a business that drives positive change. We reward people for making and sustaining healthier choices. But healthy people also need a healthy environment. To learn more please visit our Careers page. #LI-Hybrid