Senior Management Accountant (Finance12)

Cera Care; Colchester; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare-at-home company is seeking a Senior Management Accountant to enhance their dynamic finance team. This role involves close collaboration with the Group Reporting Manager and requires a qualified accountant or finalist keen on driving efficient financial operations in a hybrid working environment.

Benefits

Flexible working hours and hybrid working arrangements

25 days holiday plus your birthday off

Mobile phone and laptop for remote work

Company pension scheme

Training and development opportunities

Competitive salary and discretionary bonus

LifeWorks discount platform

Refer a Friend scheme

Service and Recognition awards

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant or finalist with knowledge of UK accounting standards.
• Experience in producing management accounts & variance analysis.
• Strong Excel skills are critical.

Responsibilities

• Review management accounts and branch P&Ls.
• Manage month-end processes and interactions with auditors.
• Work with finance teams to maintain effective controls.

Skills

UK accounting standards

Variance analysis

Excel

Communication

Organizational skills

Education

Qualified accountant / finalist

Job description

Senior Management Accountant (Finance12)

Position: Senior Management Accountant (Op Co)

Reporting to: Group Reporting Manager

Contract type: Full time - Colchester Hybrid

About Cera:

Cera is a digital-first healthcare-at-home company delivering care, nursing, telehealth and

repeat prescription services in people's homes via technology. In under five years, Cera has

expanded to 10,000+ staff across the UK and Germany, delivering 40,000+ healthcare visits

a day, and has grown from zero to nearly £250m revenues.

Every day, Cera delivers healthcare services equivalent to 40 hospitals or 1,000 care

homes, and has grown 100-fold over the past two years making it one of the fastest growing

businesses in Europe.

Cera currently holds more than 160+ partnerships with the NHS and local authorities, and

the company's technology is used by 2,000+ businesses nationwide. Its technology predicts

health deteriorations in patients 30-fold faster than traditional care companies, with its

Professional Carers and Nurses responding to over 5,000 'high risk' alerts each day.

Since the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Cera has delivered 10 million healthcare visits

in people's homes, created 10,000 jobs, and licensed its recruitment technology to the UK

Government Department of Health to recruit 50,000+ people into healthcare careers.

About the role:

We are actively looking to hire a qualified or finalist ACCA / CIMA Management Accountant.

The is an exciting and wide-ranging role that will be reporting directly into the Group

Reporting Manager but will also work closely with the rest of the management accounts

team, currently split between Colchester, London and Stafford.

The role includes:
• Reviewing entity management accounts and branch P&Ls
• Reviewing non-NetSuite entities / branches
• Managing and overseeing the overall month-end process
• Dealing with external auditors and assisting with queries
• Working with the finance department and the wider business to ensure there are

effective controls around the operational finance activities
• Reviewing monthly balance sheet reconciliations
• Answering ad hoc queries for management / wider finance

The role would suit an ambitious Management Accountant or practice professional with a

passion for accounts who is looking to further their career.

What we're looking for:
• Qualified accountant / finalist with good knowledge of UK accounting standards
• Experience with producing management accounts inc variance analysis
• Ability to coach junior members of the team
• Experience of calculating judgemental accruals
• Experience of working with auditors to complete statutory audits
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Ability to work independently, and as part of wider team
• Ability to work under pressure
• Person who displays the right attitude coupled with the energy to execute.
• Ability to work to tight deadlines.
• Excellent attention to detail
• Good organisational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced

environment where priorities can change quickly.
• Good time management
• Strong Excel skills are critical (we love Excel in finance!)

What we offer:
• Flexible working hours and hybrid working arrangements
• 25 days holiday + your birthday off as well as bank holidays
• Mobile phone, laptop and remote IT package setup for WFH days
• Company pension scheme
• Training and development for your role and future career development
• Competitive salary, discretionary bonus and long term employee schemes
• Lifeworks discount platform and Employee Assistance Programme
• Refer a Friend scheme
• Service and Recognition awards

Life at Cera:

We champion diversity, inclusion and well-being to create a workplace where you value

yourself and feel proud of who you are. We believe in a world where you have the freedom

to explore and express yourself without judgement, no matter who you are or where you're

from. Where individuality is a source of confidence, because difference makes the world a

better place. People from cultural or gender diverse backgrounds and people with disabilities

are encouraged to apply.

Our team is made up of academics, innovators, start-up accelerators and care experts, all

connected by a vision to build a better future for care through the combination of best-in-

class carers, empowered by technology.

The COVID-19 pandemic saw everybody at Cera shift to remote working, and now many of

our people are currently using a hybrid working model. This role is envisaged as a hybrid

role and such will involve regular time in the office working with the Colchester Finance

Team.