Senior Management Accountant (Finance12)

Cera Care; Essex; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Cera Care, a fast-growing digital healthcare-at-home company, seeks a qualified or finalist ACCA/CIMA Management Accountant. The role involves reviewing management accounts, overseeing month-end processes, and working closely with the finance team across locations. We offer a flexible, hybrid work environment along with competitive benefits, promoting diversity and inclusion.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

25 days holiday + your birthday off

Company pension scheme

Training and development opportunities

Discretionary bonus

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant or finalist with knowledge of UK accounting standards.
• Experience producing management accounts.
• Strong Excel skills required.

Responsibilities

• Reviewing management accounts and overseeing month-end processes.
• Managing external auditors and assisting with queries.
• Coaching junior team members.

Skills

UK accounting standards

Variance analysis

Coaching

Judgemental accruals

Statutory audits

Communication

Teamwork

Pressure management

Attention to detail

Organizational skills

Excel

Education

ACCA / CIMA

Job description

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 its 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.

This is an exciting and wide-ranging role reporting directly to the Group Reporting Manager but also working closely with 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 effective controls around 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 including variance analysis
• Ability to coach junior team members
• Experience of calculating judgemental accruals
• Experience working with auditors to complete statutory audits
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Ability to work under pressure
• Positive attitude and energy to execute
• Ability to meet tight deadlines
• Excellent attention to detail
• Good organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Good time management
• Strong Excel skills

What we offer:

• Flexible working hours and hybrid working arrangements
• 25 days holiday + your birthday off, plus bank holidays
• Mobile phone, laptop, and remote IT setup for WFH days
• Company pension scheme
• Training and development opportunities
• 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 can explore and express yourself freely, regardless of background or identity. Our team includes academics, innovators, start-up accelerators, and care experts, all committed to building a better future for care through technology.

The COVID-19 pandemic led us to shift to remote working, and many team members now operate in a hybrid model involving regular office visits in Colchester.