Job Description:
Financial Reporting Systems Accountant
Fixed Term Contract (12 months)
Brighton (Victory House, BN1 4FY)
Full time, 37.5 hours
Hybrid working (1 day per week in Brighton office)
Salary from £44,300 to £55,300 per annum plus Bupa Benefits
Advert closes Friday 10th October 2025
We make Health happen
At Bupa, our purpose is simple yet powerful: helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We're a health insurer and provider with no shareholders, which means our customers are always our priority.
This role sits within our Financial Reporting Team (FRT) at Bupa Global and plays a key part in supporting our mission. As a Financial Reporting Systems Accountant, you'll help us make health happen by improving the systems that underpin our financial operations - ensuring accuracy, efficiency, and transparency in everything we do.
You'll be joining a team that's passionate about innovation and continuous improvement. This is a great opportunity to work with advanced tools like Blackline and Peoplesoft, and to contribute to the enhancement of our reconciliation processes.
How you'll help us make health happen
As Financial Reporting Systems Accountant, you'll:
Support the General Ledger team in embedding the Blackline reconciliation tool into daily processes
Assist with system changes in Peoplesoft and our insurance administration system
Create and maintain allocation rules (automated journals) within the general ledger
Ensure timely and accurate implementation of system changes
Help maximise the use of Blackline to improve efficiency and control
Work closely with internal teams to support financial reporting and reconciliation accuracy
Key skills/Qualifications needed for this role
A professional accounting qualification (ACCA, ACA or equivalent), or be qualified by experience (please specify on your application)
Strong experience in process improvement and re-engineering
Hands-on experience with Blackline or similar reconciliation tools
Excellent communication and influencing skills
A collaborative mindset and proven ability to work well in a team
Strong attention to detail and the ability to process financial data quickly
Resilience and creativity when working to deadlines
A clear understanding of how your work impacts customer outcomes
Benefits
Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health - from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family-friendly benefits.
Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:
25 days holiday per year, pro rata to your contract.
Access to a range of services to support your physical and mental wellbeing
Fixed term benefits allowance
Access to our confidential employee assistance programme
Workplace pension
Online discounts covering your everyday shopping, entertainment, eating out and more.
Why Bupa
We're a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose - helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.
We encourage all of our people to "Be you at Bupa". We champion diversity and understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That's why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We'll make sure you're treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.
If you require information regarding this role in an alternative format, please email: careers@bupa.com
Time Type:
Full timeJob Area:
Finance & AccountingLocations:
Victory House, Brighton
Bupa’s purpose is helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We do this by providing a broad range of healthcare services, support and advice to people throughout their lives. People are at the heart of everything we do. Together, we make health happen.
Every company needs an ethos, and we're no different. Through good days and challeging times, we always work with our values in mind. These are: Brave - Make new possibilities happen. Caring - Act with empathy and respect. Responsible - Own your decisions and actions.
We don't have shareholders at Bupa, which means we're free to invest our profits where they matter: our patients, our facilities, our research, and you.
As a healthcare provider, we have a duty to do the right thing. By our customers, our people and our partners. The Bupa Code holds us to this duty. It's our promise to protect, care for, and build trust with everyone who relies on us.
Here you’ll be welcomed. We champion diversity and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve.
You’ll find an inclusive environment where you can be yourself and where everyone is driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world.Free
to be you.
Back in September 2018, we made a pledge. That we'd do whatever we could to make Bupa a diverse, kind and inclusive place to work.
Everyone deserves a positive working environment. Everyone deserves to have their voice heard. Everyone deserves freedom from bullying, harassment and discrimination.
