Job Description:
Financial Accountant
Bupa Place (Salford Quays, M50 3SP)
Full time 37.5 hours
Permanent
Hybrid working
Salary £36,000 to £38,000 per annum (plus fantastic Bupa benefits)
Advert closes Friday 31st October 2025
We make health happen
At Bupa, we're here to help people live longer, healthier, happier lives - and make a better world. As a Financial Accountant, you'll play a key role in making health happen by ensuring our financial reporting is accurate, timely and insightful. You'll be part of our Clinics Finance team, supporting the UK Market Unit (UK MU) and Corporate Centre with financial control, forecasting and reporting.
This role is ideal for someone who enjoys working with numbers, systems and people - and wants to make a real impact in a global healthcare business. You'll be joining a team that values collaboration, curiosity and continuous improvement.
Key Responsibilities
Prepare accurate monthly financial and management accounts for designated business units
Own the upload process to Tagetik, ensuring compliance with Corporate Centre instructions
Support the preparation of annual and quarterly forecasts, working closely with Finance Business Partners
Maintain balance sheet reporting, reconciliations and controls
Assist with year-end statutory returns and audit files
Provide financial insights to support decision-making and performance reviews
Learn and apply accounting policies and standards alongside our Record to Report team
Perform routine system functions with support from the Financial Systems Administrator
What We're Looking For
We're looking for someone who's proactive, analytical and eager to grow. You'll be:
Experience of working in a fast-paced finance team is essential
Willingness to undertake future studies and qualifications
Experienced in finance, with a strong grasp of double-entry accounting
Skilled in Excel, Word, PowerPoint and accountancy software
Comfortable working under pressure and meeting tight deadlines
A clear communicator with great customer service skills
Quick to learn and responsive to business needs
Commercially aware and adaptable to change
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, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell
Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind
An enhanced pension plan and life insurance
Onsite gyms or local discounts where no onsite gym available
Various other benefits and online discounts
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 we 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 are 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:
Bupa Place
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.
