Assistant Accountant

Job Description:

Assistant Accountant

Bupa Place (Salford, M50 3SP) or Kirkstall Forge (Leeds, LS5 3BF)

Full time, 37.5 hours

Hybrid working

FTC 12 months

Salary from: £30,500 per annum DOE

Advert closes: Tuesday 16th June 2026

We make health happen

At Bupa, we help people live longer, healthier, happier lives. That’s our purpose, and it guides everything we do.

As an Assistant Accountant, you’ll play an important role in supporting our Care Services business. You’ll help make sure our financial information is accurate, clear and delivered on time. This helps leaders make better decisions that support our residents and customers.

You’ll be part of our Planning & Reporting team, working closely with colleagues across finance and the wider business. You’ll also support care home managers, helping them understand their financial performance in a simple and practical way.

This role is a great opportunity to build your accounting skills, gain exposure to different parts of the business, and continue your professional development.

How you’ll help us make health happen

• Support the preparation of management accounts for Care Homes, working to tight deadlines

• Help produce monthly reports, including clear and simple commentary

• Manage the Management Accounts Help Desk, supporting care home managers with queries

• Prepare and post accruals, prepayments and journals

• Investigate and explain differences between actual results, forecasts and prior year

• Reconcile control accounts on a monthly basis

• Support the production of forecasts and the Annual Operating Plan

• Provide accurate and timely financial information to stakeholders across the business

• Assist with projects and other ad hoc tasks as needed

• Help maintain strong financial controls and consistent reporting processes

Key Skills/Qualifications needed for this role

• Part-qualified (or working towards) a professional qualification such as ACCA or CIMA would be beneficial

• A good understanding of accounting fundamentals

• Experience working in a fast paced finance or accounting role is essential

• Confident using Excel and other finance systems

• Strong attention to detail, with a focus on accuracy

• Able to work to tight deadlines and manage your time well

• Good communication skills, able to explain financial information clearly

• A proactive mindset, with a willingness to learn and develop

• Comfortable building relationships with stakeholders across the business

• A positive, “can-do” approach to your work

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 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: [email protected]

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