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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

• 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.

• 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
• 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

Job information

• Seniority level: Associate
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Finance
• Industries: Hospitals and Health Care and Insurance

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