Trainee Commercial Accountant

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Trainee Commercial Accountant

Kirkstall Forge (Leeds LS5 3BF)

Hybrid working (minimum 2 days per week in the office)

Full time, Permanent  

Salary £26,000 per annum plus fantastic Bupa benefits including study support

Advert closes 29th May 2025

We make health happen

At Bupa, our purpose is to help people live longer, healthier, happier lives and make a better world. As a Trainee Commercial Accountant in our Operations Finance team, you'll play a crucial role in supporting the financial aspects of our Care Services business unit. You'll be part of a team that ensures effective delivery of our strategic agenda and three-year plan in the most cost-effective way. This role is perfect for a recent graduate or someone looking to start their career in finance, with study support available for professional accountancy qualifications.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver relevant and timely periodic reporting to enable management teams to understand commercial performance against key levers and KPIs.

• Assist in understanding the performance of Care Homes and Villages, helping to identify levers to optimize performance, including coaching non-finance colleagues.

• Proactively investigate variances in expected financial performance to identify root causes and inform the team.

• Support commercial reviews of Care Homes/Villages and assist operational staff in managing commercial performance.

• Act as a point of contact for operational management teams for finance and commercial matters.

• Assist in the preparation, appraisal, and analysis of business cases submitted for capital and/or revenue investment.

Key skills/qualifications needed for this role

• Previous experience or education within Finance is required

• Willingness to undertake study towards a professional accountancy qualification (CIMA, ACCA), with study support available.

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to adapt style depending on stakeholders needs

• Effective in building relationships with teams outside of the department

• Flexible, objective, and pragmatic, able to work under pressure and handle multiple priorities.

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: [email protected]

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