Job Description

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About The Role

Team -

Finance Business Partners

Working Pattern -

Hybrid - 2 days per week in the Vitality Bournemouth Office. Full time, 35 hours per week.

We are happy to discuss flexible working!

Top 3 skills needed for this role:

Stakeholder management - a people person who work both on their own and with other teams and build strong, reliable relationships Organisation/multi-tasking/prioritising Attention to detail and knowledge of management accounting technicalities - accruals, prepayments, forecasting & budget transfers

What this role is all about:

As a Senior Finance Analyst, you will provide analytical support and expense reporting for Vitality's Enterprise function, including Technology, Projects, and R&D. The role involves working with the Senior Finance Business Partner and the Business Partnering team to ensure accurate accounting and forecasting, produce expense and project spend analysis, understand transactional data details, and comply with month-end and budgeting timelines.

Key Actions

Coordination and completion of all month-end tasks for the functions supported within the appropriate deadlines. Maintain timely forecasting and support with annual budget cycle. Build and maintain an excellent understanding of the responsible cost centres cost base in terms of transactional detail. Ensuring accuracy of Anaplan output while ensuring reconciliation to business partner expectations. Lead on ad-hoc analysis driven by own interpretation of key risk and opportunities within the functions supported. Produce standard consistent reporting in a timely manner for review. Ensure rigorous governance and accurate accounting principles are applied and followed throughout as well as actively seeking process efficiencies where appropriate. Respond and communicate with business stakeholders on routine finance queries. Provide ad-hoc assistance to the Senior Finance Business Partner.

What do you need to thrive?

Proven experience in expense or analyst roles within a Finance team. Ability to work constructively with finance stakeholders, providing them with support in processes and financial analysis. Excellent analytical skills, with a keen attention to detail. Experience of managing multiple priorities to strict deadlines. A self-starter who works diligently with ambition to develop the role. Qualified or finalist of an accounting qualification (CIMA/ACCA/ACA or equivalent). Advanced user of Excel.

So, what's in it for you?

Bonus Schemes - A bonus that regularly rewards you for your performance A pension of up to 12%- We will match your contributions up to 6% of your salary Our award-winning Vitality health insurance - With its own set of rewards and benefits Life Assurance - Four times annual salary

These are just some of the many perks that we offer! To view the extensive range of benefits we offer, please visit our careers page.

Fantastic Benefits. Exciting rewards. Great career opportunities!

If you are successful in your application and join us at Vitality, this is our promise to you, w

e will:

Help you to be the healthiest you've ever been. Create an environment that embraces you as you are and enables you to be your best self. Give you flexibility on how, where and when you work. Help you advance your career by playing you to your strengths. Give you a voice to help our business grow and make Vitality a great place to be. Give you the space to try, fail and learn. Provide a healthy balance of challenge and support. Recognise and reward you with a competitive salary and amazing benefits. Be there for you when you need us. Provide opportunities for you to be a force for good in society.

We commit to all these things because we want you to feel that you belong, and are supported to be happy and healthy.



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About Us

We're really excited to announce that we have recently been awarded

"Top 10 Best Places To Work"

in The Sunday Times Awards 2024!



Vitality is a multi-award-winning UK insurance brand, here to make the world a healthier, happier place.



We've been a purpose and values-driven business from day 1- long before it became fashionable. Our core purpose is to make people healthier and enhance protect their lives. Vitality pioneered shared-value insurance. We incentivise people to live healthier longer lives - they benefit, our business benefits, and society benefits. We're successful because we attract, develop, and retain the best people - and because we care.



Plus, you get to join our 1.7+ million members with access to our unique health insurance and healthy living programme. Just to make sure you know our products inside and out.

Ready to find out if we're the right fit for you? We can't wait.

Diversity & Inclusion

At Vitality, we're committed to diversity and inclusion because it's good for our employees, for our business, and for society. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.

Vitality's approach to sustainability

Vitality is a business that drives positive change. We reward people for making and sustaining healthier choices. But healthy people also need a healthy environment. To learn more please visit our Careers page. #LI-Hybrid

If we are fortunate in receiving a high volume of quality applications we may need to close this vacancy early. If you are interested, please submit your application as soon as possible.