Overview of the role
As a Graduate Financial Accountant, you will play a crucial role in supporting the finance function by providing analytical and operational support. Working closely with the wider finance team, you will contribute to the effective management of the company’s financial performance. Your responsibilities will encompass a wide range of financial activities, including financial analysis, reporting, accounting, and control. The Company offers a supportive environment for professional development and career advancement.
The role is hybrid working with 3 days in the office, and 2 days working from home.
Main Responsibility
- Be a key part of a comprehensive financial accounting service, supporting the team to ensure that reports/accounts are produced to meet management/financial reporting and statutory requirements.
- To assist in the preparation of all statutory requirements, including statutory accounts, VAT submissions, and corporation tax.
- To assist in the year end accounting process, supporting the completion of the deconsolidation of the group to the individual statutory entities, ensuring the accounting for each individual entity is accurate.
- To assist the preparation of the year end reporting to Bestway of the consolidated Bestway Healthcare group result.
- To prepare the monthly and quarterly group reporting for submission to Bestway.
- To support and liaise with our tax advisors.
- To help manage the external audit and ensure that all queries are quickly responded to.
- To review balance sheet reconciliations, alongside the preparation of various centrally prepared balance sheet reconciliations and facilitate the period end checklist.
- To support the finance team with ad hoc duties.
Key knowledge and skills required for the role:
- Strong academic record, with a minimum 2:1 degree.
- Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
- Good communication and interpersonal skills to collaborate effectively with colleagues.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Demonstrate enthusiasm and a strong desire to learn and develop within a finance career.
- Opportunity to support with study towards gaining chartered accountancy qualifications ACA / ACCA
- Opportunities to develop within the business.
Problem solving & change:
- A high level of analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to interpret financial data.
- Working to tight deadlines
- Working with the wider finance team and contributing to the overall success of the business
- Ability to communicate with stakeholders within the business.
The Ideal Candidate
Well are proud to be a diverse and inclusive employer. If you have any specific requirements, we'll do everything we can to support you. Whether it is to find a pharmacy that is accessible, or if it is a part time position you are looking for, we can help find the role that is right for you. If you need us to make any reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process, we will be happy to accommodate you.
Please be aware that due to the high number of applications we receive it may not be possible for us to provide an outcome to all applicants. If you are not contacted within 28 days of your submission unfortunately you will have been unsuccessful.
Package Description
- Competitive salaries
- Excellent training & development opportunities
- Paid Holidays
- Workplace pension scheme
- Staff Discount
- Travel Loans and more…..
About the Company
For over 70 years, we’ve been looking after the health and wellbeing of communities across the UK. Well Pharmacy (part of Bestway Healthcare) is the second largest pharmacy chain in the UK with c.760 pharmacies and a team of around 7,000 colleagues based across our Community Pharmacies, Online Pharmacy, Healthcare Services Centre, Community Drivers, Bestway Medhub & Wardles team and our Support Centre team.
Our mission is to be here for the wellbeing of our patients and customers, to provide the best community pharmacy experience in the UK for everyone, for our patients, our customers, our people, and our NHS.
The pharmacy of the future will look very different from the one we know today. It will play a huge role in transforming primary healthcare and we will play a central role in bringing it to life.
We will use our clinical expertise and technological ambition to take advantage of the potential this future has to offer us. Making medicines, advice, services and care available in the places and spaces that people need and want it most.
We want to be a great business. To be recognised as delivering a community pharmacy experience that is the best there is. To do this we want our teams to feel proud about the positive impact they make, feel valued as part of a close-knit and expert community, and feel confident in their role in a business that is stable, innovative, and caring.
‘Together we make a difference’
