Accounting & Tax Manager in Farnworth

Location: Bolton/Hybrid

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Here at SpaMedica, our focus is on patient care, safety and satisfaction. As the UK's largest provider of NHS cataract surgery, we're experts at what we do, and that's evidenced in the five-star feedback we receive from our patients. Joining us as Accounting & Tax Manager, you will support our visions and values of safety, integrity, kindness and transparency that are embedded in our day-to-day care to ensure we deliver the best service possible. All of SpaMedica's hospitals inspected by the CQC have been rated as 'Good' or 'Outstanding'.

About the role: The Accounting & Tax Manager is responsible for leading the organization's financial accounting, statutory reporting, and tax functions. This role ensures compliance with accounting standards, tax laws, and regulatory requirements while maintaining strong financial controls, delivering accurate financial reporting, and supporting strategic business decisions. This is an opportunity to lead and enhance a broad finance remit, overseeing financial reporting, tax, treasury and governance, while influencing strategy, developing teams and driving operational excellence.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Fully qualified accountant ACA
• Strong technical accounting expertise and experience in financial reporting
• Strong tax expertise across a variety of tax elements
• In-depth knowledge of relevant accounting standards (IFRS / UK GAAP)
• Experience preparing or reviewing statutory accounts and disclosures
• Proven ability to communicate complex technical issues clearly to non-technical stakeholders
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail

SpaMedica benefits:

• 25 days holiday (increasing with length of service) + Bank Holidays
• Discretionary Performance bonuses awarded twice a year; Company performance bonus Personal performance bonus
• Professional membership fee reimbursement
• Enhanced Maternity & Adoption pay
• Free uniform
• Free flu vaccinations and DBS
• Reimbursement for eye tests and glasses (up to £75)
• Eligibility for Bluelight card
• Continuous training and development (apprenticeships, internal development programmes)
• Recommend a Friend Scheme (£350 reward for both)
• Access to exclusive discounts, colleague perks, online recognition and wellbeing hub on our SpaMedica&Me platform

Join SpaMedica: Where our values guide everything we do, and you can make a life-changing difference every day.

Important Information: This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975. Therefore, a submission for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) will be necessary to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Equality and Diversity: SpaMedica is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity, and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce. We ensure our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation, are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at careers@spamedica.co.uk.

Our Commitment: Our organisation is committed to safe and fair recruitment, safeguarding, and protecting those we care for and serve. We ensure all our staff are vetted, selected, trained, and supervised fairly and to a high standard so that they can provide safe, effective, and compassionate care.

Disability Confidence: We are a Disability Confident employer and are committed to inclusive recruitment practices. We welcome applications from individuals with disabilities and will provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.