Senior Finance Analyst in Bournemouth

Team – UK Finance

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:

• Financial analysis and performance insight
• Complex data reconciliation
• Efficient cross-functional stakeholder engagement

What this role is all about:

As a Senior Finance Analyst within our Vitality Programme, you’ll play a pivotal role in supporting purpose led partnerships that sit at the core of what we do. You’ll take full ownership of complex, end‑to‑end financial activities, from month‑end close and partner accounting to audit‑ready outputs, while working closely with stakeholders across the business. This is a role for someone who enjoys digging into detail, solving complex problems, and turning financial data into meaningful insight that drives better decisions.

Key Actions:

• Ensure Accurate Accounting - maintain precise accounting for multiple Vitality Partners within the Vitality P&L self-sufficiently
• Own the end‑to‑end month‑end close for assigned partners, including accruals, re‑accruals, reallocations, and variance analysis
• Apply accounting standards, VAT rules and materiality thresholds accurately and consistently
• Ensure all outputs are independently checked, control ready, and supported by clear audit trails prior to review
• Interpret and reconcile data from Vitality Partners to ensure accuracy and consistency
• Proactively investigate discrepancies, identify root cause, and resolve issues end to end, escalating appropriately
• Manage the timely processing of cashbacks and invoices to customers and partners, ensuring adherence to deadlines
• Take full ownership of deliverables through to completion, including chasing dependencies and coordinating inputs from other teams where required
• Proactively identify opportunities to improve processes, automate controls, and standardise outputs to reduce risk and improve efficiency
• Ensure all financial activities comply with financial standards and tax requirements. Monitor and manage tax obligations related to partner transactions and ensure timely compliance

What do you need to thrive?

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related field
• Fully qualified or finalist accountant (CIMA, ACCA, or equivalent)
• Proven experience in accurate accounting and financial management within a P&L environment, with strong knowledge of financial standards and compliance
• Strong analytical skills with experience reconciling financial data, resolving data quality issues, and working with stakeholders on long-term improvements
• Ability to simplify complex tasks, document processes clearly, and create efficient workflows
• Experience analysing partner performance to identify trends and deliver actionable insights
• Experience handling audit requests and coordinating with audit teams to meet timelines
• Experience managing payments (including cashbacks and invoices) to tight deadlines, with strong knowledge of tax requirements and managing tax obligations for financial transactions
• Proficient in financial systems and tools, with exposure to automation and emerging technologies (e.g. AI)
• Adaptable, detail-oriented, strong problem-solving and communication skills, with high levels of accuracy and integrity

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, we 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.

About Us:

We’re incredibly proud to be recognised for the culture we've created — recently being named one of Glassdoor’s Best Places to Work 2026, and in 2024 we were delighted to be awarded Top 10 Places to Work in the Sunday Times Awards.

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.

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.