cost accountant Colchester, England
Job description
Position: Treasury Accountant
Reporting to: Group Reporting Manager
Contract type: Full time – Colchester Hybrid
About Cera
Cera is a digital-first healthcare-at-home company delivering care, nursing, telehealth and repeat prescription services in people’s homes via technology. In under five years, Cera has expanded to 10,000+ staff across the UK and Germany, delivering 40,000+ healthcare visits a day, and has grown from zero to nearly $250M revenues.
Every day, Cera delivers healthcare services equivalent to 40 hospitals or 1,000 care homes, and has grown 100-fold over the past two years making it one of the fastest growing businesses in Europe.
Cera currently holds more than 160+ partnerships with the NHS and local authorities, and the company’s technology is used by 2,000+ businesses nationwide. Its technology predicts health deteriorations in patients 30-fold faster than traditional care companies, with its Professional Carers and Nurses responding to over 5,000 ‘high risk’ alerts each day.
Since the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Cera has delivered 10 million healthcare visits in people’s homes, created 10,000 jobs, and licensed its recruitment technology to the UK Government Department of Health to recruit 50,000+ people into healthcare careers.
About the role:
We are actively looking to hire a treasury accountant, the role would suit an ACCA / CIMA studier. The is an exciting and wide-ranging role that will be reporting directly into the Group Reporting Manager but will also work closely with the rest of the management accounts team, currently split between Colchester, London and Stafford, and with the finance leadership.
The role includes:
First port of call for all banking and lending relationships
Manage the Group’s cash positions and maximise interest income
Ensuring all banking costs are kept under review and competitive v market
Dealing with external auditors and assisting with treasury / banking queries
Production and review of cash flow forecasts
Working with the finance department and the wider business to ensure there are effective controls around the payment and banking processes
Production of covenant reporting and covenant forecasting
Ownership of relationships with Group’s insurers
Working with the wider business to complete insurance renewals
Monitoring the Group’s inter-company positions and operating regular netting
Answering ad hoc queries for management / wider finance
The role would suit an ambitious accounts assistant with passion for treasury who is looking to further their career.
What we’re looking for:
Part-qualified accountant / studier with good knowledge of banking / treasury
Experience of working in a group
Solid understanding of cash flow forecasting
Basic understanding of insurance
Experience of working with auditors
Excellent written and verbal communication
Ability to work independently, and as part of wider team
Ability to work under pressure
Person who displays the right attitude coupled with the energy to execute
Ability to work to tight deadlines
Excellent attention to detail
Good organisational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment where priorities can change quickly.
Good time management
Strong Excel skills are critical (we love Excel in finance!)
What we offer:
Flexible working hours and hybrid working arrangements
25 days holiday + your birthday off as well as bank holidays
Mobile phone, laptop and remote IT package setup for WFH days
Company pension scheme
Training and development for your role and future career development
Competitive salary, discretionary bonus and long term employee schemes
Lifeworks discount platform and Employee Assistance Programme
Refer a Friend scheme
Service and Recognition awards
Life at Cera
We champion diversity, inclusion and well-being to create a workplace where you value yourself and feel proud of who you are. We believe in a world where you have the freedom to explore and express yourself without judgement, no matter who you are or where you’re from. Where individuality is a source of confidence, because difference makes the world a better place. People from cultural or gender diverse backgrounds, women and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
Our team is made up of academics, innovators, start-up accelerators and care experts, all connected by a vision to build a better future for care through the combination of best-in-class carers, empowered by technology.
The COVID-19 pandemic saw everybody at Cera shift to remote working, and now many of our people are currently using a hybrid working model. This role is envisaged as a hybrid role and such will involve regular time in the office working with the Colchester Finance Team.
