Accountant

BBC; Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading public broadcaster is seeking a qualified Accountant in Cardiff to support financial reporting processes. This full-time role involves preparing reports, managing budgets, and collaborating with various stakeholders in a hybrid work setting. Candidates must have strong communication and Excel skills, alongside relevant accounting qualifications.

Qualifications

• Must have qualifications in professional accounting.
• Required advanced financial reporting knowledge.
• Proficiency in advanced Excel for financial modelling.

Responsibilities

• Conduct monthly financial performance reporting.
• Manage month end and budget accounting processes.
• Assist in preparing the BBC Annual Report and Accounts.

Skills

Qualified professional accounting (e.g. ACA, ACCA, CIMA)

Communication skills

Advanced Excel and modelling skills

Stakeholder management

Planning and organisation skills

Job description

Job Details

JOB BAND: D

CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent, Full-time

DEPARTMENT: Financial Reporting, BBC Group Finance

LOCATION: Cardiff with some hybrid working – 2 days in the office

PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £50,000 - £53,500 per annum depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

We're happy to discuss flexible working. If you'd like to, please indicate your preference in the application – though there's no obligation to do so now. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

Purpose of the Role

Join BBC Finance in Cardiff as an Accountant in our Group Finance team. You’ll support month-end, year-end and budget reporting, helping to deliver clear, accurate financial insight across the organisation. This role contributes to key reporting processes, both internal and external, and offers the opportunity to work with a broad range of stakeholders in a collaborative, hybrid-working environment.

Why Join the Team

The BBC Group Finance team delivers an integrated, sustainable and high quality accounting and reporting service to our business and Finance customers across the whole of the BBC.

As an Accountant, you will contribute towards a wide variety of internal and external reporting including month-end reports for senior management, the BBC’s Annual Report and Accounts, reporting on our savings programmes and the allocation of funds across the organisation.

Your Key Responsibilities And Impact

As an Accountant in the Financial Reporting team you will:

• Undertake monthly reporting of financial performance with a divisional and pan-BBC perspective, in addition to other reporting to stakeholders.
• Devise and manage appropriate month end and budget models and templates that provide insightful and relevant analysis, suitable for decision making.
• Take responsibility for month end, budget and annual accounting processes, managing this from start to end and working with a range of stakeholders.
• Assist in the preparation of the BBC Annual Report and Accounts and other external reporting requirements.
• Provide professional financial support to a range of stakeholders, effective control of financial processes and delivering operational excellence.

Your Skills And Experience

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:

• Qualified professional accounting e.g. ACA, ACCA, CIMA, ICAEW, or equivalent and Financial Reporting and/or management accounting knowledge.
• Highly developed written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence.
• Advanced excel and modelling skills, in relation to key finance information including budgets and forecasts.
• Ability to manage senior stakeholders including explaining complex data / principles to non-finance professionals.
• Strong planning and organisation skills with the ability to prioritise workload effectively.

Desired But Not Required

• Knowledge of the theory and practical application of accounting principles and controls.

If you can bring some of these skills and experiences, along with transferable strengths, we’d love to hear from you and encourage you to apply.

Before your start date, you may need to disclose any unspent convictions or police charges, in line with our Contracts of Employment policy. This allows us to discuss any support you may need and assess any risks. Failure to disclose may result in the withdrawal of your offer.

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Disclaimer

This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.

Please note: If you were to be offered this role, the BBC will conduct Employment screening checks which include Reference checks; Eligibility to work checks; and if applicable to the role, Safeguarding and Adverse media/Social media checks. Any offer made is conditional on these checks being satisfactory.

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Redeployment

The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants. Priority consideration means for those employees seeking redeployment their application will be considered alongside anyone else at risk of redundancy, prior to any individuals being considered who are not at risk.