Accountant

BBC; Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 47,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

BBC Finance Operations in Cardiff is seeking a skilled Accountant to join our team with hybrid working. You will own month-end close, accruals and prepayments, balance sheet reconciliations and journals, ensuring complete, accurate financial information with robust controls.

You will support audits, manage ERP general ledger transactions, and apply BBC accounting standards across reporting and operations. This role offers flexibility and development within BBC Finance.

Qualifications

• Hold a professional accounting qualification e.g. ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent.
• Significant experience delivering a high‑quality accounting service, ideally including capital project or fixed asset accounting.
• Advanced Excel and financial modelling skills with ability to analyse and interpret key financial data.
• Possess highly developed communication skills with the ability to influence.
• Be able to communicate complex data clearly to wider BBC teams.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to financial reporting processes with robust control over subledgers and general ledger integration.
• Manage and maintain accurate ERP general ledger transactions with internal controls and process improvement.
• Support audits and collaborate with Finance Controller, FP&A teams and external partners.
• Provide accounting expertise, documenting judgements in line with BBC policies.
• Oversee capital accounting and balance sheet reconciliations including fixed assets and depreciation.

Skills

ACA/ACCA/CIMA

Capital project accounting

Excel modelling

Communication skills

Influence and communication

Job description

JOB DETAILS

• JOB BAND: D
• CONTRACT TYPE: Continuing
• DEPARTMENT: Finance
• LOCATION: Cardiff
• PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £47,000 - £53,000 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

We are looking to recruit a high calibre Accountant to join our Finance Operations team based in Cardiff with some flexibility i.e. hybrid working. As an Accountant within Finance Operations, you will play a key role in delivering accurate, timely and well-controlled financial accounting across the BBC. You will take ownership of core accounting activities including month-end close, accruals and prepayments, balance sheet reconciliations and journals, ensuring financial information is complete, accurate and supported by appropriate controls.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM

This is an opportunity to join a collaborative Finance Operations team at the heart of BBC Finance, delivering an integrated, sustainable and high-quality process accounting and reporting service to our business and finance customers across the BBC Group. You will gain broad exposure across financial accounting and business operations, working with a range of stakeholders and developing your understanding of how financial information flows through the organisation

Your Key Responsibilities And Impact

• Contribute to financial reporting processes, ensuring accurate understanding of divisional performance and robust control over subledgers and general ledger integration.
• Manage and maintain accurate ERP general ledger transactions, ensuring compliance with accounting standards, internal controls, and continuous process improvement.
• Support audits and work collaboratively with the Finance Controller, Senior Accountant, FP&A teams, stakeholders, and outsourced partners.
• Provide accounting expertise, applying and documenting accounting judgements in line with BBC policies and accounting standards.
• Oversee capital accounting and balance sheet reconciliations, including fixed asset management, depreciation reviews, impairment assessments, and compliance with internal control requirements.

Your Skills And Experience

• To be successful in this role you will need to: Hold a professional accounting qualification e.g. ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent
• Have significant experience of delivering a high-quality accounting service, ideally including capital project or fixed asset accounting
• Advanced Excel and financial modelling skills, with the ability to analyse and interpret key financial data.
• Possess highly developed communication skills with the ability to influence.
• Be able to take complex data/principles and to communicate these in an understandable way to wider BBC team

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.

Before your start date, you may need to disclose any unspent convictions or police charges, in line with our Recruitment 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.

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.