Accountant - Finance Operations

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

Job summary

The BBC is seeking high calibre Accountants for its Finance Operations team in Cardiff. This role entails ensuring accurate financial reporting and compliance while supporting audits. Successful candidates will hold a professional accounting qualification and possess strong communication skills.

Benefits

Comprehensive range of benefits

Competitive salary

Qualifications

• Hold a professional accounting qualification e.g. ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent.
• Significant experience of delivering a high-quality accounting service.
• Possess highly developed communication skills with the ability to influence.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to reporting processes to ensure financial positions are clear.
• Manage accurate recording of transactions in ERP general ledger.
• Support the Finance Controller with internal and external audits.

Skills

Communication

Influencing

Data analysis

Education

Professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA)

Job description

Salary £47,000 - £53,000 per annum, depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

JOB DETAILS

Band: D
Contract type: Fixed Term Contract until 31st December 2025 (2x positions available)
Department: Procurement
Location: Hybrid (Cardiff base)
Salary: £47,000 - £53,000 per annum, depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

The closing date for applications is 23:59 on Sunday 13th July 2025

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 number of high calibre Accountants to join our Finance Operations team based in Cardiff.

Finance Operations is at the heart of BBC Finance, delivering an integrated, sustainable and high qualityprocess accounting and reporting service to our business and finance customers.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT

As an Accountant in Financial Operations, your key duties will involve the following:

• Contribute to reporting processes to ensure the financial position and performance of the Division isunderstood and key issues are rectified, ensuring appropriate process is observed with control over subledgers and integration with the general ledger
• Manage the accurate recording of transactions in the ERP general ledger, ensuring compliance with relevantaccounting standards and internal controls and improving efficiency and controls of financial processes,methodologies and environments where possible
• Support the Finance Controller with the efficient delivery of internal and external audits, and collaboratewith outsourced partner, FP&A team, divisional stakeholders where appropriate
• Document and implement accounting judgements in accordance with BBC policy and accounting standards
• Compile and review balance sheet reconciliations supported by appropriate testing, ensuring full compliancewith internal controls and our minimum expected requirements, with fully evidenced and substantiated balances.

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.
• 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

For this role / Ar gyfer y swydd yma:
Welsh language skills are not necessary / Nid yw sgiliau yn yr iaith Gymraeg yn angenrheidiol
Applications may be submitted in Welsh, and an application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English. / Mae modd cyflwyno ceisiadau yn Gymraeg, ac ni fydd cais a gyflwynir yn Gymraeg yn cael ei drin yn llai ffafriol na chais a gyflwynir yn Saesneg.

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.

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Accountant - Finance Operations

Finance

Fixed Term - Full Time

Cardiff - 3 Central Square

Job Closing Date: 13/06/2025

THE ROLE

Job Description:

JOB DETAILS

Band: D
Contract type: Fixed Term Contract until 31st December 2025 (2x positions available)
Department: Procurement
Location: Hybrid (Cardiff base)
Salary: £47,000 - £53,000 per annum, depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

The closing date for applications is 23:59 on Sunday 13th July 2025

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 number of high calibre Accountants to join our Finance Operations team based in Cardiff.

Finance Operations is at the heart of BBC Finance, delivering an integrated, sustainable and high qualityprocess accounting and reporting service to our business and finance customers.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT

As an Accountant in Financial Operations, your key duties will involve the following:

• Contribute to reporting processes to ensure the financial position and performance of the Division isunderstood and key issues are rectified, ensuring appropriate process is observed with control over subledgers and integration with the general ledger
• Manage the accurate recording of transactions in the ERP general ledger, ensuring compliance with relevantaccounting standards and internal controls and improving efficiency and controls of financial processes,methodologies and environments where possible
• Support the Finance Controller with the efficient delivery of internal and external audits, and collaboratewith outsourced partner, FP&A team, divisional stakeholders where appropriate
• Document and implement accounting judgements in accordance with BBC policy and accounting standards
• Compile and review balance sheet reconciliations supported by appropriate testing, ensuring full compliancewith internal controls and our minimum expected requirements, with fully evidenced and substantiated balances.

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.
• 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

For this role / Ar gyfer y swydd yma:
Welsh language skills are not necessary / Nid yw sgiliau yn yr iaith Gymraeg yn angenrheidiol
Applications may be submitted in Welsh, and an application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English. / Mae modd cyflwyno ceisiadau yn Gymraeg, ac ni fydd cais a gyflwynir yn Gymraeg yn cael ei drin yn llai ffafriol na chais a gyflwynir yn Saesneg.

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.

WHY JOIN US

FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA

• We prioritise your well-being with a comprehensive range of benefits designed to support you both personally and professionally.
• Competitive salary and a broad range of employee benefits
• We prioritise your well-being with a comprehensive range of benefits designed to support you both personally and professionally.
• Competitive salary and a broad range of employee benefits