Accountant (Finance Operations) x2

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

Job summary

The BBC seeks high-caliber Accountants for its Finance Operations team in Cardiff. This role involves enhancing financial processes, compliance, and contributing to internal reporting and audits. Candidates are required to hold a professional accounting qualification and have substantial experience in a similar role.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in delivering a high-quality accounting service.
• Highly developed communication skills with influencing ability.
• Ability to explain complex data in an understandable way.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to reporting processes for financial position and performance.
• Manage accurate transaction recording in the ERP general ledger.
• Support efficient delivery of internal and external audits.

Skills

Communication

Financial Analysis

Accounting Standards

Education

Professional accounting qualification e.g. ACA, ACCA, CIMA

Job description

JOB DETAILS

Band: D

Contract type: Fixed Term Contract until 31st December 2025 (2x positions available)

Department: Finance Operations

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

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 quality process 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 is understood 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 relevant accounting 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 collaborate with 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 compliance with 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