Financial Accountant

BBC UK; London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

BBC UK seeks a Financial Accountant to manage statutory reporting and assist with tax compliance. The role involves preparing financial statements, coordinating audits, and collaborating with finance teams to ensure accuracy. Candidates must hold an ACA or ACCA qualification and have a strong background in financial accounting.

Benefits

26 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Defined pension with up to 10% employer contributions

Caring and parenting support, remote GP access

Qualifications

• Industry exposure and solid accounting knowledge, including IFRS, FRS 101 & consolidation.
• Experience guiding junior team members and managing workload across a team.

Responsibilities

• Prepare Financial Statements ensuring timely and accurate reporting.
• Coordinate with external auditors and ensure adherence to regulatory requirements.
• Address complex accounting issues including revenue recognition and leases.

Skills

Financial Reporting

Technical Accounting Expertise

Excel Proficiency

Education

ACA or ACCA qualification

Tools

SAP

Job description

Job Requisition ID: 24968

Job Closing Date: 15/7/25

JOB DETAILS

JOB BAND: D
CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent
DEPARTMENT: Commercial Group Finance
LOCATION: London Television centre - Hybrid
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £50,000 - £55,000 plus £5319 London Weighting, depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

WE ARE BBC STUDIOS

A globally renowned media company borne of the BBC. We make and distribute the world's most sought-after TV, audio and digital content. Our ambition is to be the home of the most powerful, entertaining, and inspiring stories for people all around the world.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

The Financial Accountant owns statutory and other external reporting requirements, assists with tax reporting, responds to technical accounting queries from the business, reviews the balance sheet including month-end reconciliations, and performs other ad hoc tasks as required. The role reports to the Finance Manager, Commercial Group Finance.

The role plays a pivotal part in supporting the wider BBCS Finance Teams to achieve strong technical accuracy, meet reporting deadlines and comply with tax reporting requirements.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT:

• Prepare Financial Statements: Draft standalone financial statements and notes for UK entities, ensuring timely and accurate reporting.
• Support Consolidated Reporting: Assist with parent company consolidation and submission of BBC Commercial Group year-end figures.
• Audit & Compliance: Coordinate with external auditors and ensure adherence to regulatory requirements.
• Technical Accounting Expertise: Address complex accounting issues including revenue recognition, leases, tax, FX, and consolidation.
• Policy & Standards Maintenance: Monitor updates to accounting standards and support internal policy alignment.
• Tax & Finance Collaboration: Provide financial data to tax teams and partner with finance teams to ensure accuracy and compliance.
• FX & Ad Hoc Support: Manage foreign exchange exposure and contribute to various ad hoc financial projects.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:

• ACA or ACCA qualification, with a strong auditing and/or financial accounting background.
• Industry & Technical Expertise: industry exposure, solid accounting knowledge, including IFRS, FRS 101 & consolidation.
• Team and process leadership experience: Experience guiding junior team members and managing workload across a team
• Excel & reporting skills: Strong proficiency in Excel, with hands-on experience in financial reporting and analysis.

DESIRED BUT NOT REQUIRED:

• Big 4 qualification and experience
• Solid understanding of tax reporting and compliance within a financial accounting framework advantageous
• Media & Entertainment experience preferred, but a strong enthusiasm for media and entertainment is valued.
• Experience working in a matrix organisation
• SAP Proficiency: Familiarity with SAP for financial reporting and analysis.
• Experience with data analysis tools such as Power BI or Tableau.

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

NEXT STEPS
We appreciate your interest in this position and understand how important this opportunity is to you. Due to the high volume of interest, we may need to close the application period earlier than anticipated. This step is necessary to ensure we can provide a high level of attention and service to all applicants. Thank you for your understanding.

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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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.

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.

Information at a Glance

This is your BBC

At the BBC you can create and innovate in an inclusive environment while contributing to some of the world's best loved content, and the BBC's mission to inform, educate and entertain.

Find out more about BBC Studios

Life at BBC Studios
• A flexible 35-hour working week with 26 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) and the option to buy an extra five days.
• Defined pension (up to 10% employer contributions).
• Caring and parenting support, 24/7 remote GP access, life assurance and accident benefit.
• BBC Studios is a world leader in operating sustainably both on and off screen. Find out more about BBC Group's science-based Net Zero targets here.
• Career development in a values-led purpose-driven culture.

Benefits may vary if you are joining on an FTC basis.

Learn more about life at the BBC and our values in our candidate pack.

Candidate pack

You belong

We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, so all our employees feel that they can belong, thrive and achieve their full potential.

We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to join us. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.

We welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief.

Find out more about diversity, inclusion and belonging in our strategy below.

Diversity, inclusion & belonging strategy

Disability confident

We are a disability confident employer. If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the interview process, or to carry out this role, please contact us via email and we'd be happy to discuss: [e-mail]