ICFR - Control Specialist

BBC UK; Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Hybrid working

Job summary

The BBC Finance and Operations team is seeking an ICFR Control Specialist to support the ICFR Manager in implementing the BBC ICFR framework and assessing Financial Reporting risk across the organisation, while ensuring high governance standards.

Based in London or Cardiff with hybrid working, you will contribute to ICFR testing, control design, remediation, and reporting for governance forums, supporting the annual attestation process and cross-functional collaboration.

Qualifications

• Qualified or Part Qualified accountant with relevant ICFR/SOX knowledge.
• Good knowledge of ICFR/SOX frameworks and audit principles.
• Experience in supporting finance projects with a risk perspective.
• Ability to translate financial requirements to non-ICFR stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Support the implementation of a robust ICFR framework.
• Assist process workshops documenting in-scope Financial Statement Lines (FSLIs).
• Understand processes, risks and controls to challenge process and control owners.
• Conduct walkthroughs and control design effectiveness testing; document transactions to GL.
• Support remediation of control deficiencies with SME support.
• Assist ICFR reporting for forums and committees.
• Support the annual ICFR attestation/certification process.

Skills

ICFR/SOX knowledge

Risk identification

Finance project support

Stakeholder communication

Education

Qualified or Part Qualified Accountant

COSO framework understanding

Job description

Job Closing Date: 2 November 2026

Cardiff, GBR, CF10 1FT | London, GBR, W1A 1AA

Job Details

• JOB BAND: D
• CONTRACT TYPE: Twelve month fixed-term contract/Attachment, Full-time.
• JOB TITLE: In-house title is Finance Specialist
• DEPARTMENT: Group Finance Risk and Control, BBC Finance and Operations
• LOCATION: London or Cardiff based - Hybrid working
• PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £50,000 - £60,000p.a. (plus London Weighting £5,441pa if London based), 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

The role sits in Group Finance Risk and Control. The team are accountable for overseeing and business partnering Pan-Finance function; to ensure the finance risk profile is fully understood and appropriate controls are designed and implemented to mitigate identified risks.

The team is accountable for managing the implementation of an effective internal control over financial reporting (ICFR / UK SOX) framework in response to the changes in the UK Corporate Governance Code and to fully understand the financial reporting risks inherent across the finance function.

The ICFR control specialist is responsible for supporting the ICFR Manager in the implementation of the BBC ICFR framework and understanding of Financial Reporting risk across the organization whilst ensuring that the BBC high governance standards are met.

Why join our team

Group Finance Risk and Control is at the heart of Group transformation activity playing a vital role in developing a strong risk and control culture across the BBC. The team is leading a key strategic project to support the BBC and its stakeholders with a risk-focussed approach to development and maintenance of its control's framework. We have a key role to play in enabling the BBC to achieve its strategic objectives by supporting governance & risk management and by driving effective decision making.

Your key responsibilities and impact

The ICFR Control Specialist will:

• Support the implementation of a robust ICFR framework.
• Support Process workshops to enable documentation of in-scope Financial Statement Lines (FSLIs). Gain understanding of processes, risks and controls to enable appropriate challenge of Process and control owners.
• Support thorough walkthroughs and control design effectiveness testing. Evidence understanding of FSLIs from initiation of transaction through to the General Ledger
• Complete Operational Effectiveness testing - design appropriate test plans and evidence testing in line with audit principles.
• Support the remediation of control deficiencies through SME support for control owners.
• Support ICFR reporting - ensure reporting is accurate for all relevant forums and committees.
• Support the annual ICFR attestation/certification process.

Your skills and experience

Essential criteria

• Qualified or Part Qualified Accountant
• Good knowledge of ICFR / SOX frameworks and Audit principles
• Ability to identify issues and associated risks in relation to financial reporting
• Experienced in supporting finance projects and in response to ad-hoc requests from finance and operations team with a risk perspective
• Ability to translate financial requirements to key non ICFR stakeholders.

Desirable

• Relevant experience of ICFR / Sox or audit experience.
• Understanding of COSO framework

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.

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.

For any general queries, please contact: [e-mail]

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.

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.

Life at BBC

• Fair pay and flexible benefits including a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care and gym.
• Excellent career and professional development.
• Support in your working life, including flexible working which you can discuss with us at any point during the application, selection or offer.
• A values-based organisation where the way we do things is important as what we do.

Benefits may vary if you are joining on an FTC basis or on an orchestra conditions contract.

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

Candidate pack

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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.

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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]