ICFR - Control Specialist Job Details | BBC

The Methodist Church in Britain; Greater London, Cardiff; Hybride; GBP 60 000 - 75 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

London weighting

Flexible working

Résumé du poste

BBC Finance and Operations invites applications for a twelve-month fixed-term attachment within the Group Finance Risk and Control team, supporting the ICFR Manager. The role focuses on implementing internal control over financial reporting, mapping processes and controls, and testing design and operating effectiveness.

The post is hybrid, with a London weighting allowance and flexible working options. A qualified or part-qualified accountant with ICFR, SOX or audit knowledge is required.

Qualifications

• Good knowledge of ICFR / SOX frameworks and audit principles.
• Ability to identify financial reporting issues and associated risks.
• Ability to translate financial requirements for non-ICFR stakeholders.

Responsabilités

• Support the implementation of a robust ICFR framework.
• Support process workshops to document in-scope financial statement lines, understand processes, risks and controls, and challenge process and control owners.
• Support walkthroughs and control design effectiveness testing, evidencing financial statement lines from transaction initiation through to the general ledger.
• Complete operational effectiveness testing, designing test plans and evidencing testing in line with audit principles.
• Support remediation of control deficiencies through subject matter expert support to control owners.
• Support ICFR reporting, ensuring accuracy for all relevant forums and committees.
• Support the annual ICFR attestation and certification process.
• Support the ICFR Manager in building understanding of financial reporting risk across the organisation and meeting BBC governance standards.

Connaissances

ICFR/SOX knowledge

Issue identification

Translate requirements

Formation

Qualified or part-qualified accountant

Description du poste

This twelve-month fixed-term attachment sits in the Group Finance Risk and Control team within BBC Finance and Operations, supporting the ICFR Manager. The work centres on helping implement internal control over financial reporting, mapping processes and controls, testing control design and operating effectiveness, supporting remediation and contributing to the annual attestation. The post is hybrid and the team is leading a key strategic project to build a risk-focused control framework across the BBC. A qualified or part-qualified accountant with ICFR, SOX or audit knowledge is required.

What the job involves

• Support the implementation of a robust ICFR framework
• Support process workshops to document in-scope financial statement lines, understand processes, risks and controls, and challenge process and control owners
• Support walkthroughs and control design effectiveness testing, evidencing financial statement lines from transaction initiation through to the general ledger
• Complete operational effectiveness testing, designing test plans and evidencing testing in line with audit principles
• Support remediation of control deficiencies through subject matter expert support to control owners
• Support ICFR reporting, ensuring accuracy for all relevant forums and committees
• Support the annual ICFR attestation and certification process
• Support the ICFR Manager in building understanding of financial reporting risk across the organisation and meeting BBC governance standards

What’s required

Qualifications

• Qualified or part-qualified accountant

Experience

• Experience supporting finance projects and ad-hoc requests with a risk perspective

Skills & knowledge

• Good knowledge of ICFR / SOX frameworks and audit principles
• Ability to identify financial reporting issues and associated risks
• Ability to translate financial requirements for non-ICFR stakeholders

Checks & eligibility

• Disclosure of any unspent convictions or police charges before start date

Nice to have

• Relevant ICFR, SOX or audit experience
• Understanding of the COSO framework

What’s offered

• London Weighting of £5,441 a year if London based
• Flexible working, to be discussed at offer stage