Financial Controller

Finance

Permanent - Full Time

Cardiff, GB, CF10 1FT

Job Reference: 021556

Band: E

Salary: £75,000 - £87,500 per annum, depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience.

Contract type: Permanent

Location: Cardiff

Closing date for applications is 23:59 on Sunday 2nd March 2025

We're happy to discuss flexible working. Please indicate your choice under the flexible working question in the application.

• Excellent career progression - the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation.
• Unrivalled training and development opportunities - our in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certification.
• Benefits - We offer a negotiable salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more.

We are looking for a Financial Controller to ensure the smooth operation of Financial controls, accounting and reporting processes across BBC Finance. The successful candidate will have the required technical accounting skills and expertise to deliver accurate and timely financial reporting in compliance with financial regulations and our internal controls framework, to a wide range of stakeholders.

The Financial Controller is responsible for overseeing all financial aspects of the division they support (e.g. News) and as such needs to have a strong understanding of finance and accounting principles.

• The Financial Controller role works within the Finance Operations team and is critical in ensuring a robust accounting close process across both month and year-end.
• They are ultimately responsible for the delivery and reporting of accurate numbers to stakeholders whilst ensuring that internal Finance controls including accounting principles and standards, are adhered to and applied on a consistent basis.
• You will be responsible for ensuring that the Finance Operations team is delivering processes and outputs as an effective and efficient service.
• You will manage the liaison with external stakeholders where required including our outsource provider and appointed external auditors.
• You are expected to provide sound technical and expert financial/accounting advice to support insightful and informed business decision making, including impact assessment.
• The Finance Controller will supervise and manage a team of finance professionals, working collaboratively with our outsource provider to deliver a high quality service.

• You will be a fully qualified accountant with a sound understanding of financial controls and governance.
• You will also be accustomed to, and confident in, liaising with senior finance and non-finance stakeholders.
• An excellent understanding of financial reporting is essential, and you will combine strong technical knowledge with a proven track record of process improvement.
• You will have experience of managing a team and planning work to ensure delivery to tight deadlines.
• Experience of supporting the delivery of effective financial systems and controls is essential.
• Inquisitive mindset coupled with the ability to investigate and resolve challenging/complex problems.

The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC for different reasons 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.

Diversity matters at the BBC. We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, enabling all of our employees to thrive and achieve their full potential.

We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles, unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.

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.