Senior Finance Coordinator

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

To provide specialist technical financial knowledge in a range of activities - data, technical reporting, financial reporting, project management, treasury and contracts

WHY JOIN THE TEAM

Business Operations oversees the finance, HR and administration of the Americas and joining this team will complete structure where we collaborate together an ensure compliance is key. It’s a great place to work and we build together as a team.

Your Key Responsibilities And Impact

• Ensure that outsourced providers meet the BBC operational requirements
• Manage overall contractual performance, seeking continuous improvement and value for money
• Management of financial projects
• Allocation of Finance staff to productions
• Responsible for BBC VAT and indirect tax affairs
• Provide assurances to stakeholders on the resilience of the BBC's financial model
• Manage key external advisers
• Provide technical accounting and financial reporting
• Lead the development, implementation and maintenance of operational treasury and control environment
• Ensure compliance with treasury policies and strategies

Essential Criteria

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Demonstrable experience of project management, SAP, operation of financial reporting systems
• Highly developed written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence
• Ability to take complex data/principles and to communicate these in an understandable way to the wider BBC team
• Knowledge and experience of regulatory requirements, accounting practices/guidelines and internal control mechanisms

Desirable

• Professional accounting qualification e.g. ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent

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.

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: bbchr@bbc.co.uk