Management Accountant - Cardiff, United Kingdom - BBC

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    BBC Cardiff, United Kingdom

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    Job Band

    Contract: FTC (12 months)- 35 hours per week
    Location: Cardiff Central Square (with some hybrid working)
    Salary: £42,000 - £48,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

    Job Purpose

    The BBC Finance team in Cardiff delivers an integrated, sustainable and high quality accounting and reporting service to our business and Finance customers across the whole of the BBC. We are seeking a Management Accountant to join our team. This is a 12 month fixed-term opportunity within the Financial Planning & Insight (FP&I) team based in Cardiff with hybrid working.

    Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities

    As a Management Accountant you will:
    - Undertake the monthly reporting of financial performance, including variance analysis, in addition to other stakeholder reporting
    - Devise and manage appropriate reporting models and templates that provide insightful and relevant analysis, suitable for driving effective and decisive decision making to support the delivery of our strategic priorities.
    - Take responsibility for month end and annual accounting processes, including liaison with the external auditors, managing this from start to end and working with a range of stakeholders.
    - Provide professional financial support to a range of stakeholders, maintain and support effective financial controls/processes and delivering operational excellence.
    - Be responsible for the management and delivery of business plans feeding into the annual budget process.
    - Drive continuous improvement within your area. Demonstrate excellent communication skills with both internal and external stakeholders and the ability to work collaboratively in a team.

    Knowledge, Skills, Training & Experience

    You will have strong analytical skills and be fully qualified with a professional accounting qualification (e.g. ACCA, ACA, CIMA). Management accounting and/or Financial Reporting knowledge and the ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with staff, both within the FP&I team and the wider BBC Finance division. You will be required to operate independently but effective team playing is also important due to the nature and size of the Finance team. You will be required to operate in line with BBC Values.