Accountant, Financial Reporting

As the Accountant, you will be the backbone of our day-to-day financial operations. Reporting directly to our Chief Financial Officer, you will ensure the financial health, accuracy, and compliance of the business.

You will take ownership of everything from general bookkeeping and payroll to production accounting and artist royalties. In our dynamic, hybrid environment, you will play a critical role in keeping our commercial operations running smoothly as we scale.

Key Info:

Hours:

Part-time (Approx 20 hours; which could be worked either four or five days per week)

Term: 6-Month Fixed Term Contract

Location:

Remote-first (Ideally Bristol-based). Requires 1 day per week in-person with the CFO in Bristol, and 1 day per month at our London HQ (Kings Cross).

Salary: £50,000-£65,000 (FTE) Salary is dependant on experience and location. To be prorated according to work schedule.

• Own full bookkeeping responsibilities using Xero.
• Process and file all purchase invoices, ensuring accurate and on-time payments, and maintain organised digital records.
• Oversee and manage all sales and transactional accounting.
• Reconcile balance sheet control accounts on a regular basis.
• Administer Pleo, our company expense management system.

• Prepare monthly management accounts for CFO review and sign-off.
• Manage the administration of monthly payroll (in Xero) and company pensions.
• Handle quarterly VAT reporting and ensure timely HMRC filing.

• Manage the production accounting process for our video courses.
• Produce accurate monthly Cost Reports for each individual lesson/course.
• Generate internal and external cash flow and cost reports.
• Actively update cash flows and budget forecasts.
• Support the tracking, calculation, and reporting of artist royalties.
• Assist the CFO with ad-hoc project work and financial analysis as the business scales.

• Accounting
  
  Experience:
  
  Fully qualified accountant (AAT/ACCA/CIMA) with a strong working experience in bookkeeping, management accounts, payroll and financial reporting.
• System Proficiency:
  Highly proficient in Xero. Experience with Pleo (or similar expense systems) and payroll processing is highly desirable.
• Industry Knowledge:
  Previous experience in production accounting, media, or managing artist royalties is a strong bonus.
• Attention to Detail:
  Meticulous organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple work streams and ensure absolute accuracy in financial reporting.
• Adaptability:
  Comfortable working in an agile, remote-first start-up environment where processes are actively being built and refined.
• 28 days holiday per calendar + public holidays (prorated for part time work)
• Salary sacrifice pension
• Private medical insurance or wellbeing allowance
• EAP, via Spill

Budgeting and Forecasting:

Provision of information, analysis and supporting commentary to a range of stakeholders.

Review short term plans and assist in the production of budgets, extrapolation of trends and support the input of financial data.

Accounting and Reporting:

Review, analyse, monitor and update forecasts.

Maintain short term financial plans, monitor and report actual expenditure against set budgets, assist with the closure of year end accounts and statutory reporting.

Controls and Compliance:

Improve efficiency and controls of financial processes, methodologies and environments.

Develop, test and review new methods and practices.

Explain and reinforce BBC Finance policies and guidelines

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…