Senior Accountant

Salary Range: £45,000 – £60,000 per annum

Band: D

Contract type:
Permanent

Location:

Office Base is Cardiff

The closing date for applications is 23:59 on Sunday 5th July 2026.

We are looking for a Senior Accountant to support the smooth operation of accounting processes across BBC Finance Operations, leading the team delivering Corporate Function divisional accounts.

The Senior Accountant will support the Finance Controller, ensuring all period-end deadlines are met to support the delivery of accurate and timely accounting, ensuring adherence to our internal control framework and managing the integrity and controllership of the reported actuals, including income statement, balance sheet and cashflow statement.

The successful candidate will have strong technical accounting skills and expertise, experienced with ensuring compliance with financial reporting standards (IFRS). Working within our internal controls framework, you will oversee the divisions day-to-day financial operations, and ensure the integrity of accounting data, making sure ledgers are accurate, and monthly management information and financial statements are prepared on time.

You will work with a wide range of stakeholders and will be able to quickly establish yourself as a trusted and credible finance professional.

• Ensuring a robust accounting close process across both month and year-end.
• Line management of the divisional accounting team.
• Oversight of monthly actuals, validating and ensuring the integrity of the numbers.
• Managing the liaison with external stakeholders where required including our outsource provider and appointed external auditors.
• Providing sound technical and expert financial/accounting advice to support insightful and informed business decision making, including impact assessment.
• Working closely with wider finance and business colleagues to deliver and report accurate numbers to stakeholders whilst ensuring that internal Finance controls, including accounting principles and standards, are adhered to and applied on a consistent basis.
• Ability to communicate complex financial matters clearly and concisely to non-finance stakeholders.

• A fully qualified CCAB accountant with a sound understanding of financial controls.
• Substantial experience of managing a team, and coaching and mentoring others in a finance function, planning activity to meet tight deadlines.
• Accustomed to, and confident in, liaising with senior finance and non-finance stakeholders with a service delivery focus.
• A strong technical knowledge, ideally with experience of IFRS and a good understanding of financial reporting.
• Able to evidence a continuous improvement mindset, with clear successes in implementing new processes.
• A team player, able to build solid working relationships across own team and beyond.
• Inquisitive mindset coupled with the ability to investigate and resolve challenging/complex problems.

• Fair pay and flexible benefits including a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care and gym.
• Excellent career and professional development.
• Support in your working life, including flexible working which you can discuss with us at any point during the application, selection or offer.
• A values-based organisation where the way we do things is important as what we do.

Benefits may vary if you are joining on an FTC basis or on an orchestra conditions contract.

We welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief.

If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the interview process, or to carry out this role, please contact us via email and we’d be happy to discuss: r