This job is with BBC, an inclusive employer and a member of myGwork – the largest global platform for the LGBTQ business community. Please do not contact the recruiter directly. PACKAGE DESCRIPTION Job Reference: 19616 Band: B Contract type: 12 month fixed term contract Salary: £28,000-£35,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights. Location: Office Base is Salford, Manchester. This is a hybrid role and the successful candidate will balance office working with home working. The successful candidate will be required to travel to a BBC Studio once a week (based in city centre). Please note that some travel will be involved to various production sites. ABOUT BBC STUDIOS BBC Studios is a world-renowned content studio and channels & streaming business, powered by British creativity, with a reach that touches audiences in every corner of the globe. We work with outstanding creative talent who are responsible for platform-defining shows from Strictly Come Dancing to Bluey, Eastenders, Prehistoric Planet and Planet Earth III. The range and quality of our content is unsurpassed, creating critical and commercial successes and global phenomena. From BAFTAs to RTS Awards, BBC Studios is Britain's most awarded production company and the only producer with three of the top ten shows on IMDB; we're the home of bbc.com, the widest-read English language news website in the world; and the UK's largest distributor of British content. ABOUT THE TEAM This role is part of a team of Production Accountants and Assistant Production Accountants who are located within production departments. They are part of a larger team within Finance Central. Finance Central is the BBC's shared finance service centre which provides a finance service to all areas of the BBC. THE ROLE This role is part of a team of Production Accountants and Assistant Production Accountants who, although being part of a wider finance community, are embedded within production departments, working closely with the Production Management teams. The purpose of this role is to: Support the Production Accountant in managing the financial control of a production/ slate of productions Work with the Production Accountant and Production Accounting Manager to ensure the delivery of timely and accurate financial information to support effective cost management of productions Key Responsibilities: General Accountin g: To record transactions in the production's books of prime entry and general ledger To assist in the preparation of weekly cost reports based on the costs recorded in the BBC's main accounting system To establish and review production records in order to assist with the overall cost control of the production Purchasing: To maintain a purchase order log and monitor the use of manual purchase orders To ensure all transactions are entered accurately in the appropriate accounting system To resolve any instances of incorrect charges or disputes and to liaise with external and BBC suppliers Liaise with Procurement to progress out of scope purchasing To provide administrative support with the booking and payment of freelance crews To be responsible for processing expense claims and subsequent coding into the relevant system To be responsible for the Supporting Artist and Walk-ons payment process Bank and Cash: Where relevant to assist in the operation of the production bank account(s) including the disbursement of cash to cover agreed expenditure To prepare weekly finance and expenditure reports and produce petty cash and bank reconciliations To assist with the management and control of production Barclaycards To assist as necessary in the preparation of Section 16 Reports Controls and Compliance: To monitor and check that costs are appropriately authorised and to ensure that they are completely and accurately recorded in line with the BBC Guidelines To obtain and retain appropriate supporting documentation of all production transactions and ensure audit trails are maintained To maintain the Production Asset Register in line with BBC Policy WHAT DOES IT TAKE? ESSENTIAL CRITERIA: Vocational training/experience within financial or accountancy field. Understanding of basic accounting principles, practice, controls and compliance requirements. Numerate with analytical and problem-solving skills. Computer literacy in key computer packages such as Microsoft Excel, Word and Outlook. DESIRABLE CRITERIA: Experience in working in a production environment within a media organisation Working towards recognised accounting qualification e.g. ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent LIFE AT BBC STUDIOS We don't focus simply on what we do - we also care how we do it. Our values and the way we behave are important to us. Please make sure you've read about our values and behaviours here. The BBC is committed to building a culturally diverse workforce, that represents the audiences we serve, and encourages applications from candidates from any background, especially people from diverse communities. Equity of opportunity is important to us, and we endeavour to make our processes equal, fair and meritocratic for everybody. More information on our D&I plan can be found here. BBC Studios puts sustainability at the heart of everything we do both onscreen and offscreen, including delivering against the BBC Group's science-based Net Zero targets. More information on sustainability at BBC Studios can be found here. We are proud to share that we are a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer and if you require any reasonable adjustments in order to apply please contact us on reasonable.adjustmentsbbc.co.uk WHAT YOU WILL GAIN FROM WORKING AT BBC STUDIOS We offer a competitive salary package Flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance 26 days holiday (plus an additional day which is a Corporation Day) with the option to buy an extra 5 days Parental leave for new parents, regardless of gender, of up to a year with 18 weeks fully paid A defined contribution pension scheme with employer contributions up to 10%; and life assurance (at 4 times annual salary), eligibility for discounted dental, health care, gym and much more through salary sacrifice Excellent career progression - access to courses, webinars, workshops and the opportunity to work in different areas of the organisation NEXT STEPS We appreciate your interest in this position and understand how important this opportunity is to you. Due to the high volume of interest we may need to close the application period earlier than anticipated. This step is necessary to ensure we can provide a high level of attention and service to all applicants. Thank you for your understanding. 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. LI-DNI