Recruiter: BBC UK
Location: Salford, United Kingdom
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.
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION
Job Reference: 19616
Band: B
Contract type: 12 month fixed term contract
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 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.
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 Accounting:
* 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.
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.
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.
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. #J-18808-Ljbffr