Finance Manager, International Controls
Job Description
Job title: Finance Manager, International Controls
Company: BBC
Job description: Package Description
Band: E
Contract type: Permanent
Location: This is a hybrid role with a base in London, UK
Salary: upto £91,035 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
We’re happy to discuss flexible working. Please indicate your choice under the flexible working question in the application. There is no obligation to raise this at the application stage but if you wish to do so, you are welcome to. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.
Excellent career progression – the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation.
Unrivalled training and development opportunities – our in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certification.
Benefits – We offer a negotiable salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more.
Freelancers are eligible to apply for an internal role if they are on a Worker Contract and they have worked continuously for 6 months. If they have worked for less than 6 months continuously or have a break of 3 weeks or more between engagements, they must seek Divisional HR approval to apply for an internal role prior to submitting an application.
Job Introduction
To provide professional financial support and advice to a range of key stakeholders within the BBC. The role will also maintain the integrity and control of financial systems and processes
Main Responsibilities
- Manage and develop team of financial specialists.
- Support risk management for News Division, including liaising with Group Financial Control team
- Deputise for Senior International Finance Business Partner, where required including attending Audit, Risk and Divisional oversight meetings
- Raise & manage International Financial Control risks & issues including escalation of major issues
- Responsibility for resolution of International Financial Control risks and issues
- Liaise with UK and International Auditors where required
- Hold regular / quarterly remote oversight meetings with International bureaux including reviewing test sample evidence for the operation of Financial Controls
- Manage a programme of international site visits to review the operation of Financial Controls in the international bureaux and work through an audit / oversight programme whilst onsite and issue an audit / oversight report at the end of the visit
- Deliver continuous improvement initiatives including reviewing design & effectiveness of controls with recommendations for improvements
- Drive accounting systems improvements e.g. Quick Books, SAP, Concur, international payroll, etc. which will automate and improve Financial Controls
- Oversee any support required for operational matters which impact financial controls e.g. large cash transfers
- Lead Financial Control activities for setting up new bureaux & converting bureaux from Rep Office or branch to Limited company
- Sign-off updates to International Operations Finance Handbook
- Approve changes to International Financial Control Delegated Authorities list
- Approve changes to best practice financial control templates
Are you the right candidate?
- Professional accounting qualification ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent
- Significant experience of operating and reviewing Financial Controls
- Previous audit or financial governance & oversight experience
- Suitable experience of risk management principles and processes
- Regular international travel to perform overseas audits / oversight reviews will be an essential part of this role
- Demonstrable people management and team leadership experience
About the BBC
The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC for different reasons and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants. Priority consideration means for those employees seeking redeployment their application will be considered alongside anyone else at risk of redundancy, prior to any individuals being considered who are not at risk.
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 .
Diversity matters at the BBC. We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual’s unique contribution, enabling all of our employees to thrive and achieve their full potential.
We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to be part of the BBC – whether that’s to contribute to our programming or our wide range of non-production roles. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.
We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles, unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.
To find out more about Diversity and Inclusion at the BBC, please click .
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.
WHY JOIN US
Finance Manager, International Controls
Finance
Permanent – Full Time
GB
BBC PUBLIC SERVICE B’CAST
Job Closing Date: 21/03/2024
THE ROLE
Package Description
Band: E
Contract type: Permanent
Location: This is a hybrid role with a base in London, UK
Salary: upto £91,035 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
We’re happy to discuss flexible working. Please indicate your choice under the flexible working question in the application. There is no obligation to raise this at the application stage but if you wish to do so, you are welcome to. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.
Excellent career progression – the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation.
Unrivalled training and development opportunities – our in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certification.
Benefits – We offer a negotiable salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more.
Freelancers are eligible to apply for an internal role if they are on a Worker Contract and they have worked continuously for 6 months. If they have worked for less than 6 months continuously or have a break of 3 weeks or more between engagements, they must seek Divisional HR approval to apply for an internal role prior to submitting an application.
Job Introduction
To provide professional financial support and advice to a range of key stakeholders within the BBC. The role will also maintain the integrity and control of financial systems and processes
Main Responsibilities
- Manage and develop team of financial specialists.
- Support risk management for News Division, including liaising with Group Financial Control team
- Deputise for Senior International Finance Business Partner, where required including attending Audit, Risk and Divisional oversight meetings
- Raise & manage International Financial Control risks & issues including escalation of major issues
- Responsibility for resolution of International Financial Control risks and issues
- Liaise with UK and International Auditors where required
- Hold regular / quarterly remote oversight meetings with International bureaux including reviewing test sample evidence for the operation of Financial Controls
- Manage a programme of international site visits to review the operation of Financial Controls in the international bureaux and work through an audit / oversight programme whilst onsite and issue an audit / oversight report at the end of the visit
- Deliver continuous improvement initiatives including reviewing design & effectiveness of controls with recommendations for improvements
- Drive accounting systems improvements e.g. Quick Books, SAP, Concur, international payroll, etc. which will automate and improve Financial Controls
- Oversee any support required for operational matters which impact financial controls e.g. large cash transfers
- Lead Financial Control activities for setting up new bureaux & converting bureaux from Rep Office or branch to Limited company
- Sign-off updates to International Operations Finance Handbook
- Approve changes to International Financial Control Delegated Authorities list
- Approve changes to best practice financial control templates
Are you the right candidate?
- Professional accounting qualification ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent
- Significant experience of operating and reviewing Financial Controls
- Previous audit or financial governance & oversight experience
- Suitable experience of risk management principles and processes
- Regular international travel to perform overseas audits / oversight reviews will be an essential part of this role
- Demonstrable people management and team leadership experience
About the BBC
The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC for different reasons and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants. Priority consideration means for those employees seeking redeployment their application will be considered alongside anyone else at risk of redundancy, prior to any individuals being considered who are not at risk.
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 .
Diversity matters at the BBC. We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual’s unique contribution, enabling all of our employees to thrive and achieve their full potential.
We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to be part of the BBC – whether that’s to contribute to our programming or our wide range of non-production roles. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.
We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles, unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.
To find out more about Diversity and Inclusion at the BBC, please click .
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.
