BBC Hiring for Production Accountant Job at London, England Full Time

The BBC is currently recruiting a Production Accountant to join the Production Accounting team in Cardiff on a permanent contract. They would be required to work on in-house Drama productions including working on location around the Cotswolds area depending on the production.

The Production Accounting team works within the production community to ensure that production budgets are effectively managed and to protect value by deploying and managing effective cost management, controls and risk management disciplines.

Main Responsibilities

As the Production Accountant, you will be responsible for providing effective financial control and management of budgets on productions, providing regular cost reports, up to date forecasts advice on cost reduction and utilisation of funds.

You will ensure that the accurate provision of accruals and commitments are made throughout the production life cycle and will prepare final accounts, ensuring all outstanding claims are settled material overspends are highlighted with relevant stakeholders.

You will take an active role in budgeting and forecasting contributing to the preparation of accurate and achievable month-end project forecasts, balancing creative aspirations with financial and resource constraints. You will also prepare and revise a phased final cost forecast to support effective and timely budgetary decision-making and aid centralised cash flow forecasting and will provide timely advice on the financial implications of on-going editorial changes.

Working alongside Production Teams you will play a key role in cost management, monitoring and controlling expenditure against budget and ensuring that this is reflected accurately and correctly on the system. You will challenge and actual or potential variances and will work closely with the senior production management to provide strategic advice and analysis.

In addition, you will be responsible for completing statutory and corporate financial returns for location spend items on behalf of the production and will ensure compliance and best practice across all activities.

Are you the right candidate?

You are a Production Accountant, Production Manager or have relevant Production and Accounting experience with a strong track record in TV Drama Production. Proven cost management experience is essential along with strong budgeting, forecasting and analysis experience. The role also demands excellent communication skills as you will be required to build and maintain effective working relationships with a broad range of non-finance stakeholders. Professional accountancy qualifications are advantageous, but not essential for this position.

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Package Description

Band: C
Contract type: 16 month fixed-term contract or attachment
Location: London or Bristol

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 competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 26 days (1 of which is a corporation day) with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more.

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