Location
London or Cardiff based - Hybrid working

Hours
Full-time

Salary
£50,000 - £60,000 per annum (plus London Weighting £5,441 per annum if London based), depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience

About the Role
The ICFR Control Specialist role sits within Group Finance Risk and Control, part of BBC Finance and Operations. The team is accountable for overseeing and business partnering the Pan-Finance function to ensure the finance risk profile is fully understood and appropriate controls are designed and implemented to mitigate identified risks. This role supports the implementation of an effective internal control over financial reporting (ICFR / UK SOX) framework in response to changes in the UK Corporate Governance Code and helps to fully understand the financial reporting risks inherent across the finance function.

The ICFR Control Specialist will support the ICFR Manager in embedding the BBC ICFR framework and enhancing understanding of financial reporting risk across the organisation, ensuring the BBC’s high governance standards are met.

Group Finance Risk and Control plays a vital role in the BBC’s transformation activity by developing a strong risk and control culture. The team leads a key strategic project to support the BBC and its stakeholders with a risk-focused approach to the development and maintenance of its control framework. This role is crucial in enabling the BBC to achieve its strategic objectives by supporting governance, risk management, and driving effective decision making.

Your key responsibilities and impact:
- Support the implementation of a robust ICFR framework
- Facilitate process workshops to document in-scope Financial Statement Lines (FSLIs)
- Develop understanding of processes, risks and controls to challenge process and control owners appropriately
- Support walkthroughs and control design effectiveness testing
- Demonstrate understanding of FSLIs from transaction initiation through to the General Ledger
- Conduct operational effectiveness testing by designing test plans and evidencing testing in line with audit principles
- Support remediation of control deficiencies by providing SME support to control owners
- Assist with ICFR reporting to ensure accuracy for relevant forums and committees
- Support the annual ICFR attestation/certification process

Experience
- Qualified or Part Qualified Accountant
- Good knowledge of ICFR / SOX frameworks and audit principles
- Experience identifying issues and associated risks related to financial reporting
- Experience supporting finance projects and responding to ad-hoc requests from finance and operations teams with a risk perspective
- Ability to translate financial requirements to key non-ICFR stakeholders

About you
- Strong analytical and communication skills
- Detail-oriented with the ability to challenge and influence stakeholders
- Collaborative team player who can work effectively across functions
- Proactive and adaptable to change in a dynamic environment

Qualifications
- Qualified or Part Qualified Accountant status is essential
- Desirable: Relevant experience in ICFR / SOX or audit
- Desirable: Understanding of the COSO framework