Head of Finance ICFR

JOB DETAILS

JOB BAND: F
CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent Full-time
DEPARTMENT: BBC Studios Group Finance
LOCATION: London Television Centre Hybrid
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: Up to 110000 plus 5441 London Weighting and up to 25% bonus depending on relevant skills knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

WE ARE BBC STUDIOS

A globally renowned media company borne of the BBC. We make and distribute the worlds most sought-after TV audio and digital content.

Our ambition is to be the home of the most powerful entertaining and inspiring stories for people all around the world.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

BBC Studios is driving an ambitious fiveyear growth plan which relies on strong processes a solid control environment and highquality financial reporting. To support this the Head of Finance ICFR will lead the implementation and embedding of a new ICFR framework across all Lines of Business assessing financial reporting risks and ensuring governance standards remain aligned with BBC Group expectations

WHY JOIN THE TEAM

This role offers the opportunity to shape a critical commercial transformation within a highprofile organisation. Reporting to the BBC Studios Group Financial Controller youll lead a dedicated team and work closely with senior finance leaders across BBC Studios and the wider Group. Its a chance to drive meaningful change influence strategic decisionmaking and contribute directly to the organisations longterm commercial success

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT:

• Lead the implementation and embedding of the new ICFR framework for BBC Commercial ensuring alignment with the BBC Group framework and driving adoption across the business.
• Understand key processes risks and controls across in-scope FSLIs performing walkthroughs and assessing control design effectiveness endtoend.
• Plan execute and review Operational Effectiveness testing in line with audit standards ensuring robust evidence and challenge.
• Support remediation of control deficiencies providing SME guidance to control owners and ensuring Expected Minimum Controls address key risks.
• Manage clear accurate ICFR reporting for forums and committees raising awareness of ICFR requirements and recommending improvements.
• Act as the key liaison with the BBC ICFR team supporting annual Group-level attestation and ensuring BBC Commercial meets major ICFR milestones.
• Lead the Commercial ICFR team and provide ICFR expertise to Finance leadership projects and stakeholders including training and capability development.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:

• A fully qualified Accountant (e.g. ACCA ACA CIMA or equivalent qualification)
• Significant and relevant ICFR/SOX demonstrable experience including developing implementing and monitoring financial controls in an international matrix organisation
• A strong business acumen with ability to identify and translate risk concepts into actionable insights
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to convey technical knowledge relating to risk and control financial information and policy to senior stakeholders and non-financial stakeholders
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and proven ability to prioritise effectively
• Ability to drive effective decision-making and support performance management. Experience of leading and developing a team

DESIRED BUT NOT REQUIRED:

• Project management experience
• Controls-design effectiveness testing
• Experience in managing change within an organisation particularly in relation to implementing new frameworks and processes
• Media and entertainment knowledge and experience

If you can bring some of these skills and experience along with transferable strengths wed love to hear from you and encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

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.

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