This twelve-month fixed-term attachment sits in the Group Finance Risk and Control team within BBC Finance and Operations, supporting the ICFR Manager. The work centres on helping implement internal control over financial reporting, mapping processes and controls, testing control design and operating effectiveness, supporting remediation and contributing to the annual attestation. The post is hybrid and the team is leading a key strategic project to build a risk-focused control framework across the BBC. A qualified or part-qualified accountant with ICFR, SOX or audit knowledge is required.
What the job involves
- Support the implementation of a robust ICFR framework
- Support process workshops to document in-scope financial statement lines, understand processes, risks and controls, and challenge process and control owners
- Support walkthroughs and control design effectiveness testing, evidencing financial statement lines from transaction initiation through to the general ledger
- Complete operational effectiveness testing, designing test plans and evidencing testing in line with audit principles
- Support remediation of control deficiencies through subject matter expert support to control owners
- Support ICFR reporting, ensuring accuracy for all relevant forums and committees
- Support the annual ICFR attestation and certification process
- Support the ICFR Manager in building understanding of financial reporting risk across the organisation and meeting BBC governance standards
What’s required
Qualifications
- Qualified or part-qualified accountant
Experience
- Experience supporting finance projects and ad-hoc requests with a risk perspective
Skills & knowledge
- Good knowledge of ICFR / SOX frameworks and audit principles
- Ability to identify financial reporting issues and associated risks
- Ability to translate financial requirements for non-ICFR stakeholders
Checks & eligibility
- Disclosure of any unspent convictions or police charges before start date
Nice to have
- Relevant ICFR, SOX or audit experience
- Understanding of the COSO framework
What’s offered
- London Weighting of £5,441 a year if London based
- Flexible working, to be discussed at offer stage
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ICFR - Control Specialist Job Details | BBC in London employer: The Methodist Church in Britain
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