International News is at the heart of the BBC. BBC News
Group employs approximately 800 staff
in around 70 international bureaux. It provides multimedia
services to a global weekly audience of
over 250 million in English and 27 languages around the
clock, every day of the year. The bureaux
react to breaking news, provide news updates and analysis
and produce live programme output.
In a highly competitive market, delivering to both UK
Licence Fee payers and commercial partners,
BBC News services must be reliable and consistent. In 2011,
Newsgathering, World Service and
Monitoring teams came together into one News Group and from
April 2014, all World Service and
Monitoring activity transferred to Licence Fee funding.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Accountant
Location: Lagos
Reports To: Finance
Manager, Lagos Bureau Continuing
Job Introduction
The International Bureaux (IB) team supports all News Group
bureaux. The Accountant reports the Finance Manager, Lagos Bureau.
You will report to the Finance Manager for the running of
the Lagos Bureau finances. You will be assisting the Finance Manager in running
the finance management of the Nigerian Bureaux, in line with the BBC financial
guidelines and local legislation. You will deputise for the Finance Manager, as
required.
The key task of this role is to provide efficient
functioning of the office finance, and to give reliable support to the
editorial activity of the Nigerian Bureaux by assisting in the finance area for
all divisions, in compliance with the strategic priorities of all parts of the
business. In doing so, the post holder will have to work with International
Bureaux Finance (IBF), IB teams and the International HRBP.
Role Responsibility
Assist in payroll preparation.
Responsible for operating the advances process and ensuring
that appropriate authorisations are in place and records maintained.
Assist in managing BBC’s taxes profile, i.e. ensuring all
taxes are properly recorded, paid and reported.
Assist the Finance Manager in preparing monthly financial
reports, bank reconciliations and petty cash reconciliations.
Co-ordinating with staff on travel and other expenses and
providing guidance on filing of expense claims etc as per BBC policies.
Ensuring that filing and record keeping is appropriate and
in line with the Bureaux Finance Manual and local requirements.
Assist in the implementation and maintenance of a strong
financial control environment, and ensure agreed processes are followed.
Complying with policies and procedures in line with IBF
guidelines.
Assist the Financial Manager in preparing all financial
statements; including Management Accounts, statutory accounts, recording each
transaction in an appropriate and timely manner in an accounting system.
Being the custodian of petty cash and required to prepare
all records and statements relevant to cash management. Includes;
Recording office expenditure and managing the budget;
Responsibility for obtaining prior approval from Line
Manager & Authorising Manager in advance, before incurring any expenditure.
Maintaining a proper cashbook along with all filing of
statements, receipts and documents supporting the expenses.
Filing a monthly statement on the prescribed format on a
timely basis.
The Ideal Candidate
Fluent spoken and written English; excellent communications
skills and ability to manage remote communication effectively.
Sound book keeping experience including: working with
budgets, producing timely and accurate information and reports, advising managers
of cost issues.
Ability to work unsupervised in a busy and pressurised
environment.
Ability to work with attention to detail and accuracy.
Good IT skills with an intermediate knowledge in Excel
preferable.
Good working knowledge of BBC Health & Safety
procedures.
A lively interest in the broadcast news, online news and
wider media environment and appreciation of the particular demands it may place
on financial and administrative work.
Willing to spread best practices to all BBC divisions
operating in Cairo.
Package Description
Contract:
Continuing
Salary: Local
terms and conditions apply
The BBC is currently implementing a Career Path Framework which will result in employees being aligned to generic job titles and job descriptions. Consequently, successful applicants may be realigned to a slightly different job title shortly after joining the BBC.
How to apply
Interested persons should click here to apply
Application Deadline
30 July, 2017
