RTR Data Cleanse Accountant

The Role

The team..

At ITV, our corporate teams work smart and work fast. We’re one of the most talked-about brands. With a variety of roles across HR, Finance and Legal, you’ll find a position that challenges you, enabling you to have a real impact on your career, on our viewers and our strategic ambitions - and still have a life outside work.

The role..

We’re looking for a capable accountant to help clean up and improve our balance sheet reconciliations as part of an ongoing finance improvement programme.This is a hands-on role. You’ll be reviewing data, identifying issues, fixing inaccuracies and ensuring reconciliations are accurate and ready for migration into a new system (ARCS). If you enjoy digging into data, spotting inconsistencies and leaving things better than you found them, this role will suit you.

Some of your key day-to-day responsibilities will include:

• Reviewing and cleansing GL data
• Identifying and correcting posting errors and misclassifications
• Improving and restructuring balance sheet reconciliations
• Clearing old or immaterial reconciling items
• Ensuring reconciliations fully tie back to the GL
• Preparing reconciliations for migration into ARCS
• Working closely with the RTR and wider finance teams to resolve issues

Skills you’ll need (minimum criteria)

• Qualified accountant (ACCA / CIMA / ACA) or strong QBE with relevant experience
• Solid experience preparing and reviewing balance sheet reconciliations
• Comfortable working with large data sets and complex charts of accounts
• Strong Excel skills
• Able to work independently and manage deadlines

Other things we’re looking for (key criteria)

• Strong attention to detail with a genuine enjoyment of problem solving and investigative accounting work
• Collaborative team player who actively contributes to a positive, no-blame culture
• Comfortable working at pace, managing competing priorities and maintaining quality under pressure
• Resilient and adaptable, with the confidence to operate effectively in ambiguity and change
• Self-motivated and well organised, able to manage own workload with minimal supervision
• Clear, confident communicator, able to explain issues, progress and outcomes to a range of stakeholders
• Willing and able to challenge constructively and influence at multiple levels when resolving issues
• Motivated by continuous improvement and supportive of transformation, process automation and systems change

Desirable experience:

• Hands-on experience of large-scale data cleansing or high-volume reconciliations
• Exposure to finance transformation programmes and/or Oracle ERP environments

Please note, on occasion we may receive a very large volume of applications which means applications for a role may close earlier than the referenced closing date. We’d encourage you to apply as soon as possible if interested.