Audit Senior Manager

We’re BDO. An accountancy and business advisory firm, providing the advice and solutions businesses need to navigate today’s changing world.

We’ll broaden your horizons.

The work of our Audit teams is essential, not just to BDO, but to the whole economy. Working within a number of sectors, they verify the accuracy of our clients’ financial statements for stakeholders, including shareholders, governments, tax authorities, banks and customers, ensuring the stability and authenticity of the financial market. That’s why were so committed to helping our clients, and our people to succeed. As part of our Audit team, you’ll receive the support you need to reach your potential. From completing professional qualifications to developing new skills and exploring different learning opportunities, you’ll join a friendly and diverse team whose work really matters. Use your skills to build a career in Audit at BDO.

We’ll help you succeed

You’ll be joining as an essential member within a team that is vital to the firm. The team focuses on delivering international statutory audits for large, complex organisations, who often operate a shared service centre model and operate cross border. This is a unique role within audit – leading a growing team delivering a fresh and innovative service offering.

Primarily, you’ll be responsible for dealing with all matters relating to the management of a portfolio of clients. You will also provide assistance to Partners in both client work and in the management of the group and, on occasions, the wider firm.

The team is London based, but there will likely be a need for international travel of up to 10 – 12 weeks overseas, as the world continues from the COVID-19 pandemic, and it is safe and permissible to do so.

You’ll also

• Act as a major point of contact within the firm for the client together with the Partner. The expectation is that on large assignments, this role will be supported by one (or more) managers.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with clients at senior levels, being a principal point of contact throughout the year. Develop a strong commercial understanding of the clients’ businesses.Engage with clients more directly on technical and audit judgement decisions.
• People management responsibilities covering resource planning and allocation, performance management, training and recommendations for promotion. Act as a mentor to team members and provide coaching with a view to assisting them to achieve their personal career goals. Act as a role model for Manager level.
• Support Partners in group sales and marketing activity, including playing a leading role in client pitch teams, attendance at group networking, and other marketing events as appropriate.
• Contribute to development of new business relationships and business proposals through high level sales and marketing activity. This will include winning work by targeting new clients.
• Support Partners with the implementation and communication of any new business strategy for existing clients, target clients and the internal business.
• Responsible for maximising profitability from a portfolio of clients.
• Act as an ambassador of the firm, participates in office marketing events, keeps abreast of the wide range of service the firm offers.
• Complete assignments within agreed budgets and timescales and identify opportunities for additional billings.

When you join us, we’ll make your growth our priority. If you can demonstrate the following skills, we can help you go far. We’re looking for someone with:

• ACCA/ACA/ICAS qualified or overseas equivalent.

• Significant experience of delivering audit and other assurance services to major clients, including clients with international interests. Previous audit management experience in practice – proven experience in managing a wide portfolio of concurrent projects and project teams.
• Experience of systems/controls testing as well as substantive auditing of complex financial statement areas, including consolidations, group audits, and review of statutory accounts and disclosures.
• Project Management experience of large, complex engagements, or a large portfolio of smaller engagements, ideally with some cross border element.
• Excellent working knowledge of UK and International GAAS, IFRS, UK GAAP and Financial Reporting requirements.
• Managing and developing staff (not only audit teams), i.e. coordinating staff projects, mentoring, counselling, appraising, recruiting
• Business development experience - able to evidence robust commercial and financial management of a portfolio of clients, as well as ability to identify and convert opportunities to sell work. Demonstrable knowledge of current economic and market trends.

At BDO, we believe that when our people feel valued and rewarded, their potential is unlimited. We offer highly competitive starting salaries and review renumeration packages regularly to ensure that our pay always positively reflects performance. As well offering support with tuition and professional qualifications, we also provide the following benefits, as standard:

• 28 days’ holiday; • access to a personal pension scheme, with matched employer contributions; • life assurance cover; • and income protection insurance.

That’s not all. We understand that everyone is different so, we offer a range of voluntary benefits to suit every lifestyle. Our flexible benefits platform, Flexcel, means our people can choose from a range of tax efficient options to design a benefit package that best suits them. Through Flexcel, they can:

• buy up to ten days’ extra holiday; • add on private medical, personal accident, dental insurance or travel insurance; • enrol in our Bike to Work scheme; • enjoy discounts off cinemas, dining, and gyms; • receive an interest free season ticket loan or interest free graduate loan; • access childcare vouchers; • take an online health assessment and utilise our employee assistance programme.

We’re looking forward to the future

At BDO, we’re big enough to make the difference and collaborative enough to never lose sight of where we’re going. We know that it’s our people that make our success possible. Across our 17 UK locations, more than 5,000 of them work together to provide tax, audit, assurance and a range of advisory services that help our clients achieve their ambitious goals. Together, they’re fuelling Britain’s economic engine. Behind every complex client challenge and every untapped innovation, they’re there: ensuring we continue to find the right combination of global reach, integrity and expertise. That’s why we’re always looking for ways to invest in our people. That means providing them with an environment where they can grow, learn, laugh and feel respected, at all times.

Are you ready to join them?