Jobs Openings at BDO UK

As an Assistant Manager in the Financial Services Advisory team in Scotland, you will have the opportunity to work on a variety of engagements, gaining experience in planning and delivering a range of assurance assignments and on risk management and regulatory advisory engagements.

You will play an important role in developing and maintaining deep client relationships. You will have the opportunity to further develop specialist sub sector, technical and regulatory knowledge and will also have opportunities to work with and support the wider Financial Services Advisory team and its clients in Scotland and across the UK.  

This role can be based in either Glasgow or Edinburgh BDO hubs.

You'll be someone with:

• Strong written / communication skills, ability to influence, lead, engage, and manage stakeholders
• Demonstrable risk management and regulatory related advisory experience through working within the Financial Services sector or with Financial Services clients.
• Knowledge of the Financial Services sector and the UK regulatory environment
• Have undertaken a range of advisory and/or assurance assignments and have an understanding of how to deploy methodologies in a project environment
• Recognised accountancy or internal audit professional qualifications and/or memberships i.e. ICAEW, CIMA, CIIA, ACCA etc. Preferred, but not essential if the candidate has alternative relevant qualification.

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You’ll be someone who is both comfortable working pro-actively and managing your own tasks, as well as confident collaborating with others and communicating regularly with senior managers, directors, and BDO’s partners to help businesses effectively. You’ll be encouraged to identify and draw attention to opportunities for enhancing our delivery and providing additional services to organisations we work with.

Reporting to the Head of Financial Control, the main purpose of this role is to prepare the monthly draft management accounts and supporting reports, ensuring robust accounting procedures and practices are maintained.

The role leads a team that will utilise analysis to support key management and business leaders with financial information that promotes long term financial success through decision making.

You’ll be someone with:

• ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified preferrable, although part-qualified with suitable experience acceptable.
• Strong analytical and numerical ability – able to analyse and interpret data, evaluate data and make recommendations based on data, identifying likely issues for investigation and following through to resolution.
• Intermediate/Advanced Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project and Outlook
• Knowledge of Workday advantageous
• Experience of working in professional services is a preference
• Experience of managing a team effectively

You’ll be able to be yourself; we’ll recognise and value you for who you are and celebrate and reward your contributions to the business.  We’re committed to agile working, and we offer every colleague the opportunity to work in ways that suit you, your teams, and the task at hand.