Audit Quality - Audit Risk Stream - Senior Executive

Ideas | People | Trust

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

We work with the companies that are Britain’s economic engine – ambitious, entrepreneurially-spirited and high‑growth businesses that fuel the economy – and directly advise the owners and management teams leading them.

We’ll broaden your horizons

Audit quality is central to our strategy as an Audit Stream, the key ingredient to our success. Consistent high audit quality enables us to attract, develop and retain talented people and be proud of our work. Audit quality allows us to compete in the market and demonstrate that we can play a key role in market reform.

Consistently high audit quality does not happen by chance. It requires a mindset and culture of challenge and professional scepticism, appropriate resources both people and intellectual, investment in central support for engagement teams and technology solutions. Within the last year we have increased our headcount significantly, invested in new partners, and commenced a significant investment programme in our central quality support team.

We’ll help you succeed

The work we do is underpinned by quality. We deliver audits which are trusted and transparent which can be relied upon by companies and their stakeholders.

You’ll be someone who is 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. You’ll help deliver accurate and transparent reporting to all relevant stakeholders as you provide long term value.

This is an opportunity for talented, high performing and ambitious Senior Executive to join the Audit Risk Stream Management Team in the Audit Quality Department (AQD) in an exciting period and help to shape the role and the expanding team. You will report into the AQIT Partner and work closely with Audit Risk Stream Management Director.

The Audit Stream Risk Management Team is a new team and provides support to audit teams when audit risk issues emerge. The team supports audit teams in resolving the issues to enable them to manage any reputational risks and consistently deliver high quality audits. You’ll have a chance to develop your project management skills and contribute to the delivery of high quality audits. The role will involve:

Triaging routine audit risk issues arising from the Audit Stream and progressing to ensure they are satisfactorily resolved.

Supporting the Director in following up actions arising on complex audit risk issues that emerge.

Assisting in the preparation of monthly reporting of audit risk issues.

Arranging any relevant audit stream risk meetings and taking minutes.

Assisting in preparing and maintaining the team’s manual.

Contributing to audit quality initiatives or projects led by the wider Audit Quality Improvement Team.

You'll be someone with:

Strong communication skills and ability to communicate effectively across all levels within the firm.

High level of attention to detail.

Excellent time management and organisational skills.

Excellent Microsoft Office skills (Excel, Word, PowerPoint and SharePoint.)

Team player with a positive approach.

Previous project management experience is desirable but not essential.

Previous Professional services experience highly desirable (or a regulated environment.)

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

At BDO, we’ll help you achieve your personal goals and career ambitions, and we have programmes, resources, and frameworks that provide clarity and structure around career development.

We’re in it together

Mutual support and respect is one of BDO’s core values and we’re proud of our distinctive, people-centred culture. From informal success conversations to formal mentoring and coaching, we’ll support you at every stage in your career, whatever your personal and professional needs.

Our agile working framework helps us stay connected, bringing teams together where and when it counts so they can share ideas and help one another. At BDO, you’ll always have access to the people and resources you need to do your best work.

We know that collaboration is the key to creating value and satisfying experiences at work, so we’ve invested in state-of-the-art collaboration spaces in our offices. BDO’s people represent a wealth of knowledge and expertise, and we’ll encourage you to build your network, work alongside others, and share your skills and experiences. With a range of multidisciplinary events and dedicated resources, you’ll never stop learning at BDO.

We’re looking forward to the future

At BDO, we help entrepreneurial businesses to succeed, fuelling the UK economy.

Our success is powered by our people, which is why we’re always finding new ways to invest in you. Across the UK thousands of unique minds continue to come together to help companies we work with to achieve their ambitions.

We’ve got a clear purpose, and we’re confident in our future, because we’re adapting and evolving to build on our strengths, ensuring we continue to find the right combination of global reach, integrity and expertise. We shape the future together with openness and clarity, because we believe in empowering people to think creatively about how we can do things better