Business Coordinator

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

As a firm our focus on delivering quality audit work for the benefit of the public interest is our key priority. Our Audit teams are essential, not just to BDO, but to the whole economy. With specialist knowledge of sectors, markets and geographies; our auditors have the business understanding necessary to deliver the high quality and robust audits that companies and their stakeholders can trust.

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

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. You’ll be someone with:

Project management

• Take ownership of the project by proactively generating and managing project plans and timelines. Report status on progress to managers and directors on a regular basis.
• Depending on the project, responsibilities will include managing and driving timetables via portals, providing snap shots of status to key stakeholders, including the audited entity.
• Will typically manage small projects independently and work with managers on specific areas of larger projects over a longer timescale.
• Coordinate international BDO teams, as advised, across multiple business lines and locations to ensure that timelines are met to a quality standard.
• Engage and monitor specialists, as advised, elsewhere within the organisation to ensure guidelines are maintained and sub projects delivered to time.
• Communicating regularly with sector managers and partners, and overseas BDO teams, regarding audit progress, issues, work timelines and priorities.
• Oversee elements of the budgeting, costing and billing for projects, raising any concerns and issues with the relevant manager or partner.

Diary management

• Alongside timetables and portals, ensure diary entries are processed efficiently and proactively. 
• Organise and coordinate status/project meetings with key stakeholders, both external and internal.
• Actively manages the portal diary to ensure all work commitments can be achieved by all members of the team, and that commitments are diarised in team diaries.
• Propose solutions to conflicting requests by using initiative and resourcefulness. 

• Ensures that status is reported back on a timely basis without need for prompting, highlighting any issues and warn if deadline cannot be reached. 
• Know when to ask others for help and give clear, concise instructions and checks they have been understood. 
• Uses judgement to determine the best use of resources. 
• Provides support as needed and checks that deadlines are achieved. 

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:  

Technical skills

• Ideally a degree or equivalent work experience

• Proven experience either in managing projects and/or in a strong administrator role

• Proven experience of effective diary management

• Advanced level in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook

• GCSE English and Maths (or equivalent)

• PRINCE 2 (or equivalent) qualification desirable

Skills and personal qualities

• Proactive and takes personal responsibility for tasks and action

• Strong time management skills, ability to consistently deliver in demanding and changing environments

• Very strong organisation skill

• Ability to work independently

• Strong attention to detail

• Good communication skills – verbal and written

• Forward thinking and anticipates requirements. Takes ownership of issues, either finding a solution or seeking advice where necessary

• Has the confidence to be proactive and complete matters arising before being instructed to do so.  Communicates face to face as much as possible rather than via email

• Able to demonstrate delivery of high quality work

• Actively contributes to team activities and communications    

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.

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