Technology Risk Assurance - Audit Data Analytics - Semi Senior

Ideas | People | Trust

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 we're 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

This position is for a semi senior with experience in audit data analytics using tools such as Alteryx, IDEA, ACL & Power BI etc. You will be expected to become familiar with existing tools and analytics routines and assist in the development of additional routines that will form a library of templated solutions that can then be flexed to specific requirements. The analytics in this arena will frequently be data from the financial sub ledgers, payroll systems and industry specific solutions that would require close liaison with the audit teams and client.

You’ll also:

• To understand existing data analysis techniques within the firm and how and when they can be deployed.
• To work with other members of the data analytics team and audit teams to identify and develop end to end data analytics solutions that are not covered within the existing tooling.
• To create semi-templated solutions to which analytics may be surfaced including injections into Excel and Power BI. 
• Develop solutions so that they include data integrity and quality checks within the process to detect challenges with supplied data.
• Assist in the resolution of data issues that arise following extraction and initial analysis with our audit teams and clients.
• Create supporting documentation of the processes and tooling applied for audit documentation purposes and so that it can be repeated for future clients. 

• Assist in the facilitation of workshops and discussions to obtain ideas and requirements from the user community  
• Assist in the preparation of guidance material that will be deployed to the users. 

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:

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

• Essential:  A passion for and experience of ‘hands on’ Audit Data Analytics.
• Essential: Knowledge of analytics tools such as IDEA, Alteryx, ACL etc
• Essential:  Excellent verbal and written communication skills. 
• Essential: Knowledge of financial accounting concepts, processes and transaction cycles. 
• Very desirable: Financial Audit experience or experience of engaging with audit teams.
• Very desirable: Experience of working in a Professional practice.
• Very desirable: Knowledge of data visualisation tools such as PowerBI, Qlikview.
• Very desirable: Knowledge of analytics scripting in VB, SQL, Python etc

We’re in it together

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:

• 25 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 dining, and gyms;
• receive an interest free season ticket loan or interest free graduate loan;
• 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 6,000 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?