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 a talented, high performing and ambitious Manager to join the new Pensions Centre of Excellence Team in BDO’s Audit Quality Department in an exciting period and help to shape the role and the expanding team. Reporting to the Pensions Centre of Excellence Director, your role will include:

• Supporting audit teams on large and complex audits by coaching them and assisting in the planning and execution of a high-quality audit of defined benefit pension scheme balances included in the financial statements of a sponsoring or participating employer.
• Conducting file reviews on live audits to enhance audit quality, while coaching and training engagement teams throughout the process. 
• Contributing to the development of pensions audit methodology and developing workpaper templates and guidance to drive standardisation and best practice.
• Supporting the delivery and review of pensions audit procedures performed by  more junior members of the central Pensions Centre of Excellence team.
• Developing training materials and presenting/facilitating audit team training sessions.
• Collaborating with  a diverse group of people and acting as an audit of pensions contact  point of contact for other teams/functions across BDO.

The individual will need to have audit of pensions experience to manager level and ideally  previous experience in either an audit quality or Pensions Centre of Excellence role. The individual will have the ability to communicate clearly and concisely both verbally and in writing. This will include being able to converse with individuals of all levels within the Firm.

You’ll be someone with:

• The ability to work both independently and collaboratively as part of a team and to use their own initiative to identify and propose potential solutions.
• Strong communications skills (oral and written reports) and confidence engaging with a variety of senior stakeholders.
• Good project management and organisational skills.
• ACA or similar professional accountancy qualification.

Skills

• Strong knowledge of substantive and controls-based audit strategies in the audit of pensions assets, liabilities and related areas.
• Knowledge of the regulatory challenges and expectations in relation to the audit of defined benefit pension scheme assets and liabilities.
• Ability to be objective and sceptical and to have confidence to challenge more senior members of an audit team.
• High attention to detail and strong problem solving skills.
• Takes personal responsibility and accountability for own work. 

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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