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 that lead them.

We’ll broaden your horizons

Our Marketing team is the driving force behind the creativity and growth at BDO. Marketing has a broad remit here. Their main goal is to equip the business to win and there are teams covering most touchpoints of the customer journey. Highlights include a national advertising campaign, the launch of a new firm-wide sales planning process and the implementation of new digital marketing tools. Because we know that great ideas can come from anywhere, you can be sure you’ll be heard and have the chance to make a real impact. You'll be supported to build your career, but also to be yourself in the office. Help the firm succeed by staying ahead of the latest market trends, confidently implementing your ideas and collaborating with a range of shareholders. You’ll be rewarded with a great work-life balance and a career with real purpose.

We’ll help you succeed

Leading organisations trust us because of the quality of our advice. That quality grows from a thorough understanding of their business, and that understanding comes from working closely with them and building long-lasting relationships.

You’ll be someone who is both comfortable working proactively 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.

In this challenging and rewarding role you’ll:

• Work closely with the Head of Internal Communications for Audit and Tax to shape and drive delivery of the Streams internal communications and engagement programme
• Develop comprehensive internal communications plans for Audit and Tax Streams, ensuring each plan is strategically designed to deliver specific outcomes aligned with stream and firmwide objectives. Activate these plans by coordinating content creation, channel selection, and stakeholder engagement, monitoring effectiveness and adapting tactics to maximise impact
• Act as a primary point of contact, and work with subject matter experts to deliver all content for both Streams, both placed in Stream and in firmwide channels
• Own all Stream channels. Have a clear understanding of how to effectively operate a comprehensive channel matrix. Oversee placement of content emanating from the Streams, and content drawn from the firmwide team
• Measure effectiveness of all activity and report on activity in both Streams monthly. Be proactive in sharing knowledge, best practice and new techniques from each, across both Streams and the broader IC network
• Ensure that all Stream communications align with the firm’s vision, strategy, and internal engagement plans and calendar
• Develop relationships and build communities to involve people appropriately in the Stream strategies and plans and increase understanding of how every role contributes to it
• Understand and help to deliver:
• Stream leadership and strategy comms and engagement activity, including conferences, away days, townhalls, partner and team calls, etc.
• Stream mailers and events e.g. The Audit Roundup, TeLAGram, Bubblewrap etc.
• Listening events
• Showcase stream stories through our firmwide channels.
• Respond at speed to emerging communications needs as well as tactical demands
• Link in with and leverage the central IC team on priorities, messages, channels, and communications sequencing
• Play an integral part in the Internal Communications 5-year growth plans and how we improve IC at BDO.

You’ll be someone with:

• A high standard of quality across all work, that is in line with our ISQM1 processes
• Proven track record in delivering effective communications programmes that produce tangible results or change
• Passion about high-quality, effective and creative communications that drive behaviour change and/or educate the audience
• Motivation to work collaboratively with a variety of teams to achieve success for the firm overall
• Initiative in drafting first communications, starting new projects and seeking innovative solutions to complex challenges
• Experience in designing and implementing internal communications plans
• A demonstration of fantastic project management skills to help others deliver their communications plans
• Experience of communications technologies and channels (for example, SharePoint, Viva Engage, Poppulo)
• Discretion and trustworthiness in dealing in confidential information
• Strong business acumen
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills, with excellent copywriting, copy editing and proofreading skills
• The ability to write in plain English, removing jargon and management speak
• Strong attention to detail, especially when juggling a high volume of work
• Excellent diplomacy and negotiation skills to deal with colleagues, building trust and rapport to motivate others
• Flexibility in times of ambiguity or conflicting deadlines
• Tenacity to “get stuff done” and build their own relationships with key stakeholders
• An ability to work to deadlines, even with competing tasks, and manages their time and resource to suit
• A thorough understanding of the internal communications channel mix
• Commitment to ongoing learning and curious to develop new or existing skills or learn about new (digital) channel opportunities.

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.

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 for the companies we work with and satisfying experiences for our colleagues, 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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