Partner Office Senior HR Administrator

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

The Partnership Office provides support to the Leadership Team which is responsible for the development and implementation of the firm’s strategy together with oversight of the management of the firm. The Partner Office team, which sits within the Partnership Office, is responsible for partner HR matters and supports the Leadership Team and the Partnership Office Directors with ad hoc projects.

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.

Reporting to the Head of the Partner Office, you will assist with the provision of an efficient, effective and professional administrative support service to the team, with specific responsibility for ensuring that partner HR data is complete and accurate. You will be expected to provide an exceptional client experience in supporting partner HR initiatives within the firm. You’ll also:

• Maintain partner HR records and process changes
• Address and resolve general HR-related queries to the team.
• Oversee logistics and administration of partner promotion processes.
• Manage tasks related to partner hiring, onboarding, and departures.
• Assist with the administration of partner performance and compensation processes.
• Support partner insurance scheme administration.
• Lead small-scale Partnership Office projects in collaboration with managers.
• Provide assistance on ad hoc Partnership Office projects and information requests.
• Ensure quality, efficiency, and continuous improvement of workflows and processes.
• Prioritize tasks and work activities effectively.

You’ll be someone with:

• Previous experience of administration and/or a similar role
• Good analytical and numerical ability – able to analyse, evaluate and interpret data 
• The ability to ‘connect the dots’ between different processes and data
• Experience of managing small projects
• IT literate with good knowledge of Microsoft packages (MS Word, PowerPoint, Outlook), together with good knowledge of Excel
• The ability to identify process weaknesses or errors and highlight these to manager.
• Strong communication skills; being able to adapt style to suit different stakeholders
• Good interpersonal skills & telephone manner; helping to create a positive impression at all touch points
• The ability to prioritise tasks
• Responsiveness to ad hoc requests
• The ability to work well under pressure

This role will require a minimum of 2 days per week in the office.

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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