Audit Manager - Not for Profit

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.

The Not-for-Profit sector is an important and growing part of BDO's business with specialists working nationally to deliver exceptional service to our clients in Charities, Housing and Education. We generate fees in excess of £34m and this has grown by over 50% in the last 4 years and continues to grow.

As an Audit Manager you will be the key contact for all matters regarding the management of your client portfolio. You will provide assistance to Partners on both client work and in the management of the Not-for-Profit Team. You will also play a significant role in the delivery of BDO's national Not-for-Profit strategy including growth plans.

Your primary responsibility will be to manage a portfolio of clients across your chosen sub sectors, which may vary depending on preference for example combining chosen specialisms in charities, housing or education.

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 proactively 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 also:

• Act as a major point of contact within the firm. This includes responding quickly to, as well as anticipating requests/ needs and k eeping stakeholders informed of progress in relation to all aspects of the audit.

• Responsible for the financial management of a portfolio.

• Complete assignments within agreed budgets and timescales and identify opportunities for additional billings.

• Ensure assignments are staffed with the appropriate mix of knowledge and skills required.

• Ensure that the firm's risk management and quality control procedures are adhered to at all times.

• Identify and recognise business and sales opportunities.

• Support Partners and Senior Managers in the development of new business relationships and business proposals through high level sales and marketing activity.

• Support Partners with the implementation and communication of any new business.

• Recruit, retain, develop and motivate our employees, which includes participating in graduate recruitment, ensuring job appraisal documentation is completed within deadlines and ensuring appropriate objectives and development plans are in place for counselees.

• Will work as part of management team with other Audit Managers within the business group (e.g. resource planning, merit rate meetings and efficiency gains)

• Act as an ambassador of the firm, participates in office marketing events, keeps abreast of the wide range of service the firm offers.

• Act as a role model for trainees and executives.

• ACA/ICAS qualified or overseas equivalent.

• Previous experience of managing people.

• Good working knowledge of UK and International GAAS, IFRS, UK GAAP and Financial Reporting requirements.

• Working knowledge of financial products, firm services, issues regarding advice and regulation and compliance, including anti-money laundering.

• Experience of systems/controls testing as well as substantive auditing, including consolidations, group audits, statutory accounts and disclosures.

• Project Management experience.

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.

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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