AQD; Audit Quality Indicators Assistant Manager

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.

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.

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 talented, high performing and ambitious individual to join the Audit Quality Indicators Team in the AQD in an exciting period and help to shape the role and the expanding team. You will report into the Audit Quality Indicators Partner and work closely with Audit Quality Indicators Team Lead.

• Perform key reconciliation and monitoring controls involving external sources and our internal systems, in particular those systems holding information on our audited entities, audit files, and e-signing activity
• Monitor compliance with policies relevant to the audit stream, investigate outliers and non-compliance and report on findings
• Perform regular data reconciliations performed by the data administrator
• Respond to internal or external requests for ad-hoc reporting or analysis

You’ll be someone with:

• the ability to operate with the highest integrity given the sensitive and confidential nature of much that you will be dealing with
• A conscientious and thorough approach with excellent accuracy and attention to detail
• An ability to develop further knowledge of rules, policies and procedures
• High motivation, with a desire to seek new ways of improving our internal controls
• External audit or internal audit experience
• IT literate with an excellent knowledge of Excel
• Strong communication skills; both written and oral
• Good interpersonal skills, with ability to create productive relationships across the firm and network and to influence other senior professionals.
• Take personal responsibility and accountability for own work
• Have the ability to work both independently and collaboratively as part of a small team and be able to use own initiative
• Ability to prioritise multiple tasks effectively and cope well under the pressure of deadlines
• Ability to communicate effectively with partners and staff at all levels

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.

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