Audit Quality - Audit Stream Risk and Reporting - Director

BDO is an accountancy and business advisory firm that provides advice and solutions to entrepreneurial organisations. We support ambitious, high‑growth businesses across the UK.

We are seeking a Director to join the Audit Stream Risk and Reporting team within the Audit Quality Department (AQD). The role reports to the team Partner and works closely with audit teams to manage complex audit risk and reporting matters.

• Lead in resolving complex audit stream risk and reporting issues, ensuring a detailed review of audit files is performed by senior managers to establish the nature and extent of the risk, involving specialist support as required.
• Proactively identify wider risk issues and prevent them from crystallising by implementing policies, guidance and training to the audit stream.
• Provide oversight and technical support on complex audit reporting issues.
• Support the partner in reviewing and monitoring the highest risk audit engagements, known as the Close Monitored List.
• Provide oversight on other audit risks and contractual matters arising from the audit stream, ensuring they are satisfactorily resolved.
• Lead on projects to ensure all processes and controls related to audit stream risk and reporting are correctly implemented to support a System of Quality Management, and address any remediation points.
• Support RIs experiencing a challenging inspection or regulatory process.
• Contribute to audit quality initiatives led by the wider Audit Quality Improvement Team.

• ACA or similar professional accountancy qualification.
• Excellent practical and technical audit risk experience.
• Experience of non‑standard audit reports at either a practical or technical level.
• Ability to be objective, sceptical and to challenge more senior members of an audit team.
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively as part of a small team and use own initiative.
• Attention to detail.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, including an ability to communicate difficult messages.
• Takes personal responsibility and accountability for own work.
• An awareness of the UK regulatory requirements is useful but not essential.