Financial Services Audit Operations and Resourcing Assistant

Location: Greater London

## Financial Services Audit Operations and Resourcing Assistant Apply locations:
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Full time posted on:
Posted Todayjob requisition :
R18763
** 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.
** We’ll broaden your horizons
** Our biggest asset is our people, so our Audit Resourcing Directorate are focused on ensuring we have the right people working together to deliver the best results, whilst providing space for us all to deliver quality work and reach our potential.

They use their specialist expertise to ensure we enable our employees to succeed and inspire a unified culture of development across our firm. By playing a role in the recruitment and management of our people, they help change lives and influence the future of BDO. Join a driven and passionate team where you can be yourself, while also helping your colleagues to achieve their ambitions.
** We’ll help you succeed
** Resourcing Teams are the heartbeat of our firm. They know what is going on in the ground, they know where we are headed and they can drive us forward to deliver our strategy.

The resourcing team are responsible for not just ensuring optimum resource allocation and utilisation but also providing timely and accurate management information to various stakeholders by identifying shortfalls, booking clashes and inefficiencies to help in contingency planning and risk mitigation.

The role of Operations and Resourcing Assistant will focus on the allocation and prioritisation of resourcing needs for the audit department including editing resourcing requests from multiple stakeholders across the Financial Services Audit team. The role will include day-to-day tasks,  project work and ad hoc requests. The role is an important part of Financial Services Audit team to provide an efficient, effective and professional resourcing coordination model to the team to deliver quality output.###

You’ll be responsible for:
* Resourcing coordination to action resourcing request and changes on Day Shape
* Day-to-day requests of team managers regarding resourcing allocation, prioritisation, managing of college, study, exam and training time as well as annual leave and CSR days
* Working closely with the Professional Qualifications team to ensure a clear understanding of the professional qualification requirements across multiple study paths
* Actioning ad-hoc change requests in a timely, effective and prioritised approach
* Assisting with a range of operational duties within Financial Services Audit.  Activities are likely to be varied with a key focus on resourcing coordination within the FS Operations team
* Working closely with the Resourcing Manager and existing team to support local management and ensuring the smooth and efficient operation of Financial Services Audit
* Challenging requests for amendments to resource planning and putting clear policies in place for the use of staff and trainee resource including specialisms and use of offshore
* Identifying solutions to manage resourcing conflicts/clashes effectively, liaising with the relevant Managers in a timely manner
* Working with the Resourcing Manager to closely monitor metrics such as utilisation and to identify initiatives to maintain positive levels of trainee engagement
* Providing an exceptional audited entity experience and support audited entity initiatives within the firm, as well as being responsive and helping to create a positive impression at all touch points

You’ll be someone with:
* Previous office-based experience preferable
* Experience working in a resourcing role preferable, or an interest in / awareness of what a resourcing role involves
* Experience in the professional services industry or a similar corporate environment, beneficial but not essential
* Previous experience of Day Shape or Workday, beneficial but not…