IT Vendor & Workforce Analyst

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 To ensure our services and applications are fit for the modern market, our IT team collaborates with every department.

They develop, they explore and they implement the new ideas helping us to change the future of accounting, tax and business consulting. But, just as importantly, they maintain the tech that keeps us advancing. By testing and adopting the future of financial technical solutions, they find new and exciting ways to drive us forward. And you could too. In an IT role at BDO, you'll become part of a team that act as the backbone for our business.

No matter who you are or what your skillset is, we'll give you the training and support you need to achieve whatever you put your mind to. 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. At BDO, the IT Vendor & Workforce team forms part of the wider IT Governance Team in the IT Department.

Vendor & Workforce are responsible for the methods and practices around all IT vendors and this includes resource augmentation partners. As an IT Vendor & Workforce Analyst, you will support the smooth operation and quality assurance of our vendor management framework as well as al IT Workforce related activities. You will play an important role in ensuring activities are streamlined and efficient and work across team and department boundaries, engaging with IT, HR, Procurement and external vendors to ensure that processes are working and being monitored appropriately, as well as reported on.

You'll be responsible for:
Reporting to the IT Workforce Manager and working with them to ensure robust vendor assurance across BDOs IT vendors; this will include liaising with key internal stakeholders and vendors to carry out assurance activities that ensure we're governing vendor relationships according to our framework and contractual obligations Own and monitor a vendor segmentation tool to help determine the level of governance needed for our IT vendors against the defined framework Liaise with vendors about governance of the relationship and reporting needs, assigning tasks and monitoring completion in our external collaboration tool (Global Portal) Assemble and distribute IT Workforce & Vendor reporting and dashboards for the IT Workforce Manager Produce documentation related to vendor assurance activities, communicating findings clearly to key stakeholders and any key committees or boards Maintain any IT Workforce or Vendor related guidance documentation and frameworks, ensuring they support and reflect any changes to policies or procedures Work alongside hiring managers on onboarding resource augmentation staff or teams You'll be someone with:
Experience in a vendor, workforce or talent management related role, including working knowledge of contracts Good working knowledge of IT governance and control frameworks and standards, this could include Information Security, Data Governance, GDPR, DORA, ISO
27001 and risk management principles Excellent verbal and written communication skills Excellent stakeholder management skills Demonstrated ability to analyse alternative solutions to issues and problems , drive…