Risk Advisory Services Director

We're BDO. An accountancy and business advisory firm, providing the advice and solutions businesses need to navigate today's changing world.

Our clients are Britain's economic engine – ambitious, entrepreneurially-spirited and high growth businesses that fuel the economy - and the owners and management teams that lead them.

Our Advisory team provide a wide variety of services that deliver value-led advice and outcomes. They have an in-depth knowledge of business, industry sectors and markets and understand the constantly changing risks and opportunities at the heart of our clients’ affairs. The team work across strategy, operations and improvement as well as at a transactional and defined project level. From technology to risk advisory, they're experts in following through on top-level instructions and resolving the finer details – all in one straight-forward package.

When you join them, you'll work on some of the world's most exciting financial operations and business deals, building your experience and expertise alongside the brightest minds in the industry.

Our clients 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 clients and building long-lasting relationships.

You'll be someone who can work pro-actively, managing your own tasks, but you'll also be confident collaborating with others, communicating regularly with senior managers, Directors, and BDO’s Partners to enable us to serve our clients effectively. You'll be encouraged to identify and draw attention to opportunities for enhancing our delivery and providing additional services to our clients.

Join BDO’s Risk Advisory Services team as a Director and play a leading role in shaping our growth across Reading and the Thames Valley. Based in our Reading office, you'll work with a diverse range of clients on internal audit, controls, risk and advisory engagements, bringing fresh thinking and innovative approaches—including technology, AI and data analytics—to deliver insights that make a real difference.

You'll also help develop our proposition, build strong market relationships and create new opportunities for our clients, and develop our people.

You'll be someone with:

• A proven track record of driving growth, with the ambition, energy, and strong professional network to operate at pace, build trusted relationships, and generate new opportunities for the team and the firm.
• The ability to act as a strong ambassador for the firm, creating opportunities and leading market-facing events to build regional eminence across the Thames Valley, while leveraging the firm's full-service offering to develop innovative client solutions.
• Strong capability in building collaborative relationships with Partners and Directors across the firm to unlock opportunities, deliver integrated solutions, and support the growth of RAS.
• An established network of senior stakeholders across the Thames Valley, with a proven track record of developing long-term, high-value client relationships.
• Deep sector experience across Technology, Media and Telecommunications and/or Life Sciences and Pharma, including exposure to both high-growth/emerging businesses and larger established organisations, as well as experience working with mid-cap (FTSE 250 / AIM) and private businesses.
• Significant experience in building and operating governance and controls functions, including second line risk, internal audit, and third-party assurance (e.g. ISAE 3000).
• The ability to lead and support clients in strengthening governance and control environments, including responding to Provision 29…