Financial Services Advisory 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 that lead them.

Key Responsibilities

• Creating, managing and delivering internal audit reviews and regulatory assurance reviews within the Financial Services sector and making value-add recommendations to senior management.
• Supporting Senior Management to develop and deliver the annual internal audit plan.
• Leading relationships with key internal stakeholders.
• Representing BDO at client meetings and attending senior management committee meetings.
• Involvement in key activities, which may include recruitment, budgeting, resource allocation, and quality assurance.
• Being aware of possible business opportunities for the team.
• Assisting with realizing Internal Audit opportunities through marketing, recruitment, training, and development of methodologies.
• Assisting in the development of our internal audit service offerings and the training of staff.
• Delivering assignments in the required timeframe as agreed with the client.
• Maximizing utilization by working effectively and efficiently and ensuring the team is working efficiently too.
• Ensuring projects are well managed and commercially viable by budgeting effectively and billing clients promptly.
• Being alive to possible business opportunities for the team and bringing them to the attention of the Senior Manager and relevant Partner.
• Attending networking events and conferences to ensure knowledge and skills remain up-to-date and to promote BDO's services where appropriate.

You'll be someone with:

• Extensive internal audit or regulatory assurance experience working within or with Financial Services.
• Knowledge of the Financial Services sector and the UK regulatory environment.
• Experience in a range of internal audit or advisory assignments and an understanding of internal audit methodology and techniques.
• Recognized accountancy or internal audit professional qualifications and/or memberships (e.g., ICAEW, CIMA, CIIA, ACCA) preferred but not essential if the candidate has alternative relevant qualifications.
• Strong written and communication skills, with the ability to influence, lead, engage, and manage stakeholders.
• Ability to lead complex reviews and be a team player.

At BDO, we help entrepreneurial businesses to succeed, fueling the UK economy. Our success is powered by our people, which is why we're always finding new ways to invest in you. We shape the future together with openness and clarity, because we believe in empowering people to think creatively about how we can do things better.