Manager, Audit

BDO Administration Pty Ltd; City of Brisbane; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and wellbeing benefits

Gym memberships

Wellness facilities via BWell program

Travel perks

Job summary

BDO Brisbane is seeking an experienced Manager to lead our Audit team, delivering high-quality engagements for a diverse client base across industries. You will mentor junior staff, contribute to service line strategy, and identify risk and opportunities with clients.

This role offers exposure to both public and private organisations and values collaborative, growth-minded professionals. You will thrive on driving technical excellence, managing engagement planning, and guiding teams through

Qualifications

• Demonstrated external audit experience in a professional services firm.
• Experience leading and developing audit teams.
• CA/CPA qualification.
• Thorough understanding of financial statement areas.
• Ability to identify risks of material misstatement and design audit tests.
• Experience reviewing General Purpose accounts, including listed entities.
• PCOAB experience will be highly regarded.
• Exceptional attention to detail.
• Full and unrestricted working rights within Australia.

Responsibilities

• Manage, lead, and develop the Audit team to ensure successful completion and execution of assigned engagements across a range of complexity and scale
• Service line management, including contribution to overall service line strategy and providing feedback and development to junior members of the team
• Identify audit and engagement risks and contribute to the design of an appropriate audit approach for each assignment
• Review working papers, audit queries, correspondence and reports prepared by the team to ensure compliance with audit plan, procedures, and appropriate quality of work
• Lead and participate in technical audit and accounting matters
• Liaise with clients and identify future opportunities

Skills

External audit experience

Team leadership

Audit risk design

Attention to detail

Reviewing financial statements

Problem solving

CA/CPA qualification

Education

CA/CPA qualification

Job description

About the Role

We have an exciting Manager opportunity to join our Brisbane Audit team. BDO’s Audit practice is a major player within the local marketplace, auditing many of Australia’s leading public and private sector organisations across a diverse industry base. Our thriving audit practice works with and provides services to some of the most exciting, established and emerging companies. You will have the opportunity to work in a high performing team on a diverse client base with exposure to challenging work in a cross section of industries.

Key responsibilities include:

• Manage, lead, and develop the Audit team to ensure successful completion and execution of assigned engagements across a range of complexity and scale
• Service line management, including contribution to overall service line strategy and providing feedback and development to junior members of the team
• Identify audit and engagement risks and contribute to the design of an appropriate audit approach for each assignment
• Review working papers, audit queries, correspondence and reports prepared by the team to ensure compliance with audit plan, procedures, and appropriate quality of work
• Lead and participate in technical audit and accounting matters
• Liaise with clients and identify future opportunities

About You

• Demonstrated external audit experience in a professional services firm
• Experience and passion in leading and developing teams
• CA/CPA qualification
• Thorough understanding of all financial statement areas
• Ability to identify potential risks of material misstatement and design audit tests to mitigate those risks
• Experience in reviewing General Purpose accounts, included listed entities
• Ability to identify scope and solve problems
• PCOAB experience will be highly regarded
• Exceptional attention to detail
• Full and unrestricted working rights within Australia

Why join our Audit team

• Be recognised and valued within a supportive, high performing team
• Professional opportunities and long-term growth, supported by Partner led mentoring
• A strong commitment to your ongoing development across technical, advisory, leadership and management capability, supported by both technical and non-technical training
• A values led culture that shapes how we work with each other and our clients

Why BDO?

Working for BDO you will be part of a growing and market leading professional services firm. Our national and global footprint provides our people with opportunities to work on interesting client engagements, across diverse industry sectors and services. Our open and collaborative culture ensures access to Partners and professional mentors, to guide and accelerate your professional career, across a wide array of career pathways. We provide our people with various health and wellbeing, social, financial, and professional development benefits to help realise what’s possible. Participate in fitness challenges or take advantage of exclusive discounts to corporate health insurance, gym memberships and wellness facilities via our BWell program. Access benefits such as travel perks, retail discounts, employee referral rewards, study, and professional development support. Our leave options cater to the unique needs of our people; and include enhanced family support, cultural and religious leave, and options to purchase additional leave. You can also give back and get involved in community initiatives via our BCaring program. With a strong focus on learning and growth, we provide on the job training and formal development programs to help you succeed in your role and develop your skills and experience. Our culture is underpinned by our core values (One, Bold, Human, Heart and Strive). We are proud to be recognised as an Inclusive Employer for 2025-2026 by Diversity Council of Australia and a 2024-2025 Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA). BDO is committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment practices. If you require any reasonable adjustments to support your application or interview process, we encourage you to contact our Talent Acquisition team at [e-mail]

We shape what matters. At BDO we are always looking ahead, thinking bigger, reaching further and always staying personal and human in everything we do. We’re by your side, backing you to explore ideas and new ways of working to shape the future you want to see.