Senior Consultant, Risk Advisory Services

BDO; Sydney; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and wellbeing benefits

Discount programs

Professional development support

Job summary

BDO’s Risk Advisory Services in Sydney seeks a Senior Consultant to deliver internal audits, risk assessments and assurance engagements for NSW public sector clients. You will work with Partners and Senior Management, contributing to policy and control improvements, and mentoring junior staff while expanding client relationships.

Ideal candidates have 2+ years in internal audit or risk management, plus accounting or related degrees. ERP exposure to SAP, Oracle, TechOne is advantageous.

Qualifications

• 2+ years experience in internal audit, risk management or similar role.
• Accounting or business-related degree.
• Knowledge of IIA and ISO31000 standards.

Responsibilities

• Deliver internal audits, risk assessments and assurance engagements.
• Provide guidance on policy, process, and control improvements.
• Prepare scoping documents and project proposals for client requests.
• Support development of new methodologies and service offerings.
• Mentor and develop junior staff and coordinate scheduling across the practice.
• Maintain client relationships and identify future business opportunities.

Skills

Internal audit

Risk management

Client engagement

Mentoring

Education

Accounting degree

Business degree

Tools

SAP

Oracle

TechOne

Job description

Senior Consultant, Risk Advisory Services

We’re BDO, a global professional services firm connected to local markets. Our people work together to provide specialist expertise, helping businesses achieve their goals.

We inspire others, to go further. We create together, to reach higher. We build trust, to lead purposefully.

Whether you're building your future or starting your career with us, you won’t do it alone. From creating solutions for our clients to building careers for our people, we shape what matters, and that’s where you come in.

About the Role

BDO's Risk Advisory team consults to publicly listed and government organisations across various industries, with this role specialising in NSW public sector clients (state and federal government). You’ll have the opportunity to work with a diverse portfolio, including clients across education, transport and integrity agencies, while also having exposure to other sectors and clients across the team.

As a Senior Consultant , you will work closely with Partners and Senior Management to deliver a range of internal audits, management reviews and provide advice to clients. This role offers a great variety of work, autonomy, client contact and direct Partner interaction and coaching.

What You'll Be Doing

Delivering a variety of internal audits, business risk assurance and business process improvement projects in accordance with BDO’s methodologies and procedures. This will include report writing and communicating with clients

Recommending policy, procedural, process, system and control improvements, where identified.

Assisting in preparing proposals / scoping documents in response to client requests, preparing reports for projects undertaken and assisting with the development of new methodologies and service offerings.

Collaborating with senior leadership to assist with scheduling of work across the practice and contributing to the development of junior staff in a mentoring capacity.

Maintaining relationships with clients and working with internal stakeholders in creating future business opportunities.

About You

Our ideal candidate will come with a background that has experience in internal audit and/or risk management engagements for public sector clients (NSW and broader state and federal government).

Combined with:

2+ years experience working in internal audit, related risk management or in similar role.

An accounting or business-related degree.

A working knowledge and understanding of basic internal audit and risk management practices and standards (IIA and ISO31000).

Knowledge and experience in undertaking internal audits, risk assessments and undertaking risk management framework reviews etc.

Experience in conducting internal audits of basic financial processes and controls and internal audits of operational processes.

Exposure to Enterprise Resource Management systems (e.g. SAP, Oracle, TechOne etc.).

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).