Assistant Manager Internal Audit - Risk Advisory Services

BDO UK; Greater Manchester; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

BDO UK is seeking an Assistant Manager in Risk Advisory Services to lead defined engagements and support planning and delivery across client engagements. You will build trusted client relationships, coach junior team members, and balance management with hands-on audit delivery in line with BDO methodology.

You’ll work with Managers, Directors and Partners, travel to client sites as required, and contribute to strengthening audit quality through data analytics and evolving techniques.

Qualifications

• Relevant experience in internal audit or equivalent risk and assurance work, with involvement in planning, delivering and reviewing audit or advisory engagements.
• An inquisitive and proactive mindset, with the confidence to challenge constructively, think critically about risks and controls, and contribute ideas that enhance audit quality and ways of working.
• Experience in risk management, internal audit or systems / controls testing, with the ability to apply this knowledge pragmatically across different client environments.
• A recognised professional qualification, or working towards one (e.g. CIA / CMIIA / MIIA, CCAB or equivalent).
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the confidence to engage effectively with clients and stakeholders.
• Good organisational and time‑management skills, with the ability to manage multiple assignments and contribute to the delivery of a small portfolio of client engagements under manager oversight.
• A collaborative and development‑focused approach, with an interest in supporting and coaching junior team members, flexibility to travel to client sites as required, and an interest in using data analytics or emerging AI‑enabled audit techniques.

Responsibilities

• Lead defined engagements or workstreams, supporting engagement planning and delivery, and ensuring work is completed to a high standard in line with BDO methodology.
• Build trusted client relationships and contribute to the effective delivery of engagements.
• Support the development of junior team members and continue to build technical capability, professional judgement and leadership skills as you progress towards Manager level.
• Balance engagement and portfolio management with hands-on audit delivery, with travel to client sites as required.

Skills

Internal audit

Risk management

Stakeholder communication

Education

CIA / CMIIA / MIIA / CCAB or equivalent

Tools

Data analytics

Job description

Ideas | People | Trust

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.

We’ll broaden your horizons

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 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.

We’ll help you succeed

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.

Overview

As an Assistant Manager within our Risk Advisory Services (RAS) team, you will play a key role in delivering high‑quality internal audit and advisory engagements for a diverse range of clients. You will take responsibility for leading defined engagements or workstreams, supporting engagement planning and delivery, and ensuring work is completed to a high standard in line with BDO methodology.

You will work closely with Managers, Senior Managers, Directors and Partners, building trusted client relationships and contributing to the effective delivery of engagements. Alongside this, you will support the development of junior team members and continue to build your technical capability, professional judgement and leadership skills as you progress towards Manager level.

The role combines engagement and portfolio management with hands on delivery. Typically, you will spend around 50% of your time on management activities—such as engagement planning, portfolio oversight and project management—and 50% leading audits and undertaking specialist assignments, with this balance flexing in line with your experience and development.

You’ll be someone with:

• Relevant experience in internal audit or equivalent risk and assurance work, with involvement in planning, delivering and reviewing audit or advisory engagements.
• An inquisitive and proactive mindset, with the confidence to challenge constructively, think critically about risks and controls, and contribute ideas that enhance audit quality and ways of working.
• Experience in risk management, internal audit or systems / controls testing, with the ability to apply this knowledge pragmatically across different client environments.
• A recognised professional qualification, or working towards one (e.g. CIA / CMIIA / MIIA, CCAB or equivalent).
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the confidence to engage effectively with clients and stakeholders.
• Good organisational and time‑management skills, with the ability to manage multiple assignments and contribute to the delivery of a small portfolio of client engagements under manager oversight.
• A collaborative and development‑focused approach, with an interest in supporting and coaching junior team members, flexibility to travel to client sites as required, and an interest in using data analytics or emerging AI‑enabled audit techniques.

At BDO, we’ll help you achieve your personal goals and career ambitions, and we have programmes, resources, and frameworks that provide clarity and structure around career development.

We’re in it together

Mutual support and respect is one of BDO’s core values and we’re proud of our distinctive, people‑centred culture. From informal success conversations to formal mentoring and coaching, we’ll support you at every stage in your career, whatever your personal and professional needs.

We can provide the best support for our clients and people when we’re working side by side. Our agile working framework helps us stay connected, bringing teams together where and when it counts so they can share ideas and help one another. At BDO, you’ll always have access to the people and resources you need to do your best work.

We know that collaboration is the key to creating value for our clients and satisfying experiences at work, so we’ve invested in state‑of‑the‑art collaboration spaces in our offices. BDO’s people represent a wealth of knowledge and expertise, and we’ll encourage you to build your network, work alongside others, and share your skills and experiences. With a range of multidisciplinary events and dedicated resources, you’ll never stop learning at BDO.

We’re looking forward to the future

At BDO, we help entrepreneurial businesses to succeed, fuelling the UK economy.

Our success is powered by our people, which is why we’re always finding new ways to invest in them. Across the UK thousands of unique minds coming together to help our clients reach their ambitions.

We’ve got a clear purpose, and we’re confident in our future, because we’re adapting and evolving to build on our strengths, ensuring we continue to find the right combination of global reach, integrity and expertise. 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.