Audit Optimisation Senior Manager

BDO LLP; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading accountancy firm in London is seeking an Audit Optimisation Senior Manager to design standardised audit templates and improve audit quality. The ideal candidate should possess ACA qualifications, substantial experience in audit quality, and project management skills. This role demands proactive communication with senior management and adherence to risk management procedures. Join our dynamic team and contribute to delivering exceptional audit services.

Qualifications

• Previous experience of audit quality required.
• Good working knowledge of UK and International GAAS, IFRS.
• Experience of systems/controls testing and statutory accounts.

Responsibilities

• Design standardised audit templates and workbooks.
• Proactively identify opportunities for standardisation.
• Deliver high-quality products responsive to the needs of the firm.

Skills

Audit quality

Project Management

Knowledge of UK GAAP

Communication

Education

ACA/ICAS qualified or overseas equivalent

Educated up to degree level or CTS

Job description

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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 leading them.

We'll broaden your horizons

Audit quality is central to our strategy as an Audit Stream, the key ingredient to our success. Consistent high audit quality enables us to attract, develop and retain talented people and be proud of our work. Audit quality allows us to compete in the market and demonstrate that we can play a key role in market reform.

Consistently high audit quality does not happen by chance. It requires a mindset and culture of challenge and professional scepticism, appropriate resources both people and intellectual, investment in central support for engagement teams and technology solutions. Within the last year we have increased our headcount significantly, invested in new partners, and commenced a significant investment programme in our central quality support team.

We'll help you succeed

The work we do is underpinned by quality. We deliver audits which are trusted and transparent which can be relied upon by companies and their stakeholders.

You'll be someone who is comfortable working pro-actively and, managing your own tasks, as well as confident collaborating with others and communicating regularly with Senior Managers, Directors, and BDO's Partners. You'll help deliver accurate and transparent reporting to all relevant stakeholders as you provide long term value.

Responsibilities

The primary responsibility of the Audit Optimisation Senior Manager will be responsible for the design of standardised audit templates and workbooks. On occasion may become involved in special assignments on an ad hoc basis.

The Audit Optimisation and Standardisation teams are responsible for improving audit quality and are so important to the firm because of the high-profile audit quality agenda. Main responsibilities of the role will be:

• Act as a major point of contact within the standardisation team. This includes responding quickly to, as well as anticipating, the impact on audit teams.
• Proactively identify new opportunities for standardisation and optimisation.
• Responsible for the delivery of high-quality products that are responsive to the needs to the Optimisation agenda.
• Complete assignments within agreed budgets and timescales and identify opportunities for additional improvement and optimisation.
• Ensure you bring in the appropriate mix of knowledge and skills required.
• Ensure that the firm's risk management and quality control procedures are adhered to at all times.
• Support Partners and Senior Managers in the development of new products.
• Support Partners with the implementation and communication of any standardisation, including travel to UK BDO offices to support the roll out of new products.

Qualifications

You'll be someone with:

• ACA/ICAS qualified or overseas equivalent.
• Educated up to degree level or CTS.
• Previous experience of audit quality.
• Good working knowledge of UK and International GAAS, IFRS, UK GAAP and Financial Reporting requirements.
• Working knowledge of financial products, firm services, issues regarding advice and regulation and compliance, including anti-money laundering.
• Experience of systems/controls testing as well as substantive auditing, including consolidations, group audits, statutory accounts and disclosures.
• Project Management experience.

Desirable:

• Sector experience appropriate to BDO audited entities
• Experience with listed audited entities
• Experience auditing international groups and working with other world wide BDO offices.

About Us

BDO UK provides tax, audit and assurance, advisory and business outsourcing services. 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 partners and staff are specialists in their fields and have a proactive, flexible approach to helping clients overcome the challenges they face. We aim to be as innovative and entrepreneurial as our clients. Our approach and expertise are what help us deliver exceptional client service. 95% of our clients would recommend us.

We operate from 17 locations across the UK, covering all major business centres. We employ 8,000 people who are encouraged to bring their best selves to work; taking responsibility for their work and their relationships with clients. All our people share core values that underpin both our culture and the value that we bring to our clients. Our values are also reflected in continued focus on ESG.

Our firm is distinctive and we want to preserve and build on the strengths of our culture and the characteristics that make us both successful and different. We look for people from all kinds of backgrounds who share these same qualities.

BDO LLP is a key member of the BDO global network of public accounting, tax and advisory firms. The firms have representation in 166 countries, with 115,700 people working out of over 1,776 offices worldwide. That's BDO and we are proud to be part of it. Being part of an integrated network of firms across the world provides us with myriad opportunities for success.