Audit Resource Manager - Technology and Media

BDO UK; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 52,000 - 68,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Agile working

Professional development

Collaboration spaces

Job summary

BDO UK is seeking a Resource Manager to ensure optimum resource allocation and to deliver accurate management information to stakeholders across the business. You will identify shortfalls and inefficiencies, work with the Audit Resourcing Directorate (ARD), and advise leadership on KPIs and mitigation plans.

You will collaborate with senior managers and directors, maintain proactive communications, and support agile ways of working while delivering high-quality audits and advisory services.

Qualifications

• Experience in resource planning and management processes.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to interpret and analyse MI and data to identify problems.
• Experience in a professional services firm is desirable.
• People management experience is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Allocate and manage resources to optimise utilisation.
• Provide timely management information to stakeholders.
• Identify shortfalls, clashes and inefficiencies for contingency planning.
• Act as liaison between ARD and the business.
• Inform leadership on KPIs and risk mitigation plans.

Skills

Resource planning

MS Office

Communication

Prioritisation

MI/data analysis

Stakeholder management

People management

Dayshape (desirable)

Tools

Dayshape

Job description

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.

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

Our biggest asset is our people, so our Audit Resourcing Directorate are focused on ensuring we have the right people working together to deliver the best results, whilst providing space for us all to deliver quality work and reach our potential.

They use their specialist expertise to ensure we enable our employees to succeed and inspire a unified culture of development across our firm. By playing a role in the recruitment and management of our people, they help change lives and influence the future of BDO. Join a driven and passionate team where you can be yourself, while also helping your colleagues to achieve their ambitions.

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.

Resource Managers are the heartbeat of our firm. They know what is going on in the ground, they know where we are headed and they can drive us forward to deliver our strategy.

As a Resource Manager you will be responsible for not just ensuring optimum resource allocation and utilisation but also providing timely and accurate management information to various stakeholders by identifying shortfalls, clashes and inefficiencies to help in contingency planning and risk mitigation.

You will be the key liaison between the Audit Resourcing Directorate (ARD) and the business. You will have a deep understanding of the resourcing strategies and how they align with your business unit. You will be the trusted advisor for the leadership team to inform them of the KPIs and highlighting any potential risks and mitigation plans.

You’ll be someone with:

• Experience in resource planning and management processes with exposure to tools and systems
• Intermediate IT skills (MS Outlook, Word, PowerPoint & Excel)
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• Proven ability to operate under pressure with conflicting priorities, tight deadlines and demanding stakeholder needs
• Ability to interpret and analyse MI and data to identify and solve problems
• Continued professional development of yourself and others, seeking challenges and opportunities
• Experience in a professional services firm (desirable)
• People management experience (desirable)
• Previous experience of Dayshape (desirable)

You’ll be able to be yourself; we’ll recognise and value you for who you are and celebrate and reward your contributions to our business. We’re committed to agile working, and we offer everyone the opportunity to work in ways that suit them, their teams, and the task at hand

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.

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 and satisfying experiences at work, so we’ve invested in state‑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 you. Across the UK thousands of unique minds continue to come together to help companies we work with to achieve 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.