Business Services & Outsourcing Associate Director

BDO UK LLP; Manchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading accounting firm in Manchester seeks a qualified Accountant to coordinate the outsourcing work of their North Outsourcing team. You will ensure quality in client work, manage client expectations, and drive growth in the outsourcing portfolio. The ideal candidate possesses solid accounting experience and strong communication skills. This role embraces agile working to support your needs and those of your team.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience of delivering outsourcing service to clients.
• Experience of working collaboratively in a team to deliver projects.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the delivery of outsourcing work within the North Outsourcing team.
• Ensure quality of client work and manage client expectations.
• Drive growth and commercial management of the outsourcing portfolio.

Skills

Qualified Accountant (ACCA/ACA)

Strong communication skills

Solid accounting experience

Experience in delivering outsourcing service

Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office

Education

Qualified Accountant (ACCA/ACA) or equivalent

Tools

Excel

PowerBI

Outsourcing technology solutions

Accounting packages

Job description

Overview

In this dynamic role, you'll coordinate the delivery of outsourcing work within the North Outsourcing team, focusing on scale-up and growth businesses. You'll ensure quality client work, manage client expectations, and drive growth and commercial management of the outsourcing portfolio.

You'll align with the national outsourcing agenda, ensuring the team meets required service levels, complies with risk management requirements, and aligns their work with the firm's processes and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the delivery of outsourcing work within the North Outsourcing team, with a focus on scale-up and growth businesses.
• Ensure quality of client work and manage client expectations.
• Drive growth and commercial management of the outsourcing portfolio.
• Align team activities with the national outsourcing agenda and service level requirements.
• Ensure compliance with risk management requirements and firm processes and procedures.

Your profile

• Qualified Accountant (ACCA/ACA) or equivalent experience
• Demonstrable experience of delivering outsourcing service to clients
• Solid accounting experience
• Strong communication skills
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office, especially Excel; ideally PowerBI and outsourcing technology solutions
• Excellent knowledge of accounting packages
• Experience of working collaboratively in a team to deliver projects

You’ll be able to be yourself; we’ll recognise and value you for who you are and celebrate and reward your contributions to the 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 in hand.

About our culture

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. 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 17 UK locations, we are 6,500 unique minds coming together to help our clients reach their ambitions. We’ve got a clear purpose, and 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.

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