Digital Senior Manager - Tech, Risk & Governance

BDO UK LLP; Greater Manchester; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

BDO Digital seeks a Senior Manager to grow and deliver technology risk and governance services across the North of England, based in Manchester or Leeds. You will lead client engagements, shape regional growth, and mentor teams, delivering risk and governance insights in digital transformations.

The role requires senior-level client leadership, strong relationship skills, and the ability to originate opportunities and drive integrated propositions across the firm.

Qualifications

• Substantial experience in technology risk and governance.
• Proven record of winning and expanding client work, originating opportunities.
• Strong commercial judgement with experience shaping proposals and managing engagement economics.

Responsibilities

• Lead technology risk and governance engagements and grow the North of England practice.
• Advise clients on risks arising from technology, transformation and digital change.
• Originate opportunities through personal relationships and cross-firm collaboration.
• Help shape the regional growth plan and lead team development.
• Deliver high-quality client service and ensure governance and resilience in client systems.
• Communicate effectively with executive stakeholders and risk committees.

Skills

Technology risk

Business development

Commercial judgement

Tech risk knowledge

Leadership

Education

Professional certifications

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.

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 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 our clients’ 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

Leading organisations 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 them and building long-lasting relationships.

You’ll be someone who is both 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 to help businesses effectively. You’ll be encouraged to identify and draw attention to opportunities for enhancing our delivery and providing additional services to organisations we work with.

As a Senior Manager in BDO Digital’s Technology Risk and Governance team, you’ll play a leading role in growing and delivering our technology risk business across the North of England. Based in Manchester or Leeds, you'll advise key clients on the risks arising from technology, transformation and digital change, helping them strengthen governance, resilience and confidence in the systems that underpin or protect their most important business processes and data.

It’s a senior, market-facing role combining business development, client leadership, high-quality delivery and team stewardship. You’ll originate opportunities through your own relationships and work jointly with colleagues across the firm taking integrated propositions to market. In addition you’ll help shape the regional growth plan, lead and develop our people, and contribute to the continued development of the national Technology Risk and Governance practice.

You’ll be someone with:

• Substantial experience in technology risk, IT internal audit, IT assurance, risk and controls or a closely related discipline, including a strong track record at Senior Manager level or clear readiness to operate at that level.

• A demonstrable record of winning and expanding client work, supported by credible market relationships and the ability to originate opportunities both independently and through collaborative account and sector teams.

• Strong commercial judgement, including experience shaping proposals, negotiating scope and fees, managing engagement economics and maintaining appropriate quality and risk standards.

• Broad technical credibility across technology risk and controls, with depth in one or more areas such as IT general controls and SOX/ICFR, technology internal audit, cloud, DevOps and SDLC, ERP, operational resilience, third-party risk, data, programme assurance or AI governance.

• Experience leading complex, multi-workstream engagements and communicating confidently with executive, audit committee, risk and technology stakeholders.

• A proven ability to lead, motivate and develop teams, provide clear direction and constructive challenge, and build capability for sustainable growth.

• Relevant qualifications such as CISA, CISM, ACA, ACCA, CIA, CRISC, CISSP or cloud certifications are advantageous; equivalent senior-level experience and market credibility will also be considered.

You’ll also 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.

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 for the companies we work with and satisfying experiences for our colleagues, 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 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.