Financial Model Assurance Director

BDO UK; Southend-on-Sea; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading accountancy and business advisory firm as part of the Financial Model Assurance Services team. You will lead projects and manage a team, providing crucial financial modelling services to high-profile clients. This role offers the opportunity to work on significant infrastructure and energy projects, enhancing your career in a supportive and collaborative environment.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Career development programs

Mentoring and coaching

Qualifications

• Experience managing Financial Model Audits throughout the engagement lifecycle.
• Extensive project finance experience, including financial modelling and advisory services.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Financial Model Assurance Services team and oversee quality control.
• Plan and review work, focusing on business development and practice growth.

Skills

Leadership

Commercial Management

Client Relationship Development

Education

ACA/ACCA qualification or equivalent

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 Britain's economic engine—ambitious, entrepreneurially spirited, high-growth businesses—and directly advise their owners and management teams.

We'll broaden your horizons

Our Advisory team offers a wide range of services that deliver value-led advice and outcomes. They possess in-depth knowledge of business, industry sectors, and markets, understanding the constantly changing risks and opportunities. The team operates across strategy, operations, and improvement, as well as transactional and project-specific work. From technology to risk advisory, they excel in executing top-level instructions and resolving detailed issues—delivering comprehensive solutions. Joining them means working on some of the world's most exciting financial operations and business deals, building your experience alongside industry leaders.

We'll help you succeed

Our clients trust us for the quality of our advice, which stems from a thorough understanding of their business gained through close collaboration and long-term relationships.

You should be proactive, capable of managing your tasks independently, and confident in collaborating and communicating with senior managers, directors, and partners. You will be encouraged to identify opportunities to enhance our service delivery and propose additional offerings to our clients.

This role is within BDO's Financial Model Assurance Services team, providing transactional model assurance and financial modelling services to global blue-chip sponsors, banks, financial institutions, and funds involved in major infrastructure, energy, and digital projects across various regions.

Supported projects include petrochemical plants, LNG trains, water desalination plants, IWPP projects in the Middle East; wind and rail projects in the UK and Europe; government-sponsored transport projects in the Benelux; and digital infrastructure and energy-from-waste projects in the UK.

The Director will lead the team, deputise for partners, plan and review work, and oversee quality control, business development, and practice growth initiatives.

Candidate requirements

• Experience managing Financial Model Audits throughout the engagement lifecycle, including commercial management.
• Extensive project finance experience, including origination and delivery of mandates for financial modelling, assurance, and advisory services.
• Knowledge of PPP, project finance, infrastructure, and renewables is preferred. Experience in quality and risk reviews is also desirable.
• ACA/ACCA qualification or equivalent.
• Strong commercial management skills and a track record of developing client relationships and converting business opportunities.
• Proven leadership in managing and developing teams.

We value authenticity and support flexible working arrangements. We are committed to your career development through various programs and resources.

Our culture and future

Mutual support and respect are core to BDO's culture. We offer mentoring, coaching, and state-of-the-art collaboration spaces to foster learning and teamwork. We are dedicated to helping entrepreneurial businesses succeed and are continuously investing in our people to adapt and grow.