Financial Reporting Manager

BDO UK; Guildford; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

BDO UK is seeking a Talent Manager to lead the delivery of high-quality independent reviews of annual service charge expenditure for a specific client in the housing sector. You’ll manage a dedicated team and serve as a key point of escalation for the client and internal stakeholders.

Reporting to the Director and Partner team, you will drive process improvement, support business development, and ensure delivery within KPI targets while tailoring services to client needs.

Qualifications

• ACA/ACCA or equivalent qualification required.
• Experience in accountancy practice or financial environment preferred.
• Residence or work in the UK is assumed.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high quality independent reviews of annual service charge expenditure for a specific client.
• Manage a dedicated team and supervise the process to ensure KPI adherence.
• Escalate complex issues to internal and client stakeholders and propose solutions.
• Support business development and growth opportunities with clients.

Skills

ACA/ACCA or equivalent

Service Charge Accounting

Social Housing Service Charge

Experience managing junior staff

Excellent communication skills

MS Office (Word & Excel)

Assurance services (desirable)

Education

ACA/ACCA or equivalent qualification

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Ideas | People | Trust

We’re BDO. An accountancy and business advisory firm, providing the advice and solutions businesses need to navigate today’s changing world.

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.

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

Our clients 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 clients and building long-lasting relationships.

You’ll be someone who can work pro-actively, managing your own tasks, but you’ll also be confident collaborating with others, communicating regularly with senior managers, Directors, and BDO’s Partners to enable us to serve our clients effectively. You’ll be encouraged to identify and draw attention to opportunities for enhancing our delivery and providing additional services to our clients.

Overview

We require a Manager to help us deliver exceptional client service to our expanding client base. The manager will have overall responsibility for the delivery of high quality independent reviews of annual service charge expenditure for a specific client.

You will manage a dedicated team and supervise the process to ensure that our work is efficient, completed within the KPI’s, and our offering is tailor-made to suit the client’s needs. The manager will be a point of escalation both internally & for the client and will confidently deal with difficult situations. They will report into the Director and Partner team, providing and implementing solutions where required. The manager will be actively involved in business development and should actively seek opportunities to grow the business.

You’ll be someone with:

• ACA, ACCA or equivalent qualification with experience working in an accountancy practice or other financial environment
• Alternatively, we would consider someone who has significant Service Charge Accounting experience (residential service charge experience preferred)
• Previous experience of Social Housing Service Charge Accounting advantageous
• Experience managing junior staff
• Excellent communication skills
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office, especially Word and Excel
• Experience providing assurance services desirable but not essential

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. 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 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 the UK thousands of unique minds coming together to help our clients reach 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.