Financial Reporting Manager

BDO; Leeds; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading accountancy firm in Leeds is seeking an Assistant Manager to manage complex client portfolios and lead advisory services. The successful candidate will need to have a strong background in financial reporting standards and previous management experience. This role offers opportunities for personal growth and the chance to work with diverse clients under a supportive team environment.

Benefits

High-quality training

Agile working opportunities

Supportive team culture

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a management role.
• Strong working knowledge of financial reporting standards.
• Experience preparing and reviewing statutory accounts.

Responsibilities

• Manage complex client portfolios and prepare statutory accounts.
• Oversee client relationships, project performance, and resource needs.
• Support strategic growth and handle departmental issues.

Skills

Problem-solving skills

Initiative

Communication

Collaboration

Education

Qualified ACA, ACCA or equivalent

Tools

UK GAAP

UK-adopted IFRS

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

The Business Services and Outsourcing team are essential to meeting our clients' evolving requirements. As well as delivering long-term, sustainable value to businesses by providing a range of solutions such as accounting, payroll and compliance services, they also play a key role in tying together many of our services across BDO both domestically and internationally. By building deep and meaningful relationships with a range of clients from ambitious entrepreneurial SMEs to large multi-national groups, our BS&O team don’t just advise on their specific business challenges, they open doors for other teams to provide our firm’s wider service offering. To succeed in this agile environment, you’ll need to demonstrate excellent problem-solving skills and initiative. In return, you’ll have the opportunity for progression, and the chance to develop in one of the industry’s most exciting and varied roles.

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

Enhance your financial reporting and technical skills in a supportive team with high-quality training. We work with diverse clients, from SMEs to listed companies, under UK GAAP and IFRS frameworks.

As an Assistant Manager, you'll manage complex client portfolios, prepare statutory accounts, and lead advisory services. You'll oversee client relationships, project performance, and resource needs, while reviewing junior staff work.

You'll also join the Northern financial reporting management team, supporting strategic growth and handling departmental issues like coaching, business development, and compliance.

You’ll be someone with:

• Qualified ACA, ACCA or equivalent.
• Previous experience in a management role.
• Strong working knowledge of UK and international reporting standards (including UK GAAP and UK-adopted IFRS) and related financial reporting requirements.
• Previous experience preparing and reviewing statutory accounts, consolidations and cash flows.
• Business development experience - able to contribute to the identification and conversion of opportunities to services.

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.

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 whe re and whe n 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 c ollaboration is the key to creating value for our clients and satisfying experiences at work , so w e ’ve invested in state-of-the-art collaboration spaces in our offices . BDO’s people represent a wealth of knowledge and expertise , and w e’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 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.