Financial Reporting Senior Business Adviser

BDO UK; Guildford; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading accountancy and business advisory firm in Guildford seeks an Assistant Manager to oversee a portfolio of clients, ensuring compliance with statutory accounts and providing advisory services. The role emphasizes strong problem-solving skills and collaboration with senior management. The firm offers a supportive environment for career growth and a variety of benefits including health programs and a pension plan.

Benefits

Health and Wellness Programmes

Pension Plan

Private Medical

Income Protection Plan

Holidays

Bike to work scheme

Qualifications

• Professional accountancy qualification required.
• Experience delivering statutory accounts preparation.
• Knowledge of FRS102 and IFRS essential.

Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of clients for year-end statutory accounts.
• Lead project delivery and act as the main contact for clients.
• Monitor progress against budget and update senior leadership.

Skills

Problem Solving

Communication

Analysis

Education

ACA

ACCA

Tools

Caseware

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

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

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 proactively 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 an Assistant Manager you will be responsible for a portfolio of clients looking at year-end statutory account’s compliance and ad-hoc advisory work. You’ll take the lead for the delivery of the project and will be first point of contact for our clients and auditors throughout the project. You’ll determine resource requirements to service your portfolio, monitor the progress against budget and agree time-frames. This role will work closely with managers and partners and you’ll regular update senior leadership with progress, flagging any areas of concern.

You’ll be someone with:

• A professional accountancy qualification such as ACA, ACCA or equivalent
  
• An excellent working knowledge of FRS102 and IFRS
  
• Experience as a trainee or senior role, including delivering statutory accounts preparation or accounting services to ambitious entrepreneurial businesses
  
• A proven ability to research technical accounting matters
  
• Demonstratable working knowledge of financial products, firm services, issues regarding advice and regulation and compliance, including anti-money laundering
  
• The ability to analyse client data, make recommendations and talk credibly to clients on the issues they face.
  
• Competence in the use of Caseware or other relevant accounts production software is useful but training will be provided
  

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 every colleague the opportunity to work in ways that suit you, your teams, and the task at 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.

Rewards & Benefits

We offer a wide range of core and voluntary benefits, with a few examples below.

Health and Wellness Programmes

We promote a positive working environment where our people can thrive.

Pension Plan

A Group Personal Pension Plan, with matched employer contributions.

Private Medical

Access to private medical treatment for you and your family.

Income Protection Plan

Provides a proportion of your basic salary if you suffer a loss of earnings because of illness or injury.

Holidays

Our holiday benefit enables you to purchase up to 10 days of additional leave.

Bike to work scheme

A convenient, environmentally friendly and tax-effective way to acquire a bike for travelling to and from work.