Global Business Services Director

BDO UK; Bristol; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading professional services firm is seeking a Director to join their Global Business Services team in Bristol. The role involves shaping strategy and overseeing a diverse client portfolio while driving operational excellence. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in managing concurrent projects and delivering international accounting services. This position offers flexibility and career development opportunities while being part of a supportive and collaborative culture.

Benefits

Health and Wellness Programmes

Pension Plan

Private Medical

Income Protection Plan

Holidays

Bike to work scheme

Qualifications

• Proven experience in managing and developing staff.
• Experience in a shared service centre environment.

Responsibilities

• Shape strategy and oversee diverse client portfolio.
• Drive operational excellence and deliver impactful change.
• Collaborate with senior leadership for business growth.

Skills

ACA / ACCA qualified or equivalent

Managing a wide portfolio of concurrent projects

Experience in delivering business development activities

Significant experience in international accounting projects

Job description

Overview

Join a high-performing, fast-growing team delivering outsourced accounting, payroll, and compliance services to leading clients across technology, life sciences, real estate, and financial services. As a Director in our Global Business Services (GBS) team, you’ll shape strategy, oversee a diverse client portfolio, and drive operational excellence.

This role offers the best of both worlds—practice and industry—alongside career variety, sector specialism, and the flexibility to manage your time through BDO’s agile working framework. You’ll collaborate with senior leadership to grow the business, challenge strategic thinking, and deliver impactful change.

We’re looking for someone with

• ACA / ACCA qualified or equivalent
• Significant experience of delivering international accounting projects with operations in different countries using, or within, a shared service centre
• Proven experience in managing a wide portfolio of concurrent projects and project teams within a project management framework
• Managing and developing staff i.e. coordinating staff projects, mentoring, counselling, appraising and recruiting
• Experience in delivering business development activities

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 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 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.

Rewards & Benefits

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.