International Audit Team - Project Co-ordinator

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health and Wellness Programmes

Pension Plan

Private Medical

Income Protection Plan

Holidays

Bike to work scheme

Job summary

BDO UK is seeking a Programme Manager to oversee large audit projects within our UK Audit team. You will drive engagement with stakeholders, manage complex multi-audit programs, and ensure timely, high-quality delivery.

The role requires strong PM expertise in professional services, with a preference for audit. You will coach teams, manage projects within our PM framework, and contribute to governance and KPI reporting while navigating the regulatory landscape.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in programme management with solid project methodologies.
• Professional services experience with a preference for Audit.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office; knowledge of Workday or Power BI is advantageous.
• Ability to coach others in project/programme management and operate within our PM framework.
• Knowledge of the regulatory environment of audits and working methods.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and project manage designated key audits.
• Coordinate projects and liaise with team members to engage relevant parties.
• Manage inboxes and calendars to drive organization and structure.
• Establish and monitor engagement strategies, milestones, deliverables, and reports.
• Monitor progress, identify risks, resolve issues, and initiate corrective action.
• Provide regular progress/status reports to internal and external stakeholders.

Skills

Programme Management

Audit experience

Stakeholder management

Coaching others

Tools

Microsoft Office

Workday

Power BI

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 leading them.

We’ll broaden your horizons

As part of our Audit team, you'll receive the support you need to reach your potential. From completing professional qualifications to developing new skills and exploring different learning opportunities, you’ll join a friendly and diverse team whose work really matters. Use your skills to build a career in Audit at BDO.

As a firm our focus on delivering quality audit work for the benefit of the public interest is our key priority. Our Audit teams are essential, not just to BDO, but to the whole economy. With specialist knowledge of sectors, markets and geographies; our auditors have the business understanding necessary to deliver the high quality and robust audits that companies and their stakeholders can trust.

We’ll help you succeed

The work we do is underpinned by quality. We deliver audits which are trusted and transparent which can be relied upon by companies and their stakeholders.

You’ll be someone who is comfortable working proactively and managing your own tasks. You’ll have excellent collaboration and communication skills that allow you to work effectively with others, both internally and externally, with the audited entity management, as well as with senior managers, directors, and BDO's partners. You’ll help deliver accurate and transparent reporting to all relevant stakeholders as you provide long term value.

This is an exciting opportunity to drive a key programme supporting the delivery of our larger, more complex and multiple component audits. We are looking for a project manager who is passionate about project management, can drive a culture of change and accountability, and can actively manage large complex audits with strategic and/or commercial impact.

In this role you’ll:

• Be responsible for overseeing and project managing designated key audits.
• Co‑ordinate projects and liaise with other team members to ensure that relevant parties are engaged with during the project.
• Have strong written and verbal communication skills. Be responsible for managing inboxes & calendars to drive organisation and structure.
• Work with the appropriate stakeholders to establish and monitor engagement strategies, milestones, key deliverables, management information, and board reports.
• Monitor progress against agreed parameters and associated project plans, identify key risks, resolve issues, and initiate timely corrective action.
• Provide both internal and external parties with regular progress /status reports.
• Exhibit great multitasking abilities and outstanding organisational skills. You should also be at ease collaborating with teams from all business disciplines and levels.
• Exhibit strong multitasking abilities and organisational skills. Be at ease with collaborating with teams from various business disciplines and levels.
• Help partners and teams reduce their workloads while also enhancing morale and increasing productivity and by bringing people together and creating strong rapport.
• Create a culture of trust inside projects so that colleagues and entities being audited may discuss their needs and challenges.
• Display outstanding stakeholder management abilities during audits, both internally and externally.
• Gather data and identify trends and potential new opportunities.
• Utilise more effective processes and systems to create coherent audits that satisfy the needs and requirements of our audited entities.
• Drive a culture of accountability.
• Actively seek input from all parties and conducts evaluations with BDO leadership.
• Assist in driving results by supporting our audit teams' commercial management and KPI tracking.

You’ll be someone with:

• Extensive experience in Programme Management role, together with a solid grasp of project management methodologies.
• Professional services experience with a preference for Audit.
• Proficient in in the use of Microsoft Office, [knowledge of Workday or PowerBi an advantage]
• Ability to coach others in project/programme management methodologies and work within our Project Management framework.
• Knowledge of the regulatory environment of Audits and the working methods.

This role requires a minimum of three-days-a-week office attendance.

You’ll be able to be yourself; we’ll recognise and value you for who you are and celebrate and reward your contributions to our 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 at hand.

We’re in it together

Mutual support and respect are 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 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 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.