Senior Audit Manager - Not For Profit

ACCA Careers; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic accountancy and business advisory firm focused on delivering high-quality audit services. This role offers a unique opportunity to work with ambitious, high-growth businesses in the UK, providing essential audit support that fuels the economy. As part of a dedicated team, you will enhance your skills and qualifications while contributing to meaningful projects that have a real impact. The firm values collaboration and personal development, ensuring you have the resources and support needed to succeed in your career. If you're ready to make a difference and grow within a people-centered culture, this position is for you.

Qualifications

• Qualified ACCA/ACA/ICAS or equivalent with management experience.
• Strong knowledge of auditing standards and financial reporting.

Responsibilities

• Manage audit tasks and collaborate with senior management.
• Deliver accurate reporting and maintain stakeholder trust.

Skills

ACCA/ACA/ICAS qualification

People management

UK and International GAAS

IFRS

UK GAAP

Financial Reporting

Financial products knowledge

Systems/controls testing

Substantive auditing

Project Management

Education

ACCA/ACA/ICAS qualified

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 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.

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.

Dedicated specialists in Education.

Our dedicated team of Not-for-Profit specialists are experts in delivering services to the education, social housing, and charity sectors, working with a growing number of the UK’s largest brand name Not For Profit organisations.

We are one of the largest specialist Not for Profit teams in the accounting profession. We offer unrivalled service and deliver the highest standards of audit quality and technical accounting expertise with a focus on identifying pragmatic solutions to challenging issues. We regularly share the benefit of this breadth of expertise with audited entities.

The Not-for-Profit sector is an important and growing part of BDO’s business, with specialists working nationally to deliver exceptional service to our clients in Education.

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, as well as confident collaborating with others and communicating regularly 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.

You’ll be someone with:

• ACCA/ACA/ICAS qualified or overseas equivalent.
• Previous experience of managing people.
• Good working knowledge of UK and International GAAS, IFRS, UK GAAP, and Financial Reporting requirements.
• Working knowledge of financial products, firm services, issues regarding advice and regulation and compliance, including anti-money laundering.
• Experience of systems/controls testing as well as substantive auditing, including consolidations, group audits, statutory accounts, and disclosures.
• Project Management experience.

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 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.

For further information, and to apply, please visit our website via the “Apply” button below.