Senior Executive Internal Audit - Risk Advisory Services

ACCA Careers; Manchester; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

BDO in the United Kingdom is recruiting a Senior Executive for Risk Advisory Services (RAS). You will deliver high-quality internal audit, assurance and advisory engagements, act as a senior on engagement teams, and mentor junior staff while collaborating with management and partners.

The role emphasizes hands-on audit work, strong technical judgment, and clear, practical recommendations, with travel to client sites as needed within a dynamic advisory practice.

Qualifications

• Experience contributing to internal audit, risk, assurance or advisory engagements, taking ownership of defined workstreams and supporting delivery across a range of client environments.
• An inquisitive and proactive mindset, with the confidence to challenge constructively, think critically about risks and controls, and contribute ideas that enhance audit quality, ways of working and client outcomes, supported by relevant experience in risk management, internal audit and systems or controls testing.
• A relevant professional qualification, or currently working towards one (e.g. ACA, ACCA, CIA, CIIA, CCAB or equivalent).
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, with the ability to evaluate evidence, interpret data and contribute to clear, well‑reasoned conclusions.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills, with the confidence to engage professionally with clients and colleagues.
• A collaborative and proactive approach, with experience supporting or coaching junior team members and contributing positively to team delivery.
• Good organisational skills and flexibility to travel to client sites as required; experience with data analytics or AI testing tools would be desirable.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high‑quality internal audit, assurance and advisory engagements across a diverse portfolio of clients.
• Work as a senior member of engagement teams, taking responsibility for defined areas of delivery while collaborating closely with Managers, Senior Managers, Directors and Partners.
• Hands‑on in executing audit and advisory work, building strong technical capability and professional judgement, and contributing to the development of clear, practical recommendations for our clients.
• Support and mentor junior team members and contribute to a collaborative, high‑performing team environment.

Skills

Internal audit

Risk management

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Coaching junior staff

Travel flexibility

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIA/CCAB or equivalent

Tools

Data analytics tools

AI testing tools

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.

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

Our Advisory team provide a wide variety of services that deliver value-led advice and outcomes. They have an in-depth knowledge of business, industry sectors and markets and understand the constantly changing risks and opportunities at the heart of affairs. The team work across strategy, operations and improvement as well as at a transactional and defined project level. From technology to risk advisory, they’re experts in following through on top-level instructions and resolving the finer details – all in one straight-forward package. When you join them, you’ll work on some of the world's most exciting financial operations and business deals, building your experience and expertise alongside the brightest minds in the industry.

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

As a Senior Executive in our Risk Advisory Services (RAS) team, you will play an important role in delivering high‑quality internal audit, assurance and advisory engagements across a diverse portfolio of clients. You will work as a senior member of engagement teams, taking responsibility for defined areas of delivery while collaborating closely with Managers, Senior Managers, Directors and Partners.

You will be hands‑on in executing audit and advisory work, building strong technical capability and professional judgement, and contributing to the development of clear, practical recommendations for our clients. Alongside this, you will support and mentor junior team members and contribute to a collaborative, high‑performing team environment.

You’ll Be Someone With

• Experience contributing to internal audit, risk, assurance or advisory engagements, taking ownership of defined workstreams and supporting delivery across a range of client environments (e.g. commercial, regulated or not‑for‑profit).
• An inquisitive and proactive mindset, with the confidence to challenge constructively, think critically about risks and controls, and contribute ideas that enhance audit quality, ways of working and client outcomes, supported by relevant experience in risk management, internal audit and systems or controls testing.
• A relevant professional qualification, or currently working towards one (e.g. ACA, ACCA, CIA, CIIA, CCAB or equivalent).
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, with the ability to evaluate evidence, interpret data and contribute to clear, well‑reasoned conclusions.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills, with the confidence to engage professionally with clients and colleagues.
• A collaborative and proactive approach, with experience supporting or coaching junior team members and contributing positively to team delivery.
• Good organisational skills and flexibility to travel to client sites as required; experience with data analytics or AI testing tools would be desirable.

At BDO, we’llhelp you achieve your personal goals and career ambitions, and we have programmes, resources, and frameworks that provide clarity and structure around career development.

We’rein it together

Mutual support and respectisone of BDO’s core values andwe’reproud of our distinctive, people-centred culture. From informal success conversations to formal mentoring and coaching,we’llsupport 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’llalways 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, sowe’veinvested instate-of-the-artcollaboration spaces in our offices. BDO’s peoplerepresenta wealth of knowledge andexpertise, andwe’llencourage you to build your network, work alongside others, and share your skills and experiences. With a range of multidisciplinary events and dedicated resources,you’llnever stop learning at BDO.

We’relooking 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 whywe’realways 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’vegot a clear purpose, andwe’reconfident in our future, becausewe’readapting and evolving to build on our strengths, ensuring we continue to find the right combination of global reach,integrityandexpertise. We shape the future together with openness andclarity, becausewe believe in empowering people to think creatively about how we can do things better.