Senior PA

BDO UK LLP; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

BDO UK LLP in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Personal Assistant to provide high‑level administrative and personal support to Partners and Directors within the Secretarial and Administration team. You’ll play a key role in planning and organisation, contributing to smooth delivery of client projects and firm initiatives.

This is a fantastic opportunity to draw on your previous experience to act as a role model, manage diaries, master Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook, and communicate

Qualifications

• Extensive diary management experience is essential.
• Proficiency in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook at an advanced level.
• Previous experience at Senior PA level is required.
• Excellent spelling, punctuation and grammar are essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide high level administrative, business and personal assistance to Partners/Directors.
• Act as a role model within the team and support colleagues.
• Manage calendars and coordinate information flows to ensure smooth operations.

Skills

Diary management

Office suite

Senior PA experience

Grammar, spelling

GCSE English & Maths

Typing speed

Education

GCSE English & Maths (or equivalent)

Tools

Microsoft Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Outlook

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

Playing an important support role at BDO, our Secretarial and Administration team contributes to our success by taking responsibility for planning and organisation. Their proactive approach to what we do ensures our projects operate seamlessly and co-operation remains strong across our firm. Whatever the challenge, they provide the foundations on which we can excel. Joining this team, you’ll enjoy a friendly and supportive environment – and plenty of variety to keep you on your toes. Want to play your part in our international operation?

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.

This is a fantastic opportunity to draw upon your previous experience to provide a full range of high level support for Partners / Directors.

You will provide high level administrative, business and personal assistance within the department and becoming an integral member of the Business Support team. You will also act as a role model to others in the team and act as the ‘go to’ person for support, respecting confidentiality at all times.

You’ll be someone with:

• Extensive experience of diary management
• Advanced level in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
• Previous experience working at Senior PA level
• Exceptional spelling, punctuation and grammar
• GCSE English and Maths (or equivalent)
• Typing speed minimum 50 – 60wpm

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.