Shared Service Centre - Business Administration Assistant

BDO UK LLP; Liverpool; Hybrid; GBP 20,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

BDO UK LLP's Shared Service Centre supports multiple teams across the firm, providing essential office operations and administrative services. This entry-level to mid-level role offers exposure to print portal tickets, post-scanning tasks, facilities support, and event coordination within a collaborative environment.

You'll develop organisational and IT skills, work with senior managers, and contribute to smooth business operations as part of a friendly, professional team.

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

Our Shared Service Centre team (SSC) provides essential support to a number of teams across our firm. As well as assisting on large-scale operations, beyond the capacity of a core specialist team, they provide the unparalleled expertise we need to keep moving forward. As part of this friendly department, you’ll have the chance to work on exciting projects and develop your skillset. There’s real opportunity, making it a great chance to use industry knowledge and experience to solve problems in your next career step, or it can be a place to learn if you’re just starting out. If you want to work on important projects and explore your potential, we’ll give you the friendly, supportive working environment to go far.

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.

In this role you'll:

• Manage and complete Print Portal tickets.
• Undertake post-scanning and associated document handling activities.
• Support office facilities requirements and day-to-day workplace services.
• Assist with large-scale office events and other operational activities.
• Provide support to ensure the smooth running of the Operations function.

You’ll be someone with:

• Strong organisational and administrative skills, with the ability to manage multiple tasks, prioritise workloads and meet deadlines.
• Excellent attention to detail, ensuring accuracy when handling print requests, scanned documents and operational records.
• Proficient IT skills, including experience using Microsoft Office applications and general office technology.
• Effective communication and customer service skills, with the ability to work collaboratively with colleagues, suppliers and stakeholders at all levels.
• Flexible and proactive approach to work, with the ability to support office facilities, events and operational activities while adapting to changing business needs.

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.