Technology Advisory Assistant Manager

BDO; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking accountancy and business advisory firm that empowers entrepreneurial businesses. In this role, you will be part of a dynamic Technology Advisory Services team, helping clients transition to innovative cloud accounting solutions. Your expertise will guide businesses in transforming their finance functions, ensuring they operate efficiently and effectively. Collaborate with talented professionals and enjoy a supportive culture that values your contributions. This is an exciting opportunity to enhance your skills while making a meaningful impact on clients' success in a rapidly changing economic landscape.

Benefits

Agile Working Environment

Career Development Programs

Collaboration Spaces

Mentoring and Coaching

Qualifications

• Qualified ACA/ACCA or equivalent with strong knowledge of cloud accounting.
• Experience in implementing cloud accounting software including data migration.

Responsibilities

• Transform clients' finance functions through technology and cloud accounting.
• Manage client onboarding, migration, and configuration of accounting systems.

Skills

Cloud Accounting

Data Migration

Microsoft Office Suite

Accounting Best Practices

Communication Skills

Education

ACA/ACCA Qualification or Equivalent

Tools

Xero

ERP Systems

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.

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 our clients’ 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:

Our Technology Advisory Services (TAS) team within our Business Services and Outsourcing Stream consists of cloud accounting specialists that support businesses with the implementation and migration from legacy systems to innovative cloud accounting. We are supported by integration partners offering systems designed to enhance productivity, operational performance, the control environment, business agility and production of timely management information.

You will also be working with clients to transform their finance function through the application of technology, identifying suitable systems to help them achieve their aims. You will take responsibility for client onboarding, migration and configuration of the selected cloud accounting systems, work closely and manage members of the team to ensure our clients’ requirements are met.

If you are interested in accounting systems and how they can be utilised to transform finance functions into a lean, efficient and automated engine for any business, come and join us!

You’ll be someone with:

• Qualified ACA/ACCA or equivalent
• Good knowledge of Microsoft packages including Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Good knowledge of mid-market and entry level accounting software such as Xero. Knowledge of other ERPs and add on applications within the Xero marketplace would be advantageous.
• Understanding of the cloud accounting software market.
• Understands the finance and accounting functions performed by a business and common best practices/process for how they operate.
• Has an in-depth knowledge of how finance and accounting functions can differ by industry/business structure and appropriate accounting solutions to meet requirements.
• Experience of implementation of cloud accounting software including data migration.

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 everyone the opportunity to work in ways that suit them, their teams, and the task in 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.

We can provide the best support for our clients and people when we’re working side by side. 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 our clients 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 them. Across 17 UK locations, we are 6,500 unique minds coming together to help our clients reach 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.