Third Party Assurance Assistant Manager

BDO UK LLP; United Kingdom; À distance; GBP 60 000 - 85 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

BDO UK LLP in the United Kingdom is seeking a proactive Third Party Assurance Assistant Manager within Risk Advisory Services. You will lead defined engagements, support planning and delivery to a high global standard, and mentor junior team members.

The balance typically involves 50% engagement management and 50% hands-on audits, with opportunities to specialise in ISAE frameworks, develop client relationships, and contribute to process improvements.

Qualifications

• Relevant experience in delivering high-quality Third Party Assurance, controls-based and/or data assurance engagements for a range of clients.
• Experience delivering projects aligned to global assurance and auditing standards, with the ability to tailor work approaches; knowledge of ISAE 3000, ISAE 3402 and ISRS 4400 is desirable.
• Experience in risk management and controls testing, with the ability to apply this knowledge across different client environments.
• An inquisitive and proactive mindset, with the confidence to challenge constructively, think critically about risks and controls, and contribute ideas that enhance quality and ways of working.
• A recognised professional qualification, for example ACA, ACCA or equivalent, alongside strong written and verbal communication skills and the confidence to engage.

Responsabilités

• Lead defined engagements or workstreams, supporting engagement planning and delivery to a high standard.
• Develop junior team members and support delivery of audits and specialist assignments.
• Balance time between management activities and hands-on audits, adapting to project needs.

Connaissances

Third Party Assurance

Controls testing

Data assurance

Risk management

Auditing standards

Description du poste

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.

As a Third-party Assurance Assistant Manager within our Risk Advisory Services (RAS) team, you will play a key role in delivering high-quality assurance engagements for a diverse range of clients. You will take responsibility for leading defined engagements or workstreams, supporting engagement planning and delivery, and ensuring work is completed to a high standard in line with BDO methodology, and the relevant global assurance standards for each project. Alongside this, you will support the development of junior team members. Typically, you will spend around 50% of your time on management activities; such as engagement planning, portfolio oversight and project management, and 50% leading audits and undertaking specialist assignments, with this balance flexing in line with your experience and development.

You'll be someone with

• Relevant experience in delivering high-quality Third Party Assurance, controls-based and/or data assurance engagements for a range of clients.

• Experience delivering projects aligned to global assurance and auditing standards, with the ability to tailor work approaches appropriately; desirable knowledge would include an understanding or awareness of ISAE 3000, ISAE 3402 and ISRS 4400.

• Experience in risk management and controls testing, with the ability to apply this knowledge pragmatically across different client environments

• An inquisitive and proactive mindset, with the confidence to challenge constructively, think critically about risks and controls, and contribute ideas that enhance quality and ways of working.

• A recognised professional qualification, for example ACA, ACCA or equivalent, alongside strong written and verbal communication skills and the confidence to engage