Transaction Services Manager

BDO UK LLP; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

BDO UK LLP is seeking a Manager to lead financial due diligence engagements within the Transaction Services team in the UK. You will oversee project timelines, budgets and client relationships, delivering insightful diligence reports for senior management and partners.

This role demands strong experience in financial analysis, due diligence delivery, and team leadership, with a track record of contributing to business development across engagements.

Qualifications

• Experience leading financial due diligence engagements and delivering clear conclusions.
• Strong ability to manage multiple client engagements and teams.
• Proven track record in planning, budgeting and risk management for engagements.

Responsibilities

• Lead financial analysis projects and manage engagement teams.
• Engage with client management to understand business dynamics and needs.
• Produce diligence reports with conclusions and recommendations.
• Manage project timelines, budgets and milestones, ensuring on-time delivery.
• Foster client relationships and contribute to business development initiatives.

Skills

Financial due diligence

Client management

Project management

Diligence reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting/finance

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

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

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 pro‑actively 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.

Join our high performing Transaction Services team as a Manager. You'll lead financial analysis projects, engage with client management to understand business dynamics, and produce insightful diligence reports. You'll manage project timelines and budgets, and foster client relationships while contributing to business development initiatives.

You’ll be someone with:

• Extensive experience of managing financial due diligence projects, which includes the preparation and interpretation of financial analysis
• Excellent verbal and written skills which includes diligence reports with conclusions and recommendations
• Experience of managing others in delivery of client engagements
• Strong planning and project management including monitoring progress against budget and deadlines, and risk management

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