Jobs at Bdo in United Kingdom

This role will provide VAT advisory services to a wide range of organisations. The primary responsibility will be to deal with all matters relating to the management of a portfolio of clients including being involved in special assignments on an ad hoc basis, whilst ensuring the Firm’s quality and risk standards are met.

The role will be supported by the VAT Director and VAT Partner.

• Provide VAT advisory services with some compliance element to a wide range of clients, getting involved in special assignments on an ad hoc basis.
• Ensure the Firm’s quality control procedures are adhered to as appropriate, and the Firm’s professional standards are met. Highlight risk, quality control and technical matters to the Partner / Director, whilst exercising judgement within agreed parameters.
• Develop professional relationships with clients and within the Firm, adapting the approach for the relevant audience.
• Take ownership and manage a portfolio of clients including client take on and engagement; billings and recovery rates; and debt management.
• To act as a key point of contact within the Firm for the client, together with the Partner / Director. This will involve responding promptly to, as well as anticipating, client requests / needs, keeping clients informed of progress in relation to all aspects of the service provided, and maintaining regular contact with clients.
• There will be an expectation that you will take full responsibility for project delivery on the portfolio.
• Ensure assignments are completed within agreed budgets and timescales and keep client / Partner / Director informed of overruns.
• Liaise with HMRC and other stakeholders.
• Self-development and continuing professional education with a view to progressing within the Firm.
• Support, train, mentor and advise others in own area.
• Challenge current practice – driving improvements and championing change.

• An in depth, up to date, technical knowledge of VAT and the ability to deal with complex issues
• Project and staff management experience
• Ability to manage a client portfolio profitably
• Experience of dealing with client management and HMRC
• CTA and / or ACA qualified or experienced within HMRC
• Demonstrable VAT advisory experience
• Take personal responsibility for own decisions and actions.

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.

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.

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.