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.
The firm is looking to recruit anSSC Senior Assistantfora12 monthFTCto support BDO’s Shared Service centre (SSC). This team is one of several Hubs within BDO’s rapidly growing SSC. SSC team members work internally within the business providing support to the client facing members of BDO.
Responsibilities:
1. Areas of administration willinclude,recruitment for Early in Careers (EiC) areas for each season and onboarding for EiC areas for each season.
2. Providing support with HR administrationfor employees and escalating when appropriate
3. Assist with HR projects led by the team
4. Completing regular updates for the broader HR team, and other departments as needed
5. All other related HR tasks
6. Producing regular reports from internal systems (Workday)
7. To provide an exceptional client experience within the firm, as well as being responsive and helping to create a positive impression at all touch points
8. Answering EiC phone line resolving FAQ’s andforwardingany complex cases/issue to relevant individuals
9. Answering EiC Inbox resolving FAQ’s and flagging any complex cases/issue to relevant individuals
10. Setting up AssessmentCentre’son the recruitment system – uploading Assessor and Candidates including CV’s, resolving last mindrop outs
11. Adding Assessment Centre’s scores from the recruitment system into the Workday HR system.
12. Liaising with our Professional Qualification team to understand anypreviousqualifications the candidate has taken and ensuring this still meets our eligibility criteria
13. Other ad hoc duties such as data analysis and data input to support EiC strategy
You’ll be someone with:
14. Administration experience
15. Experience of working within a busy, fast-paced environment
16. Highly organised
17. Strong attention to detail
18. Excellent communication skills
19. Computer literate with MS Office and HR systems
Desirable:
20. Candemonstratesan interest in HR processes and activities
21. An understanding of GDPR
22. Data analysis and reporting
You’ll be able to be yourself; we’ll recognise and value you for who you are and celebrate and reward your contributions to our 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 ati 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.
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.