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
Your opportunity to join a fast-growing team in a vibrant and modern office environment to hone your financial reporting skills and help to drive the development of the Financial Reporting Team, who are part of BS&O.
The FR team are a team dedicated to the delivery of financial statements and advisory services to help our clients meet their financial reporting needs. The FR team focus on the delivery of UK financial reporting services to multi-national businesses; providing a high quality, fresh approach which is tailored to each client’s individual needs. By building deep and meaningful relationships with a range of clients, our FR team don’t just advise on specific business challenges, they open doors for other teams to provide our firm’s wider service offering. To succeed in this agile environment, you’ll need to demonstrate excellent technical knowledge of Financial Reporting Standards, have project management skills and initiative. In return, you’ll have the chance to develop in one of the most exciting and varied roles. We work with a wide range of clients, producing financial statements under FRS 102 and IFRS. As an Assistant Manager, you'll lead complex projects, including delivery of complex consolidations and the preparation of financial statements under IFRS for large groups, including first time adoption. You will also be dealing with accounting for more complex areas such as share based payments and financial instruments held at fair value, etc.
You'll be someone with:
1. Qualified ACA or equivalent.
2. Excellent working knowledge of FRS 102, FRS 101 and IFRS as well as previous experience preparing complex statutory accounts, consolidations and cash flow statements
3. Practical experience of IFRSs is essential
4. Experience of leading client assignments essential
5. Experience of US GAAP desirable
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’reworking 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’llalways have access to the people and resources you need to do your best work.
Weknow that collaboration is the key to creating value for our clients and satisfying experiences at work, so we’ve invested in state-of-the-artcollaboration spaces in our offices. BDO’s people represent a wealth of knowledge and expertise, and we’llencourage youto 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.