Associate Director - Compilations

We’ll broaden your horizons

The Business Services and Outsourcing team are essential to meeting our clients' evolving requirements. As well as delivering long-term, sustainable value to businesses by providing a range of solutions such as accounting, payroll and compliance services, they also play a key role in tying together many of our services across BDO both domestically and internationally. By building deep and meaningful relationships with a range of clients from ambitious entrepreneurial SMEs to large multi-national groups, our BS&O team don’t just advise on their 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 problem-solving skills and initiative. In return, you’ll have the opportunity for progression, and the chance to develop in one of the industry’s most exciting and varied roles.

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.

Overview

Lead our team in delivering exceptional accounting compliance and advice to a diverse client portfolio. You'll manage key accounts, acting as the main contact for complex clients, ensuring precision in every job. Use your technical expertise to guide the team, resolve compliance issues, and engage with clients on accounting matters. Collaborate across streams to tackle accounting and tax challenges, stay updated with market trends, and address corporate governance issues. Maintain team structure through promotion and recruitment, and deliver ad hoc projects. This is your chance to drive excellence in accounting services.

You’ll be someone with:

Excellent UK GAAP knowledge and experience of reporting under IFRS

Relevant experience of managing a team is essential

Proven experience in managing a wide portfolio of concurrent projects and project teams in a project management framework

Knowledge of compliance and take on procedures

In depth knowledge of financial reporting and accounting functions

Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA or equivalent) or equivalent and extensive experience with financial reporting