Audit Quality - Methodology Senior Manager

Full 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 leading them.

We’ll broaden your horizons

Audit quality is central to our strategy as an Audit Stream, the key ingredient to our success. Consistent high audit quality enables us to attract, develop and retain talented people and be proud of our work. Audit quality allows us to compete in the market and demonstrate that we can play a key role in market reform.

Consistently high audit quality does not happen by chance. It requires a mindset and culture of challenge and professional scepticism, appropriate resources both people and intellectual, investment in central support for engagement teams and technology solutions. Within the last year we have increased our headcount significantly, invested in new partners, and commenced a significant investment programme in our central quality support team.

We’ll help you succeed

The work we do is underpinned by quality. We deliver audits which are trusted and transparent which can be relied upon by companies and their stakeholders.

You’ll be someone who is 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. You’ll help deliver accurate and transparent reporting to all relevant stakeholders as you provide long term value.

This is an opportunity for a talented, high performing and ambitious Senior Manager to join the methodology team in the Audit Quality Department (AQD) in an exciting period and help to shape the role and the expanding team. You will report into and work closely with the Methodology Directors.

Responsibilities

Audit Methodology

As part of the Methodology team, providing advice and ensuring compliance with ISAs and the firm’s audit methodology including:

Managing and supporting with the delivery of key Audit Methodology Projects which entails guidance, support, proposed changes to the audit tool and training.

General Methodology projects which include writing and updating technical guidance and policies

Responding to audit methodology queries from audit staff at all levels

Development and delivery of audit methodology training content relevant to key methodology projects

Representative for sectors which includes responding to sector specific queries, sector training and support with developing sector specific content

Responsibility for selected aspects of team management /development