Financial Services Advisory Assistant Manager

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-spiritedand high growth businesses that fuel the economy - and the owners and management teams that lead them.

We’ll broaden yourhorizons

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 yousucceed

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

As an Assistant Manager in the Financial Services Advisory team in Scotland, you will have the opportunity to work on a variety of engagements, gaining experience in planning and delivering a range of assurance assignments and on risk management and regulatory advisory engagements.

You will play an important role in developing and maintaining deep client relationships. You will have the opportunity to further develop specialist sub sector, technical and regulatory knowledge and will also have opportunities to work with and support the wider Financial Services Advisory team and its clients in Scotland and across the UK.  

This role can be based in either Glasgow or Edinburgh BDO hubs.

You'll be someone with:

• Strong written / communication skills, ability to influence, lead, engage, and manage stakeholders
• Demonstrable risk management and regulatory related advisory experience through working within the Financial Services sector or with Financial Services clients.
• Knowledge of the Financial Services sector and the UK regulatory environment
• Have undertaken a range of advisory and/or assurance assignments and have an understanding of how to deploy methodologies in a project environment
• Recognised accountancy or internal audit professional qualifications and/or memberships i.e. ICAEW, CIMA, CIIA, ACCA etc. Preferred, but not essential if the candidate has alternative relevant qualification.

You’ll beable to beyourself; 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 respectisone ofBDO’score valuesand we’reproud ofourdistinctive, people-centredculture.Frominformal success conversations to formal mentoringandcoaching,we’ll support you at every stage in your career, whatever your personaland professional needs.

Wecanprovide the bestsupportforour clients and peoplewhen we’reworkingside by side. Our agile working framework helps us stay connected, bringing teams together where and when it counts so they can share ideas andhelpone another.At BDO, you’llalways have access to the people and resources you needto do your best work.

Weknow thatcollaborationisthekey to creating value for our clients and satisfyingexperiences at work, so we’ve invested instate-of-the-artcollaboration spaces in our offices. BDO’s people represent a wealth of knowledge and expertise, and we’llencourageyoutobuild your network,work alongside others, and share your skills and experiences.  With arangeof multidisciplinary events and dedicated resources, you’ll never stop learning at BDO.

We’re looking forward to thefuture

At BDO, we help entrepreneurial businesses to succeed, fuelling the UK economy. 

Our success is powered by our people, which is whywe’realways finding new ways to invest in them. Acrossthe UK thousands of 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,integrityand expertise. We shape the future together with openness andclarity, becausewe believe in empowering people to think creatively about how we can do things better.