Job Description
Ideas | People | Trust\n\nWe’re BDO. An accountancy and business advisory firm, providing the advice and solutions businesses need to navigate today’s changing world.\n\nOur 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.\n\nWe’ll broaden your horizons \n\nOur 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.\n\nWe’ll help you succeed \n\nOur 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.\n\nYou’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.\n\nOur Manchester Business Restructuring team is dynamic and fast-paced, providing a stimulating environment for growth and development.
We are looking to recruit a Junior Data and Business Analyst. This role is ideal for someone with experience in professional services or industry, with strong data analytical skills to support a variety of advisory assignments and business development activities.\n\nWe are looking for an individual that has great problem-solving skills, intellectual curiosity and an agile outlook, whom can apply analytical techniques to varied scopes and datasets across a range of different situations.\n\nYou will be joining a Manchester based team and report into a local Director. Business Restructuring operates as a national stream and the role may involve supporting teams other BDO offices.
Through your work you will have the opportunity to work with experienced team members in an environment that supports and encourages personal development of soft and technical skills.\n\nThe role is a technical role primarily focused on the collection transformation, analysis and visual reporting of data. You will be part of a vibrant team, providing data analysis and business insights to support our clients. Your work will involve collecting, transforming, analysing, and visually reporting data. You will also play a key role in supporting business development through data analysis.\n\nYou’ll be someone with: \n\nKnowledge or awareness of business process transaction cycles (e.g., Procure to Payables, Order to Cash, Forecast to Fulfil) and core financial data (e.g., Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Payroll, Inventory, Staff Expenses, General Ledger)\n\nExperience in data matching, data profiling, and data transformation\n\nExperience in some of the following: business process analysis, financial control analysis, forensic investigation, revenue, cost and margin analysis, customer segmentation, sensitivity analysis, ERP analytics\n\nStrong skills in using Excel for data analysis\n\nExperience with data visualisation software (PowerBI preferred) to create clear and insightful visualisations\n\nExperience using SQL suite of software including the ETL process\n\nAbility to present data and findings clearly and concisely to both technical and non-technical audiences.\n\nAbility to work collaboratively within a team environment\n\nWillingness to take initiative and drive projects forward\n\nFlexibility to adapt to changing priorities and business needs\n\nStrong problem-solving ability\n\nDesirable Skills\n\nBasic knowledge of financial modelling techniques and principles\n\nUnderstanding of statistical methods and their application in business analysis\n\nUnderstanding of database schema design and implementation\n\nYou’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.\n\nAt 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.\n\nWe’re in it together\n\nMutual 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.\n\nWe can provide the best support for our clients and people when we’re working 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’ll always have access to the people and resources you need to do your best work.\n\nWe know that collaboration is the key to creating value for our clients 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.\n\nWe’re looking forward to the future \n\nAt BDO, we help entrepreneurial businesses to succeed, fuelling the UK economy.\n\nOur 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\n\nWe’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.\n\n#TJ-RW1\n\n#LI-RW1