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 that lead them.
We’ll broaden your horizons
Working with every department at BDO, our Finance team helps us meet relevant legal requirements that ensure our firm operates effectively in a tightly-regulated field. They implement strategies that help us innovate – like combining new technology with traditional financial processes to make us even more digital. As part of this friendly team, you’ll enjoy flexible hours and have opportunities to take responsibility for the delivery of quality work. With your colleagues behind you, you’ll embrace change, new ideas and have an impact on the future of our firm.
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.
The purpose of this role is to assist with the monthly Management Accounts process and other ad-hoc financial reporting
In this role you'll:
1. Ensure all firmwide GL control accounts are reconciled including Payroll/Benefits/fixed assets etc.
2. Ensure all accruals and prepayments are accurately recorded.
3. Review and post recharges and other GL mis-postings
4. Collate the control account file on a monthly basis and report on non-compliance
5. Assist in the implementation of key financial and reporting processes where necessary
6. Assist in the preparation of year end group statutory financial accounts owning the ETB process
7. Produce and review monthly management accounts from Foreign offices and the London Virtual offices
8. Prepare management accounts for dormant entities;
9. Initial review of submitted office accounts, including liaising with Foreign office staff;
10. Undertake Business Partnering functions
11. Maintain relationships with foreign offices, Heads of Offices and London’s IIDA teams through the establishment and chairing of monthly ‘ways of working’ meetings;
12. Act as a central point of contact for IFI and IIDA teams and ensuring the correct balance between work done in the team, work to be completed in the IFI/IIDA team, and referring the IFI/IIDA team.
13. Be involved in the annual salary, bonus and revenue review processes with the IFI/IIDA offices in accordance with BDO Group timelines.
14. Produce annual budgets.
15. Update of charge out rates in accordance with BDO Group policies.
16. Conduct Independent Financial Reviews of IFI/IIDA offices
You'll be someone with:
17. A finance qualification - ACA / ACCA / CIMA or part qualified
18. Proven experience in a similar accounts function
19. The ability to analyse and interpret data
20. Excellent planning and organising skills – able to manage multiple tasks effectively
21. The ability to prioritise own workload to meet business needs
22. Experience with explaining financial information to people with less accounting knowledge.
23. Attention to detail when producing data, reports, or other analysis
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 every colleague the opportunity to work in ways that suit you, your teams, and the task at 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.
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.
We know that collaboration is the key to creating value for the companies we work with and satisfying experiences for our colleagues, 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.
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 you. Across the UK thousands of unique minds continue to come together to help companies we work with to achieve 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.
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