Sewell Wallis are currently recruiting for an experienced Accountant to join an Accountancy Practice with offices in central Harrogate (fully office based). Reporting to the Senior Manager and managing a portfolio of clients your responsibilities will include: What will you be doing? Preparing accounts for sole traders, partnerships and Ltd companies. General bookkeeping duties. Preparing corporate and personal tax returns. Liaising with HMRC. Payroll. Preparing and reviewing VAT returns. Managing client relationships and dealing with queries. What skills are we looking for? PQ/Qualified ACCA / ACA / AAT qualified. Experience of working within an Accountancy Practice and managing a portfolio of clients. Knowledge of Sage 50, Xero, and QuickBooks is advantageous. Strong attention to detail. Excellent communication and presentation skills. What's on offer? Excellent working environment. Team building / social events. Ongoing development and progression opportunities. For further details please contact Emma Dugdale. To apply please send your CV, quoting our reference and specifying which website you saw this position advertised on. Due to the high volume of applications please accept that if we have not responded to your application within seven days, your application has not been successful. Sewell Wallis is a specialist recruitment company with a vast amount of experience in our industry we offer permanent, temporary and interim recruitment support for accounting and finance, human resources and business support positions. We recruit at all levels within finance from Purchase Ledger Administrator and Credit Controller level through to Financial Controller and Director positions. With offices in Sheffield and Leeds, we are well situated to cover all of South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Manchester. Please visit our website for more information on accountancy and finance jobs and human resources or business support positions.
Mar 27, 2025
Full time
Sewell Wallis are currently recruiting for an experienced Accountant to join an Accountancy Practice with offices in central Harrogate (fully office based). Reporting to the Senior Manager and managing a portfolio of clients your responsibilities will include: What will you be doing? Preparing accounts for sole traders, partnerships and Ltd companies. General bookkeeping duties. Preparing corporate and personal tax returns. Liaising with HMRC. Payroll. Preparing and reviewing VAT returns. Managing client relationships and dealing with queries. What skills are we looking for? PQ/Qualified ACCA / ACA / AAT qualified. Experience of working within an Accountancy Practice and managing a portfolio of clients. Knowledge of Sage 50, Xero, and QuickBooks is advantageous. Strong attention to detail. Excellent communication and presentation skills. What's on offer? Excellent working environment. Team building / social events. Ongoing development and progression opportunities. For further details please contact Emma Dugdale. To apply please send your CV, quoting our reference and specifying which website you saw this position advertised on. Due to the high volume of applications please accept that if we have not responded to your application within seven days, your application has not been successful. Sewell Wallis is a specialist recruitment company with a vast amount of experience in our industry we offer permanent, temporary and interim recruitment support for accounting and finance, human resources and business support positions. We recruit at all levels within finance from Purchase Ledger Administrator and Credit Controller level through to Financial Controller and Director positions. With offices in Sheffield and Leeds, we are well situated to cover all of South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Manchester. Please visit our website for more information on accountancy and finance jobs and human resources or business support positions.
My client an independent multi-utility connections provider, is looking for a Senior Commercial Manager with a history in the Utilities sector This Senior Commercial Manager role offers a dynamic and flexible working environment where innovation and leadership are highly valued. The successful candidate will be at the forefront of process implementation and team development, making a significant impact on the organisation's commercial success. To be considered for this role you must have. • A minimum of five years experience in the utilities industry. • Proven experience in a commercial management role, with a history of managing commercial contracts and maximising project profitability. • A demonstrated ability to manage and develop a team, with two Quantity Surveyors reporting directly. • Knowledge of standard forms of agreement (e.g., JCT, NEC, FIDIC). • Experience in financial project margin and cash flow forecasting. • Commitment to team training and development. • Qualifications/accreditations for MACostE. • Experience with AX system is highly desired but not essential. You may be an established Commercial Manager or a Senior QS that wants to make the step up, but you must be a person that wants to work in a flexible environment where you will be at the forefront of bringing in processes. The Senior Commercial Manager will lead a team, ensuring standardised methodologies are adhered to for project margin maintenance and variance reporting. This role involves managing major utility projects and complex novated Clancy projects, with a focus on maximising project profitability and maintaining financial oversight. You be tasked with a number of responsibilities that include. • Ensuring consistency across all commercial activities and processes. Attending bid meetings to identify potential commercial issues and contribute to bid pack costings. • Collaborating with Sales and Finance to review complex cash flow forecasts. Conducting final project checks before handover and implement handover meetings. • Developing procedures to clarify project inclusions and exclusions. Implementing new procedures for aged purchase orders and mandatory variations. • Providing feedback to senior directors on business-impacting issues. • Collaborate with Finance Business Partner to unlock revenue opportunities and rationalise costs. • Assisting Credit Control in debt recovery. • Implementing a peer-review system for quality assurance. • Providing training and guidance to team members for flexibility and absence cover. • Reviewing non-standard contractual terms to protect the business. • Instigating commercial procedures and training for specific contracts. • Ensuring project billings and variations are up to date and embedded as business as usual. • Passing on industry knowledge and collaborate with Operations and Finance to hold. • Project Managers / Engineers accountable for project margins. This role offers a unique platform for a driven individual to lead and innovate within a thriving independent multi-utility connections provider. If you are ready to take the next step in your career and make a tangible difference, with a good salary and prospects this position is for you.
Mar 27, 2025
Full time
My client an independent multi-utility connections provider, is looking for a Senior Commercial Manager with a history in the Utilities sector This Senior Commercial Manager role offers a dynamic and flexible working environment where innovation and leadership are highly valued. The successful candidate will be at the forefront of process implementation and team development, making a significant impact on the organisation's commercial success. To be considered for this role you must have. • A minimum of five years experience in the utilities industry. • Proven experience in a commercial management role, with a history of managing commercial contracts and maximising project profitability. • A demonstrated ability to manage and develop a team, with two Quantity Surveyors reporting directly. • Knowledge of standard forms of agreement (e.g., JCT, NEC, FIDIC). • Experience in financial project margin and cash flow forecasting. • Commitment to team training and development. • Qualifications/accreditations for MACostE. • Experience with AX system is highly desired but not essential. You may be an established Commercial Manager or a Senior QS that wants to make the step up, but you must be a person that wants to work in a flexible environment where you will be at the forefront of bringing in processes. The Senior Commercial Manager will lead a team, ensuring standardised methodologies are adhered to for project margin maintenance and variance reporting. This role involves managing major utility projects and complex novated Clancy projects, with a focus on maximising project profitability and maintaining financial oversight. You be tasked with a number of responsibilities that include. • Ensuring consistency across all commercial activities and processes. Attending bid meetings to identify potential commercial issues and contribute to bid pack costings. • Collaborating with Sales and Finance to review complex cash flow forecasts. Conducting final project checks before handover and implement handover meetings. • Developing procedures to clarify project inclusions and exclusions. Implementing new procedures for aged purchase orders and mandatory variations. • Providing feedback to senior directors on business-impacting issues. • Collaborate with Finance Business Partner to unlock revenue opportunities and rationalise costs. • Assisting Credit Control in debt recovery. • Implementing a peer-review system for quality assurance. • Providing training and guidance to team members for flexibility and absence cover. • Reviewing non-standard contractual terms to protect the business. • Instigating commercial procedures and training for specific contracts. • Ensuring project billings and variations are up to date and embedded as business as usual. • Passing on industry knowledge and collaborate with Operations and Finance to hold. • Project Managers / Engineers accountable for project margins. This role offers a unique platform for a driven individual to lead and innovate within a thriving independent multi-utility connections provider. If you are ready to take the next step in your career and make a tangible difference, with a good salary and prospects this position is for you.
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 help you succeed. You will be joining a fast-growing Private Equity funds tax team, working with great clients and a market leading group of people from a diverse range of backgrounds. We are looking for someone who is willing to be a leader, and who is keen to learn and develop - the team will support you to help build your career, deliver great service to high quality clients, and win in the market. At BDO we are proud of our Workable hybrid working framework - we have core team days, and an expectation that team members will be at our Baker Street hub for at least 2 days a week, but otherwise you will have substantial freedom to plan your balance of time in the office and time at home. Responsibilities You will be responsible for dealing with all matters relating to the running of your portfolio of clients, supported by partners in the team and working with colleagues. Your portfolio will include asset managers, investment partnerships and fund management structures. You will: Help to drive the private equity strategy of BDO by building your profile in the market, overseeing top quality tax advice and compliance, getting to know your clients and their issues, and looking for opportunities. Run client relationships - acting as a key point of contact for clients, ensuring the team respond promptly to, as well as anticipate, client requests/needs, and maintaining regular contact with clients. Oversee a portfolio of clients, taking responsibility for delivery of tax compliance and advisory services supported by managers and the junior team. Deal with interesting and varied tax issues. Recognise and seek out business and sales opportunities and work with the Partners to develop these. Develop your own network of contacts internally and externally, supporting your own career development and the growth of our business. Actively participate in the management of the group. Be responsible for coaching and developing managers and more junior members of staff. Actively share knowledge and experiences with others in the firm. Requirements Qualified ACA/CTA (or equivalent) with demonstrable post-qualified experience. Ideally the candidate would have relevant experience in a partnership tax compliance and advisory role or a corporate and personal tax compliance and advisory role, with experience of dealing with private equity funds and management structures. Involvement in and ability to deal with interesting and challenging tax advisory projects. Alternatively, significant experience in private equity tax compliance or a combination of the two. Ability to manage a client portfolio. Experience of dealing with client senior management. Involvement in business development activities with new and/or existing clients. Self-motivated with excellent communication. Experience of supervising junior staff. A commitment to technical and personal development, with the drive and ambition to progress in a supportive environment and fulfil your full potential. 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.
Mar 26, 2025
Full time
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 help you succeed. You will be joining a fast-growing Private Equity funds tax team, working with great clients and a market leading group of people from a diverse range of backgrounds. We are looking for someone who is willing to be a leader, and who is keen to learn and develop - the team will support you to help build your career, deliver great service to high quality clients, and win in the market. At BDO we are proud of our Workable hybrid working framework - we have core team days, and an expectation that team members will be at our Baker Street hub for at least 2 days a week, but otherwise you will have substantial freedom to plan your balance of time in the office and time at home. Responsibilities You will be responsible for dealing with all matters relating to the running of your portfolio of clients, supported by partners in the team and working with colleagues. Your portfolio will include asset managers, investment partnerships and fund management structures. You will: Help to drive the private equity strategy of BDO by building your profile in the market, overseeing top quality tax advice and compliance, getting to know your clients and their issues, and looking for opportunities. Run client relationships - acting as a key point of contact for clients, ensuring the team respond promptly to, as well as anticipate, client requests/needs, and maintaining regular contact with clients. Oversee a portfolio of clients, taking responsibility for delivery of tax compliance and advisory services supported by managers and the junior team. Deal with interesting and varied tax issues. Recognise and seek out business and sales opportunities and work with the Partners to develop these. Develop your own network of contacts internally and externally, supporting your own career development and the growth of our business. Actively participate in the management of the group. Be responsible for coaching and developing managers and more junior members of staff. Actively share knowledge and experiences with others in the firm. Requirements Qualified ACA/CTA (or equivalent) with demonstrable post-qualified experience. Ideally the candidate would have relevant experience in a partnership tax compliance and advisory role or a corporate and personal tax compliance and advisory role, with experience of dealing with private equity funds and management structures. Involvement in and ability to deal with interesting and challenging tax advisory projects. Alternatively, significant experience in private equity tax compliance or a combination of the two. Ability to manage a client portfolio. Experience of dealing with client senior management. Involvement in business development activities with new and/or existing clients. Self-motivated with excellent communication. Experience of supervising junior staff. A commitment to technical and personal development, with the drive and ambition to progress in a supportive environment and fulfil your full potential. 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.
At Audible, we believe stories have the power to transform lives. It's why we work with some of the world's leading creators to produce and share audio storytelling with our millions of global listeners. We are dreamers and inventors who come from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences to empower and inspire each other. Imagine your future with us. ABOUT THIS ROLE We are looking for an Associate Director, Global Product Marketing to help further grow and accelerate our unique offering and content, globally. As Associate Director, Global Product Marketing, you'll have the opportunity to help shape the future of Audible's products by translating customer needs into customer-centric strategies that inform technology, content, and marketing investment that surprise and delight audiences across the globe. You'll craft go-to-market strategies for innovations across our consumer and creator businesses, with an eye on expanding Audible's value proposition, member base, and lifetime value across end consumers and creative stakeholders. ABOUT YOU You have a passion for data-driven results, a bias for action, a spirit that anything is possible, and an unapologetic focus on the customer. You thrive in a highly entrepreneurial, rapidly evolving climate, and collaborative environment where people are driven, enthusiastic, collaborative and not afraid to take risks. Your mission (and ours) is unique and powerful: fill hearts, minds, and souls with premium audio content that entertains, informs, and enriches. As an Associate Director, Global Product Marketing, you will - Champion customer needs and insights into winning products and marketing that will delight and engage current and future customers - Continuously improve the value of membership by partnering with Product and Content on new products, features, and benefits - Craft product stories to existing and prospective customers in an increasingly exciting category by creating clear and consistent propositions articulated through effective messaging - Drive and orchestrate go-to-market strategies and oversee implementation for high-impact product and feature launches, collaborating closely with Product Managers and Channel & Surface Marketers - Work in lockstep with our research team to uncover key customer insights and validate hypotheses; champion customer needs throughout the organization - Communicate business plans and marketing strategy to senior leadership - Partner with surface and channel Marketing teams to deploy GTM plans, and guide cohesive messaging strategy across outbound and inbound marketing channels - Partner with Communications team to craft our external story and press approach around product evolution analyzing in-market feature performance post-launch and recommending enhancements on the path to product-market fit ABOUT AUDIBLE Audible is the leading producer and provider of audio storytelling. We spark listeners' imaginations, offering immersive, cinematic experiences full of inspiration and insight to enrich our customers daily lives. We are a global company with an entrepreneurial spirit. We are dreamers and inventors who are passionate about the positive impact Audible can make for our customers and our neighbors. This spirit courses throughout Audible, supporting a culture of creativity and inclusion built on our People Principles and our mission to build more equitable communities in the cities we call home. BASIC QUALIFICATIONS - 6+ years of experience in product marketing and business strategy, with experience in defining and driving new customer-centric products and features toward market launch rollout - Demonstrated understanding of insights development, messaging strategy, customer experience and persuasive marketing techniques in driving engagement with new or existing features or benefits - Bachelor's degree in Business, Economics, Marketing or a related field of study PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS - Ability to flex between big picture strategic decisions and granular tactical solutions - Thought leader with demonstrated ability to drive positive change in an organization - A demonstrated record of partnering with teams across the organization and influencing to achieve business results across multiple teams who may have different goals - Thrives on collaborative work; attacks big problems with big ideas, sans ego - Proven analytics and business case development skills - Fantastic oral and written communication skills - Self-motivated, nimble and highly results-driven in a fast-paced and deadline-driven environment - MBA - Experience in membership-based business models or creator-driven businesses - Experience in digital content and/or media companies Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon. Please consult our Privacy Notice ( ) to know more about how we collect, use and transfer the personal data of our candidates. Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit for more information. If the country/region you're applying in isn't listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
Mar 26, 2025
Full time
At Audible, we believe stories have the power to transform lives. It's why we work with some of the world's leading creators to produce and share audio storytelling with our millions of global listeners. We are dreamers and inventors who come from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences to empower and inspire each other. Imagine your future with us. ABOUT THIS ROLE We are looking for an Associate Director, Global Product Marketing to help further grow and accelerate our unique offering and content, globally. As Associate Director, Global Product Marketing, you'll have the opportunity to help shape the future of Audible's products by translating customer needs into customer-centric strategies that inform technology, content, and marketing investment that surprise and delight audiences across the globe. You'll craft go-to-market strategies for innovations across our consumer and creator businesses, with an eye on expanding Audible's value proposition, member base, and lifetime value across end consumers and creative stakeholders. ABOUT YOU You have a passion for data-driven results, a bias for action, a spirit that anything is possible, and an unapologetic focus on the customer. You thrive in a highly entrepreneurial, rapidly evolving climate, and collaborative environment where people are driven, enthusiastic, collaborative and not afraid to take risks. Your mission (and ours) is unique and powerful: fill hearts, minds, and souls with premium audio content that entertains, informs, and enriches. As an Associate Director, Global Product Marketing, you will - Champion customer needs and insights into winning products and marketing that will delight and engage current and future customers - Continuously improve the value of membership by partnering with Product and Content on new products, features, and benefits - Craft product stories to existing and prospective customers in an increasingly exciting category by creating clear and consistent propositions articulated through effective messaging - Drive and orchestrate go-to-market strategies and oversee implementation for high-impact product and feature launches, collaborating closely with Product Managers and Channel & Surface Marketers - Work in lockstep with our research team to uncover key customer insights and validate hypotheses; champion customer needs throughout the organization - Communicate business plans and marketing strategy to senior leadership - Partner with surface and channel Marketing teams to deploy GTM plans, and guide cohesive messaging strategy across outbound and inbound marketing channels - Partner with Communications team to craft our external story and press approach around product evolution analyzing in-market feature performance post-launch and recommending enhancements on the path to product-market fit ABOUT AUDIBLE Audible is the leading producer and provider of audio storytelling. We spark listeners' imaginations, offering immersive, cinematic experiences full of inspiration and insight to enrich our customers daily lives. We are a global company with an entrepreneurial spirit. We are dreamers and inventors who are passionate about the positive impact Audible can make for our customers and our neighbors. This spirit courses throughout Audible, supporting a culture of creativity and inclusion built on our People Principles and our mission to build more equitable communities in the cities we call home. BASIC QUALIFICATIONS - 6+ years of experience in product marketing and business strategy, with experience in defining and driving new customer-centric products and features toward market launch rollout - Demonstrated understanding of insights development, messaging strategy, customer experience and persuasive marketing techniques in driving engagement with new or existing features or benefits - Bachelor's degree in Business, Economics, Marketing or a related field of study PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS - Ability to flex between big picture strategic decisions and granular tactical solutions - Thought leader with demonstrated ability to drive positive change in an organization - A demonstrated record of partnering with teams across the organization and influencing to achieve business results across multiple teams who may have different goals - Thrives on collaborative work; attacks big problems with big ideas, sans ego - Proven analytics and business case development skills - Fantastic oral and written communication skills - Self-motivated, nimble and highly results-driven in a fast-paced and deadline-driven environment - MBA - Experience in membership-based business models or creator-driven businesses - Experience in digital content and/or media companies Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon. Please consult our Privacy Notice ( ) to know more about how we collect, use and transfer the personal data of our candidates. Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit for more information. If the country/region you're applying in isn't listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
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-spirited and high-growth businesses that fuel the economy - and the owners and management teams that lead them. We'll broaden your horizons BDO's Business Tax practice sits at the heart of our Tax function and plays an important role in the wider business. Our team works collaboratively with others across BDO, offering clients in the UK and overseas expert advice and solutions that help them overcome their challenges. If you're looking for exposure and the chance to make an impact, you're looking in the right place. Tax is a dynamic, ever-changing industry. As our clients' needs and the regulatory environment evolve, you'll encounter new problems to solve and new opportunities for growth. You'll be advising clients on their high-profile M&A activity, ensuring your clients' tax compliance affairs are in order and enjoying variety as well as stretch in your role. BDO supports all kinds of different businesses in different sectors across the UK and around the world. You'll be providing Tax Compliance & Advisory services to scale-ups, to private businesses and to PE-backed groups. Each of our clients has different needs and in applying your expertise in different contexts, you'll develop your skills and gain valuable experience that will serve you throughout your career. We'll help you succeed 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 peers, Directors, and BDO's Partners to enable us to serve our clients effectively. You'll be encouraged and supported to identify and develop new business opportunities, both with existing clients and prospects, contributing to the growth of the team and enhancing delivery to our clients. We are looking for someone with; An in depth, up to date knowledge of taxation with experience of advising entrepreneurs, owner-managed businesses & PE-backed groups. Experience of advising on M&A transactions (e.g. tax structuring and/or due diligence, buy and sell-side). Experience of managing a portfolio of clients including control of client take on and engagement, billings, and identification of opportunities to improve recoveries, together with cash collection. Ability to provide Corporation Tax Compliance and Advisory services to a wide range of clients using resource from a shared service team or via technology tools. An active interest in developing the team, both technically and commercially, through effective delegation and acting as a role model. An understanding of potential risks to the Firm in relation to the Firm's quality control procedures. Experience of leading complex projects and dealing with complex tax issues. Educated to degree level and/or CTA and/or ACA qualified or equivalent. You'll also 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. 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. We 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. We 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. 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 them. Across 17 UK locations, we are 6,500 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, 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.
Mar 26, 2025
Full time
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-spirited and high-growth businesses that fuel the economy - and the owners and management teams that lead them. We'll broaden your horizons BDO's Business Tax practice sits at the heart of our Tax function and plays an important role in the wider business. Our team works collaboratively with others across BDO, offering clients in the UK and overseas expert advice and solutions that help them overcome their challenges. If you're looking for exposure and the chance to make an impact, you're looking in the right place. Tax is a dynamic, ever-changing industry. As our clients' needs and the regulatory environment evolve, you'll encounter new problems to solve and new opportunities for growth. You'll be advising clients on their high-profile M&A activity, ensuring your clients' tax compliance affairs are in order and enjoying variety as well as stretch in your role. BDO supports all kinds of different businesses in different sectors across the UK and around the world. You'll be providing Tax Compliance & Advisory services to scale-ups, to private businesses and to PE-backed groups. Each of our clients has different needs and in applying your expertise in different contexts, you'll develop your skills and gain valuable experience that will serve you throughout your career. We'll help you succeed 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 peers, Directors, and BDO's Partners to enable us to serve our clients effectively. You'll be encouraged and supported to identify and develop new business opportunities, both with existing clients and prospects, contributing to the growth of the team and enhancing delivery to our clients. We are looking for someone with; An in depth, up to date knowledge of taxation with experience of advising entrepreneurs, owner-managed businesses & PE-backed groups. Experience of advising on M&A transactions (e.g. tax structuring and/or due diligence, buy and sell-side). Experience of managing a portfolio of clients including control of client take on and engagement, billings, and identification of opportunities to improve recoveries, together with cash collection. Ability to provide Corporation Tax Compliance and Advisory services to a wide range of clients using resource from a shared service team or via technology tools. An active interest in developing the team, both technically and commercially, through effective delegation and acting as a role model. An understanding of potential risks to the Firm in relation to the Firm's quality control procedures. Experience of leading complex projects and dealing with complex tax issues. Educated to degree level and/or CTA and/or ACA qualified or equivalent. You'll also 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. 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. We 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. We 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. 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 them. Across 17 UK locations, we are 6,500 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, 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.
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 BDO's Corporate Tax practice sits at the heart of our Tax function and plays an important role in the wider business. Our team works collaboratively with others across BDO, offering clients in the UK and overseas expert advice and solutions that help them overcome their challenges. If you're looking for exposure and the chance to make an impact, you're looking in the right place. 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 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 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. You'll be someone with: An in depth, up to date, knowledge of taxation with specialist knowledge and the ability to deal with complex tax issues Project and staff management experience Ability to manage a substantial client portfolio profitably whilst being able to actively seek opportunities for developing new clients and for selling new services to existing clients Experience of dealing with client senior management Educated to degree level and/or CTA and/or ACA qualified or equivalent Demonstrable post qualified experience 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.
Mar 26, 2025
Full time
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 BDO's Corporate Tax practice sits at the heart of our Tax function and plays an important role in the wider business. Our team works collaboratively with others across BDO, offering clients in the UK and overseas expert advice and solutions that help them overcome their challenges. If you're looking for exposure and the chance to make an impact, you're looking in the right place. 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 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 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. You'll be someone with: An in depth, up to date, knowledge of taxation with specialist knowledge and the ability to deal with complex tax issues Project and staff management experience Ability to manage a substantial client portfolio profitably whilst being able to actively seek opportunities for developing new clients and for selling new services to existing clients Experience of dealing with client senior management Educated to degree level and/or CTA and/or ACA qualified or equivalent Demonstrable post qualified experience 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.
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 help you succeed We are looking for someone who is willing to get involved, and who is keen to learn and develop - the team will support you in gaining market knowledge, skills, and technical expertise to help build your career. At BDO we are proud of our Workable hybrid working framework - we have core team days, and an expectation that team members will be at our Baker Street hub for at least 2 days a week, but otherwise you will have substantial freedom to plan your balance of time in the office and time at home. You will be joining one of the largest Professional Services tax teams in London. We serve a wide variety of clients within the sector, including law firms, consultants, recruiters, architects and property services firms, as well as financial services businesses and private equity firms. We also look after their Partners and Senior Executives.The role provides an exceptional opportunity for the successful candidate to develop their technical, commercial and client relationship skills in a supportive and collaborative environment, working with colleagues who are recognised as experts in the sector.Our client base will provide you with a fantastic opportunity to work on a challenging and varied portfolio, delivering tax reporting, compliance and advisory services both in the UK and internationally. You will have the chance to deal with matters relating to the management of clients operating within the professional services and investment fund management sectors, particularly partnerships/LLPs and their partners, as well as some corporate businesses. Furthermore, you will be able to consider and highlight further opportunities to develop new work. When you join us, we'll make your growth our priority. If you can demonstrate the following skills, we can help you go far. Responsibilities You will be trusted to lead client relationships and run your portfolio of clients, supported by directors and partners in the team and working with more junior colleagues. You will work in a team leading the market in professional partnerships - your portfolio will include an exciting and prestigious range of clients operating within the professional services sector, particularly partnerships/LLPs and their partners, as well as some corporate businesses. You will: Help to drive the professional services strategy of BDO by building your profile in the market, overseeing top quality tax advice and compliance, getting to know your clients and their issues, and looking for opportunities. Run client relationships - acting as a key point of contact for clients, ensuring the team respond promptly to, as well as anticipate, client requests/needs, and maintaining regular contact with clients. Oversee a portfolio of clients, taking responsibility for delivery of tax compliance and advisory services supported by managers and the junior team. Deal with interesting and varied tax issues. Recognise and seek out business and sales opportunities and work with the Partners to develop these. Develop your own network of contacts internally and externally, supporting your own career development and the growth of our business. Actively participate in the management of the group. Be responsible for coaching and developing managers and more junior members of staff. Actively share knowledge and experiences with others in the firm. Requirements Qualified ACA/CTA (or equivalent) with demonstrable post-qualified experience. Ideally the candidate would have relevant experience in a partnership tax compliance and advisory role or a corporate and personal tax compliance and advisory role, with experience of dealing with professional services firms. Involvement in and ability to deal with interesting and challenging tax advisory projects. Alternatively, significant experience in private equity tax compliance or a combination of the two. Ability to manage a client portfolio. Experience of dealing with client senior management. Involvement in business development activities with new and/or existing clients. Self-motivated with excellent communication. Experience of supervising junior staff. A commitment to technical and personal development, with the drive and ambition to progress in a supportive environment and fulfil your full potential. 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.
Mar 26, 2025
Full time
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 help you succeed We are looking for someone who is willing to get involved, and who is keen to learn and develop - the team will support you in gaining market knowledge, skills, and technical expertise to help build your career. At BDO we are proud of our Workable hybrid working framework - we have core team days, and an expectation that team members will be at our Baker Street hub for at least 2 days a week, but otherwise you will have substantial freedom to plan your balance of time in the office and time at home. You will be joining one of the largest Professional Services tax teams in London. We serve a wide variety of clients within the sector, including law firms, consultants, recruiters, architects and property services firms, as well as financial services businesses and private equity firms. We also look after their Partners and Senior Executives.The role provides an exceptional opportunity for the successful candidate to develop their technical, commercial and client relationship skills in a supportive and collaborative environment, working with colleagues who are recognised as experts in the sector.Our client base will provide you with a fantastic opportunity to work on a challenging and varied portfolio, delivering tax reporting, compliance and advisory services both in the UK and internationally. You will have the chance to deal with matters relating to the management of clients operating within the professional services and investment fund management sectors, particularly partnerships/LLPs and their partners, as well as some corporate businesses. Furthermore, you will be able to consider and highlight further opportunities to develop new work. When you join us, we'll make your growth our priority. If you can demonstrate the following skills, we can help you go far. Responsibilities You will be trusted to lead client relationships and run your portfolio of clients, supported by directors and partners in the team and working with more junior colleagues. You will work in a team leading the market in professional partnerships - your portfolio will include an exciting and prestigious range of clients operating within the professional services sector, particularly partnerships/LLPs and their partners, as well as some corporate businesses. You will: Help to drive the professional services strategy of BDO by building your profile in the market, overseeing top quality tax advice and compliance, getting to know your clients and their issues, and looking for opportunities. Run client relationships - acting as a key point of contact for clients, ensuring the team respond promptly to, as well as anticipate, client requests/needs, and maintaining regular contact with clients. Oversee a portfolio of clients, taking responsibility for delivery of tax compliance and advisory services supported by managers and the junior team. Deal with interesting and varied tax issues. Recognise and seek out business and sales opportunities and work with the Partners to develop these. Develop your own network of contacts internally and externally, supporting your own career development and the growth of our business. Actively participate in the management of the group. Be responsible for coaching and developing managers and more junior members of staff. Actively share knowledge and experiences with others in the firm. Requirements Qualified ACA/CTA (or equivalent) with demonstrable post-qualified experience. Ideally the candidate would have relevant experience in a partnership tax compliance and advisory role or a corporate and personal tax compliance and advisory role, with experience of dealing with professional services firms. Involvement in and ability to deal with interesting and challenging tax advisory projects. Alternatively, significant experience in private equity tax compliance or a combination of the two. Ability to manage a client portfolio. Experience of dealing with client senior management. Involvement in business development activities with new and/or existing clients. Self-motivated with excellent communication. Experience of supervising junior staff. A commitment to technical and personal development, with the drive and ambition to progress in a supportive environment and fulfil your full potential. 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.
Trainee Sales Recruitment Consultant 25,000 + Commission (50K OTE) + 25 Days Holiday + Rapid Progression Bristol City Centre Ernest Gordon Recruitment specialise in Engineering, Technology, IT and Finance Recruitment across the UK and internationally. We are at the beginning of our journey having only been established for 6 years and are excited about what the next 6 years look like. We have 3 sites and 45 staff - but this is just the beginning. We are looking for the next generation of Directors and Managers in the business. We want to work with ambitious, driven individuals who want to have a big career and ultimately see themselves as a Senior leader. Ernest Gordon are different. We are not your average recruitment company. We pride ourselves in standing out from the crowd where performance and winning everyday is at the heart of who we are. At Ernest Gordon have a culture of development, progression and always improving. In order to build a business you need dynamic staff who are always wanting to do and be better . What does a career with us look like? Sales. Make no mistake this is a sales job. Its all about business development, winning clients and working harder, faster and longer than the competition. The only raw ingredients you need to do exceptionally well here is hard work - the rest we can help you with. We are proud of the support, training and development we offer - great trips away and rapid progression. Ultimately with success comes the financial rewards with it so you can build a better life. We are a team. No individual is bigger than the whole team. We look out for each other here and want to foster a healthy, competitive environment where we all progress. We are on exciting journey and the future is a bright one. The people that get us there will be rewarded the best. That's the deal. What we offer: - 25 days holiday - Great base salary with realistic opportunities to increase it every 3 months - Excellent commission structure - you decide how much you earn - Monthly lunch clubs and expensed trips - Pension If you want to know more please give us a call or send your CV to us by hitting the apply button.
Mar 26, 2025
Full time
Trainee Sales Recruitment Consultant 25,000 + Commission (50K OTE) + 25 Days Holiday + Rapid Progression Bristol City Centre Ernest Gordon Recruitment specialise in Engineering, Technology, IT and Finance Recruitment across the UK and internationally. We are at the beginning of our journey having only been established for 6 years and are excited about what the next 6 years look like. We have 3 sites and 45 staff - but this is just the beginning. We are looking for the next generation of Directors and Managers in the business. We want to work with ambitious, driven individuals who want to have a big career and ultimately see themselves as a Senior leader. Ernest Gordon are different. We are not your average recruitment company. We pride ourselves in standing out from the crowd where performance and winning everyday is at the heart of who we are. At Ernest Gordon have a culture of development, progression and always improving. In order to build a business you need dynamic staff who are always wanting to do and be better . What does a career with us look like? Sales. Make no mistake this is a sales job. Its all about business development, winning clients and working harder, faster and longer than the competition. The only raw ingredients you need to do exceptionally well here is hard work - the rest we can help you with. We are proud of the support, training and development we offer - great trips away and rapid progression. Ultimately with success comes the financial rewards with it so you can build a better life. We are a team. No individual is bigger than the whole team. We look out for each other here and want to foster a healthy, competitive environment where we all progress. We are on exciting journey and the future is a bright one. The people that get us there will be rewarded the best. That's the deal. What we offer: - 25 days holiday - Great base salary with realistic opportunities to increase it every 3 months - Excellent commission structure - you decide how much you earn - Monthly lunch clubs and expensed trips - Pension If you want to know more please give us a call or send your CV to us by hitting the apply button.
Graduate Trainee Recruitment Consultant - Dare to be Different 25,000 + Commission (80K OTE) + Company Benefits + Progression Exeter City Centre Ernest Gordon Recruitment specialise in Engineering, Technology, IT and Finance Recruitment across the UK and internationally. We are at the beginning of our journey having only been established for 6 years and are excited about what the next 6 years look like. We have 3 sites and 45 staff - but this is just the beginning. We are looking for the next generation of Directors and Managers in the business. We want to work with ambitious, driven individuals who want to have a big career and ultimately see themselves as a Senior leader. Ernest Gordon are different. We are not your average recruitment company. We pride ourselves in standing out from the crowd, no shiny suits, Rolex watches or big egos here. At Ernest Gordon you leave your ego at the door - we have a culture of development, progression and always improving. In order to build a business you need dynamic staff who are always wanting to do and be better . What does a career with us look like? Sales. Make no mistake this is a sales job. Its all about business development, winning clients and working harder, faster and longer than the competition. The only raw ingredients you need to do exceptionally well here is hard work - the rest we can help you with. We are proud of the support, training and development we offer - great trips away and rapid progression. Ultimately with success comes the financial rewards with it so you can build a better life. We are a team. No individual is bigger than the whole team. We look out for each other here and want to foster a healthy, competitive environment where we all progress. We are on exciting journey and the future is a bright one. The people that get us there will be rewarded the best. That's the deal. What we offer: - 25 days Holiday - Great base salary with realistic opportunities to increase it every 3 months - Excellent commission structure - you decide how much you earn - Company incentives - trips away - Vegas, Skiing, Ibiza - Monthly lunch clubs and expensed trips - Pension - 100% office based If you want to know more please give us a call or send your CV to us by hitting the apply button.
Mar 26, 2025
Full time
Graduate Trainee Recruitment Consultant - Dare to be Different 25,000 + Commission (80K OTE) + Company Benefits + Progression Exeter City Centre Ernest Gordon Recruitment specialise in Engineering, Technology, IT and Finance Recruitment across the UK and internationally. We are at the beginning of our journey having only been established for 6 years and are excited about what the next 6 years look like. We have 3 sites and 45 staff - but this is just the beginning. We are looking for the next generation of Directors and Managers in the business. We want to work with ambitious, driven individuals who want to have a big career and ultimately see themselves as a Senior leader. Ernest Gordon are different. We are not your average recruitment company. We pride ourselves in standing out from the crowd, no shiny suits, Rolex watches or big egos here. At Ernest Gordon you leave your ego at the door - we have a culture of development, progression and always improving. In order to build a business you need dynamic staff who are always wanting to do and be better . What does a career with us look like? Sales. Make no mistake this is a sales job. Its all about business development, winning clients and working harder, faster and longer than the competition. The only raw ingredients you need to do exceptionally well here is hard work - the rest we can help you with. We are proud of the support, training and development we offer - great trips away and rapid progression. Ultimately with success comes the financial rewards with it so you can build a better life. We are a team. No individual is bigger than the whole team. We look out for each other here and want to foster a healthy, competitive environment where we all progress. We are on exciting journey and the future is a bright one. The people that get us there will be rewarded the best. That's the deal. What we offer: - 25 days Holiday - Great base salary with realistic opportunities to increase it every 3 months - Excellent commission structure - you decide how much you earn - Company incentives - trips away - Vegas, Skiing, Ibiza - Monthly lunch clubs and expensed trips - Pension - 100% office based If you want to know more please give us a call or send your CV to us by hitting the apply button.
Graduate Trainee Recruitment Consultant 25,000 + Commission (60K OTE) + Excellent Benefits Bristol City Centre Ernest Gordon Recruitment specialise in Engineering, Technology, IT and Finance Recruitment across the UK and internationally. We are at the beginning of our journey having only been established for 6 years and are excited about what the next 6 years look like. We have 3 sites and 40 staff - but this is just the beginning. We are looking for the next generation of Directors and Managers in the business. We want to work with ambitious, driven individuals who want to have a big career and ultimately see themselves as a Senior leader. Ernest Gordon are different. We are not your average recruitment company. We pride ourselves in standing out from the crowd, no shiny suits, Rolex watches or big egos here. At Ernest Gordon you leave your ego at the door - we have a culture of development, progression and always improving. In order to build a business you need dynamic staff who are always wanting to do and be better . What does a career with us look like? Sales. Make no mistake this is a sales job. Its all about business development, winning clients and working harder, faster and longer than the competition. The only raw ingredients you need to do exceptionally well here is hard work - the rest we can help you with. We are proud of the support, training and development we offer - great trips away and rapid progression. Ultimately with success comes the financial rewards with it so you can build a better life. We are a team. No individual is bigger than the whole team. We look out for each other here and want to foster a healthy, competitive environment where we all progress. We are on exciting journey and the future is a bright one. The people that get us there will be rewarded the best. That's the deal. What we offer: - 25 days holiday - Great base salary with realistic opportunities to increase it every 3 months - Excellent commission structure - you decide how much you earn - Company incentives - trips away - Vegas, Skiing, Ibiza - Monthly lunch clubs and expensed trips - Pension - Training and development program with clear progression path to Senior roles If you are competitive, driven and ambitous then we want to meet you. We are building for a better future. If you want to know more please give us a call or send your CV to us by hitting the apply button.
Mar 26, 2025
Full time
Graduate Trainee Recruitment Consultant 25,000 + Commission (60K OTE) + Excellent Benefits Bristol City Centre Ernest Gordon Recruitment specialise in Engineering, Technology, IT and Finance Recruitment across the UK and internationally. We are at the beginning of our journey having only been established for 6 years and are excited about what the next 6 years look like. We have 3 sites and 40 staff - but this is just the beginning. We are looking for the next generation of Directors and Managers in the business. We want to work with ambitious, driven individuals who want to have a big career and ultimately see themselves as a Senior leader. Ernest Gordon are different. We are not your average recruitment company. We pride ourselves in standing out from the crowd, no shiny suits, Rolex watches or big egos here. At Ernest Gordon you leave your ego at the door - we have a culture of development, progression and always improving. In order to build a business you need dynamic staff who are always wanting to do and be better . What does a career with us look like? Sales. Make no mistake this is a sales job. Its all about business development, winning clients and working harder, faster and longer than the competition. The only raw ingredients you need to do exceptionally well here is hard work - the rest we can help you with. We are proud of the support, training and development we offer - great trips away and rapid progression. Ultimately with success comes the financial rewards with it so you can build a better life. We are a team. No individual is bigger than the whole team. We look out for each other here and want to foster a healthy, competitive environment where we all progress. We are on exciting journey and the future is a bright one. The people that get us there will be rewarded the best. That's the deal. What we offer: - 25 days holiday - Great base salary with realistic opportunities to increase it every 3 months - Excellent commission structure - you decide how much you earn - Company incentives - trips away - Vegas, Skiing, Ibiza - Monthly lunch clubs and expensed trips - Pension - Training and development program with clear progression path to Senior roles If you are competitive, driven and ambitous then we want to meet you. We are building for a better future. If you want to know more please give us a call or send your CV to us by hitting the apply button.
Ivy Rock Partners is proud to be partnering with King s College London in recruiting a new Deputy Director, Financial Planning & Policy. King s College London is at the forefront of education, research, and societal impact. As we continue to grow and expand, our Finance team is undergoing an exciting transformation to support the university s strategic ambitions. With a turnover approaching £1.5 billion, we are modernising our financial operations, enhancing our capabilities, supporting King s to grow sustainably and fostering a culture of excellence to meet the demands of a rapidly changing landscape. This is an exciting time to be part of King s Finance. Our finance development programme focuses on delivering innovative solutions, improving processes, and enhancing a high performing, forward-thinking finance function. We are expanding Financial Strategy, Planning & Performance with dynamic, talented individuals in new areas of work who will contribute to this journey, helping us ensure the university s financial sustainability while driving value for money. The Deputy Director, Financial Planning & Policy, will play a critical role in leading King s College London s financial planning and analysis team, driving financial alignment with the university s strategic objectives. Reporting to the Director of Financial Planning & Analysis, this role will refresh and manage the financial planning process within King s medium-term integrated planning framework, develop and roll out key financial policies underpinning financial accountability and financial management, and embed strong governance frameworks relating to financial strategy and planning. The post holder will act as a strategic link between financial planning, business partnering teams, and senior leadership, ensuring transparency, accountability, and consistency. They will be part of the leadership team for a newly created FP&A function that will be driving finance development across King s. This will include implementing a systems-based FP&A tool to streamline processes, enhance data-driven decision-making and efficiency, and ensure the generation of meaningful financial data to inform long-term financial sustainability. This leadership position will have a significant impact on shaping King s financial direction, embedding continuous improvement, and fostering a high-performing, customer-focused finance team. Key responsibilities Strategic Leadership in Financial Planning. Key responsibilities Strategic Leadership in Financial Planning Lead the review and delivery of a refreshed financial planning process to ensure alignment with the medium-term financial planning framework (as part of King s integrated planning process ) and King s strategic priorities. Develop and implement long-term financial targets, rebasing assumptions and incorporating key adjustments for growth, efficiency, and risk mitigation. Devise and adopt a consistent methodology of setting financial targets across King s, including how growth, inflation, known pressures and opportunities, changes and other factors are reflected in the planning process. Coordinate the consolidation and analysis of financial planning returns, driving strategic quality assurance, challenge, and scrutiny. Develop narrative and reporting, highlighting trends, outcomes, and recommendations for decision making. Horizon scanning for sector developments to inform financial planning issues, identifying key opportunities, risks and mitigations. Collaborate with business partnering teams, Strategy and Analytics to share knowledge about emerging issues and opportunities relevant to King s financial performance and sustainability. Implement control processes for budget adjustments, ensuring alignment with financial objectives, and with the integrated planning process, working with management accounts reporting as appropriate. Policy Development and Governance Lead the development and rollout of the review or creation of relevant financial policies, including a revised Scheme of Financial Delegation and updating financial regulations and procedures. Establish frameworks to standardise budgetary controls, financial management and governance, and reporting processes across faculties and directorates. Ensure financial policies and procedures are scalable, fit-for-purpose, and continue to support King s growing size and complexity. Act as a strategic advisor on financial policy compliance, working with management accounts, embedding best practices and ensuring adherence to regulatory requirements. Implementation of FP&A Capability Lead on embedding the financial planning and analysis function, ensuring its integration with existing or new systems and processes to support effective financial and strategic decision making. • Oversee the development and implementation of a systems-based FP&A tool to enable efficient budget setting, data consolidation, scenario planning, and improved decision support. Drive other process automation and continuous improvement initiatives to enhance the efficiency and accuracy of medium-term financial reporting and analysis. Team Leadership and Development Line manage a team covering Research FP&A, Partnership & Commercial finance, and a wide range of project work, ensuring effective delivery of objectives and professional development within the team. Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, and stakeholder-focused service delivery. Support the recruitment, onboarding, and development of roles to enhance the department s capacity and capability. Stakeholder Engagement and Communication Act as a liaison between finance, faculties, and directorates, ensuring alignment of financial plans and priorities. Communicate financial insights, risks, and recommendations effectively to senior leadership, enabling informed decision-making. Lead training and development initiatives on key policies and financial planning considerations, to improve financial acumen and understanding across the university community. The above list of responsibilities may not be exhaustive, and the post holder will be required to undertake such tasks and responsibilities as may reasonably be expected within the scope and grading of the post. For more information about the role, please contact Phil Southern at Ivy Rock Partners for a confidential discussion.
Mar 26, 2025
Full time
Ivy Rock Partners is proud to be partnering with King s College London in recruiting a new Deputy Director, Financial Planning & Policy. King s College London is at the forefront of education, research, and societal impact. As we continue to grow and expand, our Finance team is undergoing an exciting transformation to support the university s strategic ambitions. With a turnover approaching £1.5 billion, we are modernising our financial operations, enhancing our capabilities, supporting King s to grow sustainably and fostering a culture of excellence to meet the demands of a rapidly changing landscape. This is an exciting time to be part of King s Finance. Our finance development programme focuses on delivering innovative solutions, improving processes, and enhancing a high performing, forward-thinking finance function. We are expanding Financial Strategy, Planning & Performance with dynamic, talented individuals in new areas of work who will contribute to this journey, helping us ensure the university s financial sustainability while driving value for money. The Deputy Director, Financial Planning & Policy, will play a critical role in leading King s College London s financial planning and analysis team, driving financial alignment with the university s strategic objectives. Reporting to the Director of Financial Planning & Analysis, this role will refresh and manage the financial planning process within King s medium-term integrated planning framework, develop and roll out key financial policies underpinning financial accountability and financial management, and embed strong governance frameworks relating to financial strategy and planning. The post holder will act as a strategic link between financial planning, business partnering teams, and senior leadership, ensuring transparency, accountability, and consistency. They will be part of the leadership team for a newly created FP&A function that will be driving finance development across King s. This will include implementing a systems-based FP&A tool to streamline processes, enhance data-driven decision-making and efficiency, and ensure the generation of meaningful financial data to inform long-term financial sustainability. This leadership position will have a significant impact on shaping King s financial direction, embedding continuous improvement, and fostering a high-performing, customer-focused finance team. Key responsibilities Strategic Leadership in Financial Planning. Key responsibilities Strategic Leadership in Financial Planning Lead the review and delivery of a refreshed financial planning process to ensure alignment with the medium-term financial planning framework (as part of King s integrated planning process ) and King s strategic priorities. Develop and implement long-term financial targets, rebasing assumptions and incorporating key adjustments for growth, efficiency, and risk mitigation. Devise and adopt a consistent methodology of setting financial targets across King s, including how growth, inflation, known pressures and opportunities, changes and other factors are reflected in the planning process. Coordinate the consolidation and analysis of financial planning returns, driving strategic quality assurance, challenge, and scrutiny. Develop narrative and reporting, highlighting trends, outcomes, and recommendations for decision making. Horizon scanning for sector developments to inform financial planning issues, identifying key opportunities, risks and mitigations. Collaborate with business partnering teams, Strategy and Analytics to share knowledge about emerging issues and opportunities relevant to King s financial performance and sustainability. Implement control processes for budget adjustments, ensuring alignment with financial objectives, and with the integrated planning process, working with management accounts reporting as appropriate. Policy Development and Governance Lead the development and rollout of the review or creation of relevant financial policies, including a revised Scheme of Financial Delegation and updating financial regulations and procedures. Establish frameworks to standardise budgetary controls, financial management and governance, and reporting processes across faculties and directorates. Ensure financial policies and procedures are scalable, fit-for-purpose, and continue to support King s growing size and complexity. Act as a strategic advisor on financial policy compliance, working with management accounts, embedding best practices and ensuring adherence to regulatory requirements. Implementation of FP&A Capability Lead on embedding the financial planning and analysis function, ensuring its integration with existing or new systems and processes to support effective financial and strategic decision making. • Oversee the development and implementation of a systems-based FP&A tool to enable efficient budget setting, data consolidation, scenario planning, and improved decision support. Drive other process automation and continuous improvement initiatives to enhance the efficiency and accuracy of medium-term financial reporting and analysis. Team Leadership and Development Line manage a team covering Research FP&A, Partnership & Commercial finance, and a wide range of project work, ensuring effective delivery of objectives and professional development within the team. Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, and stakeholder-focused service delivery. Support the recruitment, onboarding, and development of roles to enhance the department s capacity and capability. Stakeholder Engagement and Communication Act as a liaison between finance, faculties, and directorates, ensuring alignment of financial plans and priorities. Communicate financial insights, risks, and recommendations effectively to senior leadership, enabling informed decision-making. Lead training and development initiatives on key policies and financial planning considerations, to improve financial acumen and understanding across the university community. The above list of responsibilities may not be exhaustive, and the post holder will be required to undertake such tasks and responsibilities as may reasonably be expected within the scope and grading of the post. For more information about the role, please contact Phil Southern at Ivy Rock Partners for a confidential discussion.
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 As a firm our focus on delivering quality audit work for the benefit of the public interest is our key priority. Our Audit teams are essential, not just to BDO, but to the whole economy. With specialist knowledge of sectors, markets and geographies; our auditors have the business understanding necessary to deliver the high quality and robust audits that companies and their stakeholders can trust. As part of our Audit team, you'll receive the support you need to reach your potential. From completing professional qualifications to developing new skills and exploring different learning opportunities, you'll join a friendly and diverse team whose work really matters. Use your skills to build a career in Audit at BDO. 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. You will: Act as audit lead - the expectation is that on large assignments this role will be supported by one (or more) Managers. Overall responsibility for each assignment will be retained by the Partner. People management responsibilities covering resource planning and allocation, performance management, training and recommendations for promotion. Act as a mentor to team members and provide coaching with a view to assisting them to achieve their personal career goals. Act as a role model for Manager level. Technical Skills ACA/ICAS qualified or overseas equivalent. Educated up to degree level or CTS. Significant experience of delivering audit and other assurance services to major businesses, including listed (full list and AIM) firms with international interests. Excellent working knowledge of UK and International GAAS, IFRS, UK GAAP and Financial Reporting requirements. Able to demonstrate the development of an industry network. You'll be able to be yourself; we'll recognise and value you for who you are and celebrate and reward your contributions to our 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 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 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.
Mar 26, 2025
Full time
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 As a firm our focus on delivering quality audit work for the benefit of the public interest is our key priority. Our Audit teams are essential, not just to BDO, but to the whole economy. With specialist knowledge of sectors, markets and geographies; our auditors have the business understanding necessary to deliver the high quality and robust audits that companies and their stakeholders can trust. As part of our Audit team, you'll receive the support you need to reach your potential. From completing professional qualifications to developing new skills and exploring different learning opportunities, you'll join a friendly and diverse team whose work really matters. Use your skills to build a career in Audit at BDO. 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. You will: Act as audit lead - the expectation is that on large assignments this role will be supported by one (or more) Managers. Overall responsibility for each assignment will be retained by the Partner. People management responsibilities covering resource planning and allocation, performance management, training and recommendations for promotion. Act as a mentor to team members and provide coaching with a view to assisting them to achieve their personal career goals. Act as a role model for Manager level. Technical Skills ACA/ICAS qualified or overseas equivalent. Educated up to degree level or CTS. Significant experience of delivering audit and other assurance services to major businesses, including listed (full list and AIM) firms with international interests. Excellent working knowledge of UK and International GAAS, IFRS, UK GAAP and Financial Reporting requirements. Able to demonstrate the development of an industry network. You'll be able to be yourself; we'll recognise and value you for who you are and celebrate and reward your contributions to our 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 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 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.
We'll broaden your horizons Working, achieving, and thriving together, our Tax team move with every challenge. Friendly, driven and diverse, they service our clients across the country and around the world. By providing expertise in many different specialist areas of tax, they collaborate across BDO to deliver wider business solutions. From meeting clients' evolving business needs to managing changes to legislation, there are always fresh challenges to face in the Tax team. If you're after a career that will keep you on your toes, we'll give you the autonomy to drive your career forward. Tax is a dynamic, ever-changing industry. As our clients' needs and the regulatory environment evolve, you'll encounter new problems to solve and new opportunities for growth. Whether it's advising clients on high-profile specialisms like Corporation Tax or leading the implementation of intelligent technology solutions, you'll enjoy variety as well as stretch in your role. BDO supports all kinds of different businesses in different sectors across the UK and around the world. You'll be providing VAT Advisory services to start-ups and scale-ups, to private businesses and FTSE listed multinationals as well as public sector and not for profit entities. Each of our clients has different needs and in applying your expertise in different contexts, you'll develop your skills and gain valuable experience that will serve you throughout your career. 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. Job Description This role will provide VAT advisory services to a wide range of organisations. The primary responsibility will be to deal with all matters relating to the management of a portfolio of clients including being involved in special assignments on an ad hoc basis, whilst ensuring the Firm's quality and risk standards are met. The role will be supported by the VAT Director and VAT Partner. Responsibilities Provide VAT advisory services with some compliance element to a wide range of clients, getting involved in special assignments on an ad hoc basis. Ensure the Firm's quality control procedures are adhered to as appropriate, and the Firm's professional standards are met. Highlight risk, quality control and technical matters to the Partner/ Director, whilst exercising judgement within agreed parameters. Develop professional relationships with clients and within the Firm, adapting the approach for the relevant audience. Take ownership and manage a portfolio of clients including client take on and engagement; billings and recovery rates; and debt management. To act as a key point of contact within the Firm for the client, together with the Partner/ Director. This will involve responding promptly to, as well as anticipating, client requests/needs, keeping clients informed of progress in relation to all aspects of the service provided, and maintaining regular contact with clients. There will be an expectation that you will take full responsibility for project delivery on the portfolio. Ensure assignments are completed within agreed budgets and timescales and keep client/ Partner/ Director informed of overruns. Liaise with HMRC and other stakeholders. Self-development and continuing professional education with a view to progressing within the Firm. Support, train, mentor and advise others in own area. Challenge current practice - driving improvements and championing change. Requirements An in depth, up to date, technical knowledge of VAT and the ability to deal with complex issues Project and staff management experience Ability to manage a client portfolio profitably Experience of dealing with client management and HMRC CTA and/or ACA qualified or experienced within HMRC Demonstrable VAT advisory experience Take personal responsibility for own decisions and actions. 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.
Mar 26, 2025
Full time
We'll broaden your horizons Working, achieving, and thriving together, our Tax team move with every challenge. Friendly, driven and diverse, they service our clients across the country and around the world. By providing expertise in many different specialist areas of tax, they collaborate across BDO to deliver wider business solutions. From meeting clients' evolving business needs to managing changes to legislation, there are always fresh challenges to face in the Tax team. If you're after a career that will keep you on your toes, we'll give you the autonomy to drive your career forward. Tax is a dynamic, ever-changing industry. As our clients' needs and the regulatory environment evolve, you'll encounter new problems to solve and new opportunities for growth. Whether it's advising clients on high-profile specialisms like Corporation Tax or leading the implementation of intelligent technology solutions, you'll enjoy variety as well as stretch in your role. BDO supports all kinds of different businesses in different sectors across the UK and around the world. You'll be providing VAT Advisory services to start-ups and scale-ups, to private businesses and FTSE listed multinationals as well as public sector and not for profit entities. Each of our clients has different needs and in applying your expertise in different contexts, you'll develop your skills and gain valuable experience that will serve you throughout your career. 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. Job Description This role will provide VAT advisory services to a wide range of organisations. The primary responsibility will be to deal with all matters relating to the management of a portfolio of clients including being involved in special assignments on an ad hoc basis, whilst ensuring the Firm's quality and risk standards are met. The role will be supported by the VAT Director and VAT Partner. Responsibilities Provide VAT advisory services with some compliance element to a wide range of clients, getting involved in special assignments on an ad hoc basis. Ensure the Firm's quality control procedures are adhered to as appropriate, and the Firm's professional standards are met. Highlight risk, quality control and technical matters to the Partner/ Director, whilst exercising judgement within agreed parameters. Develop professional relationships with clients and within the Firm, adapting the approach for the relevant audience. Take ownership and manage a portfolio of clients including client take on and engagement; billings and recovery rates; and debt management. To act as a key point of contact within the Firm for the client, together with the Partner/ Director. This will involve responding promptly to, as well as anticipating, client requests/needs, keeping clients informed of progress in relation to all aspects of the service provided, and maintaining regular contact with clients. There will be an expectation that you will take full responsibility for project delivery on the portfolio. Ensure assignments are completed within agreed budgets and timescales and keep client/ Partner/ Director informed of overruns. Liaise with HMRC and other stakeholders. Self-development and continuing professional education with a view to progressing within the Firm. Support, train, mentor and advise others in own area. Challenge current practice - driving improvements and championing change. Requirements An in depth, up to date, technical knowledge of VAT and the ability to deal with complex issues Project and staff management experience Ability to manage a client portfolio profitably Experience of dealing with client management and HMRC CTA and/or ACA qualified or experienced within HMRC Demonstrable VAT advisory experience Take personal responsibility for own decisions and actions. 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 BDO. An accountancy and business advisory firm, providing the advice and solutions businesses need to navigate today's changing world. We'll broaden your horizons Our national Tax Dispute Resolution team is one of the largest in professional services and practices within all areas of UK tax. We help private individuals and businesses with complex tax problems that need resolving. We offer bespoke solutions with senior level tax advice to bring tax affairs up to date with HMRC. This means our team is as diverse as our clients, with deep expertise to learn from and develop. Our clients range from large multinationals to family run businesses, individuals, trusts and partnerships. The variety of high-quality, one-off project work and our breadth of experience inspires a collaborative and supportive culture. We're proud to be a team with a strong family feel. Here you can follow your own path at your own pace - with plenty of opportunities to gain more exposure to clients, develop a specialism and mentor more junior members of the team. Tax is a dynamic, ever-changing industry. As our clients' needs and the regulatory environment evolve, you'll encounter new problems to solve and new opportunities for growth. Whether it's advising clients on high-profile specialisms like Corporation Tax or leading the implementation of intelligent technology solutions, you'll enjoy variety as well as stretch in your role. BDO supports all kinds of different businesses in different sectors across the UK and around the world. You'll be providing Tax Advisory services to start-ups and scale-ups, to private businesses and FTSE listed multinationals. Each of our clients has different needs and in applying your expertise in different contexts, you'll develop your skills and gain valuable experience that will serve you throughout your career. We'll help you succeed 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. We are looking for someone: To assist the everyday running of the investigation or voluntary disclosure for a portfolio of clients Prepare investigation reports, including all computational aspects of the report, for submission to the HMRC, working directly to a manager or director and delegating appropriate tasks to more junior staff. (Each job will normally require a report to be prepared and submitted to the HMRC. This will include having the report agreed by the partner and client beforehand) Liaise directly with clients, contacts and other parties to ensure work is done and produced according to the desired timescales Prepare agendas for all meeting with clients and/or HMRC and ensure that all points are followed up after the meeting Prepare work plans and liaise with the managers/director to ensure that the disclosure report covers all areas included in the work plan Support the negotiation of the settlement by providing the partner or director with an aide memoir in relation to the details of the case and the specific technical arguments that are likely to arise Assist with the billing and collection in respect of each client in their portfolio Identify and recognise business and sales opportunities and informs the manager/partner and client as appropriate Maintain a network of professional and business contacts Act as an ambassador of the firm, keep abreast of the wide range of services the firm offers and suggest innovative products and services. Professional qualification (ACA and/or CTA) being taken Some tax enquiry experience desirable Be able to develop a clear understanding of relevant legislation and strong communication skills Good knowledge of Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Lotus Notes You'll also 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. 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.
Mar 26, 2025
Full time
We're BDO. An accountancy and business advisory firm, providing the advice and solutions businesses need to navigate today's changing world. We'll broaden your horizons Our national Tax Dispute Resolution team is one of the largest in professional services and practices within all areas of UK tax. We help private individuals and businesses with complex tax problems that need resolving. We offer bespoke solutions with senior level tax advice to bring tax affairs up to date with HMRC. This means our team is as diverse as our clients, with deep expertise to learn from and develop. Our clients range from large multinationals to family run businesses, individuals, trusts and partnerships. The variety of high-quality, one-off project work and our breadth of experience inspires a collaborative and supportive culture. We're proud to be a team with a strong family feel. Here you can follow your own path at your own pace - with plenty of opportunities to gain more exposure to clients, develop a specialism and mentor more junior members of the team. Tax is a dynamic, ever-changing industry. As our clients' needs and the regulatory environment evolve, you'll encounter new problems to solve and new opportunities for growth. Whether it's advising clients on high-profile specialisms like Corporation Tax or leading the implementation of intelligent technology solutions, you'll enjoy variety as well as stretch in your role. BDO supports all kinds of different businesses in different sectors across the UK and around the world. You'll be providing Tax Advisory services to start-ups and scale-ups, to private businesses and FTSE listed multinationals. Each of our clients has different needs and in applying your expertise in different contexts, you'll develop your skills and gain valuable experience that will serve you throughout your career. We'll help you succeed 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. We are looking for someone: To assist the everyday running of the investigation or voluntary disclosure for a portfolio of clients Prepare investigation reports, including all computational aspects of the report, for submission to the HMRC, working directly to a manager or director and delegating appropriate tasks to more junior staff. (Each job will normally require a report to be prepared and submitted to the HMRC. This will include having the report agreed by the partner and client beforehand) Liaise directly with clients, contacts and other parties to ensure work is done and produced according to the desired timescales Prepare agendas for all meeting with clients and/or HMRC and ensure that all points are followed up after the meeting Prepare work plans and liaise with the managers/director to ensure that the disclosure report covers all areas included in the work plan Support the negotiation of the settlement by providing the partner or director with an aide memoir in relation to the details of the case and the specific technical arguments that are likely to arise Assist with the billing and collection in respect of each client in their portfolio Identify and recognise business and sales opportunities and informs the manager/partner and client as appropriate Maintain a network of professional and business contacts Act as an ambassador of the firm, keep abreast of the wide range of services the firm offers and suggest innovative products and services. Professional qualification (ACA and/or CTA) being taken Some tax enquiry experience desirable Be able to develop a clear understanding of relevant legislation and strong communication skills Good knowledge of Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Lotus Notes You'll also 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. 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'll broaden your horizons Working, achieving, and thriving together, our Tax team move with every challenge. Friendly, driven and diverse, they service our clients across the country and around the world. By providing expertise in many different specialist areas of tax, they collaborate across BDO to deliver wider business solutions. From meeting clients' evolving business needs to managing changes to legislation, there are always fresh challenges to face in the Tax team. If you're after a career that will keep you on your toes, we'll give you the autonomy to drive your career forward. Tax is a dynamic, ever-changing industry. As our clients' needs and the regulatory environment evolve, you'll encounter new problems to solve and new opportunities for growth. Whether it's advising clients on high-profile specialisms like Corporation Tax or leading the implementation of intelligent technology solutions, you'll enjoy variety as well as stretch in your role. BDO supports all kinds of different businesses in different sectors across the UK and around the world. You'll be providing VAT Advisory services to start-ups and scale-ups, to private businesses and FTSE listed multinationals as well as public sector and not for profit entities. Each of our clients has different needs and in applying your expertise in different contexts, you'll develop your skills and gain valuable experience that will serve you throughout your career. 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. Job Description This role will provide VAT advisory services to a wide range of organisations. The primary responsibility will be to deal with all matters relating to the management of a portfolio of clients including being involved in special assignments on an ad hoc basis, whilst ensuring the Firm's quality and risk standards are met. The role will be supported by the VAT Director and VAT Partner. Responsibilities Provide VAT advisory services with some compliance element to a wide range of clients, getting involved in special assignments on an ad hoc basis. Ensure the Firm's quality control procedures are adhered to as appropriate, and the Firm's professional standards are met. Highlight risk, quality control and technical matters to the Partner/ Director, whilst exercising judgement within agreed parameters. Develop professional relationships with clients and within the Firm, adapting the approach for the relevant audience. Take ownership and manage a portfolio of clients including client take on and engagement; billings and recovery rates; and debt management. To act as a key point of contact within the Firm for the client, together with the Partner/ Director. This will involve responding promptly to, as well as anticipating, client requests/needs, keeping clients informed of progress in relation to all aspects of the service provided, and maintaining regular contact with clients. There will be an expectation that you will take full responsibility for project delivery on the portfolio. Ensure assignments are completed within agreed budgets and timescales and keep client/ Partner/ Director informed of overruns. Liaise with HMRC and other stakeholders. Self-development and continuing professional education with a view to progressing within the Firm. Support, train, mentor and advise others in own area. Challenge current practice - driving improvements and championing change. Requirements An in depth, up to date, technical knowledge of VAT and the ability to deal with complex issues Project and staff management experience Ability to manage a client portfolio profitably Experience of dealing with client management and HMRC CTA and/or ACA qualified or experienced within HMRC Demonstrable VAT advisory experience Take personal responsibility for own decisions and actions. 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.
Mar 26, 2025
Full time
We'll broaden your horizons Working, achieving, and thriving together, our Tax team move with every challenge. Friendly, driven and diverse, they service our clients across the country and around the world. By providing expertise in many different specialist areas of tax, they collaborate across BDO to deliver wider business solutions. From meeting clients' evolving business needs to managing changes to legislation, there are always fresh challenges to face in the Tax team. If you're after a career that will keep you on your toes, we'll give you the autonomy to drive your career forward. Tax is a dynamic, ever-changing industry. As our clients' needs and the regulatory environment evolve, you'll encounter new problems to solve and new opportunities for growth. Whether it's advising clients on high-profile specialisms like Corporation Tax or leading the implementation of intelligent technology solutions, you'll enjoy variety as well as stretch in your role. BDO supports all kinds of different businesses in different sectors across the UK and around the world. You'll be providing VAT Advisory services to start-ups and scale-ups, to private businesses and FTSE listed multinationals as well as public sector and not for profit entities. Each of our clients has different needs and in applying your expertise in different contexts, you'll develop your skills and gain valuable experience that will serve you throughout your career. 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. Job Description This role will provide VAT advisory services to a wide range of organisations. The primary responsibility will be to deal with all matters relating to the management of a portfolio of clients including being involved in special assignments on an ad hoc basis, whilst ensuring the Firm's quality and risk standards are met. The role will be supported by the VAT Director and VAT Partner. Responsibilities Provide VAT advisory services with some compliance element to a wide range of clients, getting involved in special assignments on an ad hoc basis. Ensure the Firm's quality control procedures are adhered to as appropriate, and the Firm's professional standards are met. Highlight risk, quality control and technical matters to the Partner/ Director, whilst exercising judgement within agreed parameters. Develop professional relationships with clients and within the Firm, adapting the approach for the relevant audience. Take ownership and manage a portfolio of clients including client take on and engagement; billings and recovery rates; and debt management. To act as a key point of contact within the Firm for the client, together with the Partner/ Director. This will involve responding promptly to, as well as anticipating, client requests/needs, keeping clients informed of progress in relation to all aspects of the service provided, and maintaining regular contact with clients. There will be an expectation that you will take full responsibility for project delivery on the portfolio. Ensure assignments are completed within agreed budgets and timescales and keep client/ Partner/ Director informed of overruns. Liaise with HMRC and other stakeholders. Self-development and continuing professional education with a view to progressing within the Firm. Support, train, mentor and advise others in own area. Challenge current practice - driving improvements and championing change. Requirements An in depth, up to date, technical knowledge of VAT and the ability to deal with complex issues Project and staff management experience Ability to manage a client portfolio profitably Experience of dealing with client management and HMRC CTA and/or ACA qualified or experienced within HMRC Demonstrable VAT advisory experience Take personal responsibility for own decisions and actions. 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.
Executive Assistant to Global Directors (Fundraising and COO) Job Type: Permanent Part-time 0.8 FTE (4 days / 30 hours per week) Salary: Up to £33,000 FTE (depending upon skills and experience) Location: HQ, Godalming UK (Hybrid working x2 days per week in the office: Tuesdays & Thursdays preferred) Are you an experienced administrator, who excels in providing high-level support at Director level, managing complex schedules, and coordinating impactful events? If so, we want to hear from you. About Us Compassion in World Farming International is a leading global animal welfare organisation dedicated to ending factory farming. We were founded in 1967 by Peter Roberts, a British farmer alarmed by the rise of factory farming. We have achieved bans on some of the most inhumane practices including barren battery cages, veal crates, and sow gestation crates in the UK and Europe. Our corporate engagement work has led to commitments that benefit over 3 billion animals with better lives every year. Our approach involves campaigning, advocacy, and engagement with policymakers at national, intergovernmental, and corporate levels, building a movement of individuals concerned about animal welfare and the health and sustainability of our food. We are driven by a passion for animal welfare and global food system change, believing in a future where animals are treated with compassion and respect, and where sustainable farming practices prevail for a healthy planet. Our international headquarters are in Godalming, Surrey, UK, with team members in 14 countries on four Continents, including the US, Italy, France, Poland, the Netherlands, Spain, Czechia, China, and a specialist policy office in Brussels. About the Role As our Executive Assistant to the Global Director of Fundraising and the COO, you will play a crucial role in supporting our global leadership team. You will manage complex diaries, handle correspondence, assist with financial processes, coordinate travel, and arrange events and meetings, both at HQ and internationally. This is a multifaceted role where you ll be ensuring seamless operations and effective communication, helping the Directors meet their strategic objectives. You will also assist with project administration and maintain accurate records in our systems (e.g., Salesforce), contributing to our overall operational effectiveness. You will be expected to maintain confidentiality, and work flexibly to meet the needs of the role, including occasional out-of-office support for events. About You To succeed in this role, you ll need to be highly organised, with proven experience managing multiple complex schedules, and coordinating a variety of tasks, with outstanding attention to detail. You should be comfortable working independently and managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment. A collaborative approach is key, as you will be working with various teams across the organization, and internationally. Strong administrative skills are essential, as well as experience supporting senior leadership. You will possess excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, and be proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, as well as CRM systems such as Salesforce. Flexibility is key, as the role requires occasional travel and out-of-hours support for events and meetings. A proactive, methodical, and adaptable approach to tasks is essential. Why Should you Apply? At Compassion in World Farming, you ll be part of a dedicated team working toward a world where farmed animals are treated with respect, and sustainable farming practices thrive. By joining us, you ll have the opportunity to make a tangible difference in the fight to end factory farming globally. Join our team and make a lasting impact, while being part of a workplace that values and supports you every step of the way: - Enjoy an enhanced annual leave of 25 days per year, along with bank holidays. - Our comprehensive benefits package includes core offerings like Health Cash Back Plan - MHFA support 24/7 GP access and Employee Assistance Programme - Free onsite parking, - Optional savings schemes like the Cycle Benefit scheme. - Embrace a fulfilling career that prioritises your well-being, while also enjoying excellent development opportunities - Hybrid working model (dependant on role and location) - A defined contribution pension scheme - Enhanced discretionary company sick pay - Premium Subscription to Calm App Learn more about working with Compassion, by taking a look at our Candidate Pack HERE. To Apply: If you are passionate about animal welfare and have the skills and experience to excel in this role, we would love to hear from you. Please submit your CV and a cover letter, outlining how you meet the Person Specification detailed in the job description. Please note that we reserve the right to commence interviews on a rolling programme, so encourage you to apply as soon as possible. Application Information: Cut-off date: 15th April 2025 1st Stage (Teams) Interviews: 23rd or 25th April 2025 2nd Stage (Teams or Face to Face at HQ) Interviews (with Task): 1st May 2025 No agencies please. In order to comply with legal requirements, as part of our selection procedure we ask all potential employees to prove their eligibility to work in the UK. Compassion in World Farming is absolutely committed to providing equal opportunities for everyone regardless of their background. We value diversity and live experience and acknowledge the underrepresentation of people from certain backgrounds, both within our organisation and across the sector. We welcome applications from underrepresented groups, whether these be of ethnicity, gender, identity, religion, physical ability, sexual orientation or other. You may also have experience in the following: Administrator, Executive Assistant; Executive Coordinator; Executive Office Manager; Executive office coordinator, Project Management; Education coordinator; Partnerships; Engagement, Personal Assistant Project Support, Project Assistant, Project Coordinator, Project Administrator, Project Management, Business support Admin, Project Compliance, Asset Management, Business Support Officer, Operations Coordinator, Senior Executive Assistant, Executive Support REF-220602
Mar 26, 2025
Full time
Executive Assistant to Global Directors (Fundraising and COO) Job Type: Permanent Part-time 0.8 FTE (4 days / 30 hours per week) Salary: Up to £33,000 FTE (depending upon skills and experience) Location: HQ, Godalming UK (Hybrid working x2 days per week in the office: Tuesdays & Thursdays preferred) Are you an experienced administrator, who excels in providing high-level support at Director level, managing complex schedules, and coordinating impactful events? If so, we want to hear from you. About Us Compassion in World Farming International is a leading global animal welfare organisation dedicated to ending factory farming. We were founded in 1967 by Peter Roberts, a British farmer alarmed by the rise of factory farming. We have achieved bans on some of the most inhumane practices including barren battery cages, veal crates, and sow gestation crates in the UK and Europe. Our corporate engagement work has led to commitments that benefit over 3 billion animals with better lives every year. Our approach involves campaigning, advocacy, and engagement with policymakers at national, intergovernmental, and corporate levels, building a movement of individuals concerned about animal welfare and the health and sustainability of our food. We are driven by a passion for animal welfare and global food system change, believing in a future where animals are treated with compassion and respect, and where sustainable farming practices prevail for a healthy planet. Our international headquarters are in Godalming, Surrey, UK, with team members in 14 countries on four Continents, including the US, Italy, France, Poland, the Netherlands, Spain, Czechia, China, and a specialist policy office in Brussels. About the Role As our Executive Assistant to the Global Director of Fundraising and the COO, you will play a crucial role in supporting our global leadership team. You will manage complex diaries, handle correspondence, assist with financial processes, coordinate travel, and arrange events and meetings, both at HQ and internationally. This is a multifaceted role where you ll be ensuring seamless operations and effective communication, helping the Directors meet their strategic objectives. You will also assist with project administration and maintain accurate records in our systems (e.g., Salesforce), contributing to our overall operational effectiveness. You will be expected to maintain confidentiality, and work flexibly to meet the needs of the role, including occasional out-of-office support for events. About You To succeed in this role, you ll need to be highly organised, with proven experience managing multiple complex schedules, and coordinating a variety of tasks, with outstanding attention to detail. You should be comfortable working independently and managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment. A collaborative approach is key, as you will be working with various teams across the organization, and internationally. Strong administrative skills are essential, as well as experience supporting senior leadership. You will possess excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, and be proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, as well as CRM systems such as Salesforce. Flexibility is key, as the role requires occasional travel and out-of-hours support for events and meetings. A proactive, methodical, and adaptable approach to tasks is essential. Why Should you Apply? At Compassion in World Farming, you ll be part of a dedicated team working toward a world where farmed animals are treated with respect, and sustainable farming practices thrive. By joining us, you ll have the opportunity to make a tangible difference in the fight to end factory farming globally. Join our team and make a lasting impact, while being part of a workplace that values and supports you every step of the way: - Enjoy an enhanced annual leave of 25 days per year, along with bank holidays. - Our comprehensive benefits package includes core offerings like Health Cash Back Plan - MHFA support 24/7 GP access and Employee Assistance Programme - Free onsite parking, - Optional savings schemes like the Cycle Benefit scheme. - Embrace a fulfilling career that prioritises your well-being, while also enjoying excellent development opportunities - Hybrid working model (dependant on role and location) - A defined contribution pension scheme - Enhanced discretionary company sick pay - Premium Subscription to Calm App Learn more about working with Compassion, by taking a look at our Candidate Pack HERE. To Apply: If you are passionate about animal welfare and have the skills and experience to excel in this role, we would love to hear from you. Please submit your CV and a cover letter, outlining how you meet the Person Specification detailed in the job description. Please note that we reserve the right to commence interviews on a rolling programme, so encourage you to apply as soon as possible. Application Information: Cut-off date: 15th April 2025 1st Stage (Teams) Interviews: 23rd or 25th April 2025 2nd Stage (Teams or Face to Face at HQ) Interviews (with Task): 1st May 2025 No agencies please. In order to comply with legal requirements, as part of our selection procedure we ask all potential employees to prove their eligibility to work in the UK. Compassion in World Farming is absolutely committed to providing equal opportunities for everyone regardless of their background. We value diversity and live experience and acknowledge the underrepresentation of people from certain backgrounds, both within our organisation and across the sector. We welcome applications from underrepresented groups, whether these be of ethnicity, gender, identity, religion, physical ability, sexual orientation or other. You may also have experience in the following: Administrator, Executive Assistant; Executive Coordinator; Executive Office Manager; Executive office coordinator, Project Management; Education coordinator; Partnerships; Engagement, Personal Assistant Project Support, Project Assistant, Project Coordinator, Project Administrator, Project Management, Business support Admin, Project Compliance, Asset Management, Business Support Officer, Operations Coordinator, Senior Executive Assistant, Executive Support REF-220602
Michael Page are delighted to partner with Six Company to recruit a newly created Financial Controller position. The Financial Controller will be responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the finance function, including the preparation of divisional and consolidated management accounts. Additionally, they will lead the preparation of statutory accounts and play a key role in supporting the implementation of new processes and systems. Client Details Six Company is an innovative and dynamic restaurant group that takes a unique approach to dining by offering guests a completely new six-course tasting menu every six weeks. Founded in 2017 by award-winning chef Nico Simeone, the Group has rapidly grown to become a popular name in the UK's culinary scene, underpinned by its flagship Six By Nico brand. The concept behind Six By Nico is centred around the idea of seasonal and creative menus, offering guests a novel dining experience with each visit. Rather than following a static menu, the restaurant's dishes are constantly evolving, with each new menu changing every six weeks inspired by a particular theme, cuisine, or story. These rotating six-course menus allow diners to explore new tastes and innovative pairings, making every visit to Six By Nico a unique adventure. The restaurant group, with its Headquarters in Glasgow, has expanded to several locations across the UK and Ireland, including in cities like Edinburgh, Manchester, London & Dublin. Six By Nico has built a strong reputation for delivering high-quality food in a modern, stylish setting, with a focus on sustainability and the use of fresh, locally sourced ingredients. Their portfolio includes: Six by Nico - a six-course tasting menu that changes every six weeks Bamboleo - non-profit restaurant with 100% profits donated to Beatson Cancer Charity 111 by Modou - experiential dining from the celebrated chef Modou Diagne Somewhere by Nico - a conceptual cocktail bar by the award-winning team behind Six by Nico. Extra Ordinary - a 'pan-Asian powerhouse' that blends Japanese, Korean and Chinese cuisines. Description The successful candidate will likely have the following responsibilities: Oversight of accounting team and daily/weekly/monthly routines. Preparation of divisional and consolidated monthly management accounts. Development of monthly analysis of key trading trends and margins by unit/division, Drafting of Executive Reporting to senior mgt/directors. Balance sheet and cash flow analysis. Line manager reviewing the work of the team of GL (3) and Accounts Payable (2), ensuring reports are done (daily, weekly and monthly) and presenting to management. Monitoring and development of the accounting team- fostering a learning environment within the finance department. Lead day to day contact with the auditors and tax advisors. Responsible for ensuring audit fieldwork runs smoothly to the pre agreed timeline. Liaison with tax advisors to ensure corporate returns are completed timeously. This will also involve coordination and liaison with a separate advisor on capital allowances. Review and submission of quarterly VAT returns and ensuring ongoing compliance. Collation of data for Irish return. Involvement in preparation and review of consolidated (IFRS) and individual company statutory accounts (UKGAAP). Supporting FD to ensure compliance in submission of Annual Returns and other Companies House compliance. Involvement in commercial contracts and negotiations. Exploring growth opportunities (both UK & Internationally), including potential funding. Profile Skills and Qualifications: ICAS / CIMA / ACCA qualified Strong technical, analytical and problem-solving abilities with a detail-oriented approach. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to present complex financial information to non-finance stakeholders. Proven leadership and team-building skills, with experience managing a finance team. Strategic thinker with a proactive and hands-on approach. Prior experience of Sage Intacct, as well as knowledge of key business support systems (Zonal & Fourth Hospitality), would be beneficial but are not essential. Power BI and Xero knowledge also helpful. Personal Attributes: Inquisitive and curious approach to work Ambitious and driven to progress/develop Confidence to build relationships and provide support across all business areas Flexible and adaptable to work Job Offer This role offers a highly competitive salary and package, which will discussed in an initial call.
Mar 26, 2025
Full time
Michael Page are delighted to partner with Six Company to recruit a newly created Financial Controller position. The Financial Controller will be responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the finance function, including the preparation of divisional and consolidated management accounts. Additionally, they will lead the preparation of statutory accounts and play a key role in supporting the implementation of new processes and systems. Client Details Six Company is an innovative and dynamic restaurant group that takes a unique approach to dining by offering guests a completely new six-course tasting menu every six weeks. Founded in 2017 by award-winning chef Nico Simeone, the Group has rapidly grown to become a popular name in the UK's culinary scene, underpinned by its flagship Six By Nico brand. The concept behind Six By Nico is centred around the idea of seasonal and creative menus, offering guests a novel dining experience with each visit. Rather than following a static menu, the restaurant's dishes are constantly evolving, with each new menu changing every six weeks inspired by a particular theme, cuisine, or story. These rotating six-course menus allow diners to explore new tastes and innovative pairings, making every visit to Six By Nico a unique adventure. The restaurant group, with its Headquarters in Glasgow, has expanded to several locations across the UK and Ireland, including in cities like Edinburgh, Manchester, London & Dublin. Six By Nico has built a strong reputation for delivering high-quality food in a modern, stylish setting, with a focus on sustainability and the use of fresh, locally sourced ingredients. Their portfolio includes: Six by Nico - a six-course tasting menu that changes every six weeks Bamboleo - non-profit restaurant with 100% profits donated to Beatson Cancer Charity 111 by Modou - experiential dining from the celebrated chef Modou Diagne Somewhere by Nico - a conceptual cocktail bar by the award-winning team behind Six by Nico. Extra Ordinary - a 'pan-Asian powerhouse' that blends Japanese, Korean and Chinese cuisines. Description The successful candidate will likely have the following responsibilities: Oversight of accounting team and daily/weekly/monthly routines. Preparation of divisional and consolidated monthly management accounts. Development of monthly analysis of key trading trends and margins by unit/division, Drafting of Executive Reporting to senior mgt/directors. Balance sheet and cash flow analysis. Line manager reviewing the work of the team of GL (3) and Accounts Payable (2), ensuring reports are done (daily, weekly and monthly) and presenting to management. Monitoring and development of the accounting team- fostering a learning environment within the finance department. Lead day to day contact with the auditors and tax advisors. Responsible for ensuring audit fieldwork runs smoothly to the pre agreed timeline. Liaison with tax advisors to ensure corporate returns are completed timeously. This will also involve coordination and liaison with a separate advisor on capital allowances. Review and submission of quarterly VAT returns and ensuring ongoing compliance. Collation of data for Irish return. Involvement in preparation and review of consolidated (IFRS) and individual company statutory accounts (UKGAAP). Supporting FD to ensure compliance in submission of Annual Returns and other Companies House compliance. Involvement in commercial contracts and negotiations. Exploring growth opportunities (both UK & Internationally), including potential funding. Profile Skills and Qualifications: ICAS / CIMA / ACCA qualified Strong technical, analytical and problem-solving abilities with a detail-oriented approach. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to present complex financial information to non-finance stakeholders. Proven leadership and team-building skills, with experience managing a finance team. Strategic thinker with a proactive and hands-on approach. Prior experience of Sage Intacct, as well as knowledge of key business support systems (Zonal & Fourth Hospitality), would be beneficial but are not essential. Power BI and Xero knowledge also helpful. Personal Attributes: Inquisitive and curious approach to work Ambitious and driven to progress/develop Confidence to build relationships and provide support across all business areas Flexible and adaptable to work Job Offer This role offers a highly competitive salary and package, which will discussed in an initial call.
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, achieving, and thriving together, our Tax team move with every challenge. Friendly, driven and diverse, they service our clients across the country and around the world. By providing expertise in many different specialist areas of tax, they collaborate across BDO to deliver wider business solutions. From meeting clients' evolving business needs to managing changes to legislation, there are always fresh challenges to face in the Tax team. If you're after a career that will keep you on your toes, we'll give you the autonomy to drive your career forward. Tax is a dynamic, ever-changing industry. As our clients' needs and the regulatory environment evolve, you'll encounter new problems to solve and new opportunities for growth. Whether it's advising clients on high-profile specialisms like Corporation Tax or leading the implementation of intelligent technology solutions, you'll enjoy variety as well as stretch in your role. BDO supports all kinds of different businesses in different sectors across the UK and around the world. You'll be providing Tax Advisory services to start-ups and scale-ups, to private businesses and FTSE listed multinationals. Each of our clients has different needs and in applying your expertise in different contexts, you'll develop your skills and gain valuable experience that will serve you throughout your career. 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. Our Private Client Services team offers a plethora of carefully tailored services to an equally varied range of clients - from UK and offshore Trusts, Charities and Estates, to entrepreneurs, entertainers and more. Our expertise helps to manage their global tax proactively and seamlessly. Here, you'll have the opportunity to expand and strengthen your skillset and gain an invaluable insight into the wider Tax business within BDO. You'll be supported to develop your career at pace and help others do the same, all while undertaking an exciting, varied workload for a broad range of clients. We're looking for someone with: Experience of and an appetite for seeking opportunities for developing new clients and for selling new services to existing clients Experience providing trust and estate advice to high net worth individuals (experience of charity clients is a plus). Proven specialist technical private client experience, and the ability to deal with complex trust tax issues, gained within a practice environment. Experience of reviewing Trust accounts and associated tax accounting aspects (e.g. computing tax pools) Experience of dealing with HNW clients Staff management experience CTA and/or STEP qualified 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.
Mar 26, 2025
Full time
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, achieving, and thriving together, our Tax team move with every challenge. Friendly, driven and diverse, they service our clients across the country and around the world. By providing expertise in many different specialist areas of tax, they collaborate across BDO to deliver wider business solutions. From meeting clients' evolving business needs to managing changes to legislation, there are always fresh challenges to face in the Tax team. If you're after a career that will keep you on your toes, we'll give you the autonomy to drive your career forward. Tax is a dynamic, ever-changing industry. As our clients' needs and the regulatory environment evolve, you'll encounter new problems to solve and new opportunities for growth. Whether it's advising clients on high-profile specialisms like Corporation Tax or leading the implementation of intelligent technology solutions, you'll enjoy variety as well as stretch in your role. BDO supports all kinds of different businesses in different sectors across the UK and around the world. You'll be providing Tax Advisory services to start-ups and scale-ups, to private businesses and FTSE listed multinationals. Each of our clients has different needs and in applying your expertise in different contexts, you'll develop your skills and gain valuable experience that will serve you throughout your career. 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. Our Private Client Services team offers a plethora of carefully tailored services to an equally varied range of clients - from UK and offshore Trusts, Charities and Estates, to entrepreneurs, entertainers and more. Our expertise helps to manage their global tax proactively and seamlessly. Here, you'll have the opportunity to expand and strengthen your skillset and gain an invaluable insight into the wider Tax business within BDO. You'll be supported to develop your career at pace and help others do the same, all while undertaking an exciting, varied workload for a broad range of clients. We're looking for someone with: Experience of and an appetite for seeking opportunities for developing new clients and for selling new services to existing clients Experience providing trust and estate advice to high net worth individuals (experience of charity clients is a plus). Proven specialist technical private client experience, and the ability to deal with complex trust tax issues, gained within a practice environment. Experience of reviewing Trust accounts and associated tax accounting aspects (e.g. computing tax pools) Experience of dealing with HNW clients Staff management experience CTA and/or STEP qualified 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.
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 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 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 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. You'll be involved in model audit engagements. This involves the completion of tax and accounting advisory engagements in a support capacity, undertaking research on accounting issues. As part of the team, you'll work closely with the partner and the senior team where you'll initially learn our methodologies and quality control procedures and be trained in the use of our various model analysis tools. The Financial Model Assurance team have a track record of working on a wide variety of projects. This includes renewable energy projects such as onshore and offshore wind, solar PV, biomass, alongside complementary technologies such as battery storage and green hydrogen You'll be someone with: ACA (newly-qualified), or equivalent Experience of undertaking Financial Model Audits (preferred) or Financial Model build A background or exposure in either Audit, Corporate Finance or Forensics An interest in learning and developing a career in project finance Good project management skills and desire to take ownership Good commercial skills and judgement An eye for detail and strong logical skills, including confidence in working with Excel and developing this to an advanced level 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.
Mar 26, 2025
Full time
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 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 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 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. You'll be involved in model audit engagements. This involves the completion of tax and accounting advisory engagements in a support capacity, undertaking research on accounting issues. As part of the team, you'll work closely with the partner and the senior team where you'll initially learn our methodologies and quality control procedures and be trained in the use of our various model analysis tools. The Financial Model Assurance team have a track record of working on a wide variety of projects. This includes renewable energy projects such as onshore and offshore wind, solar PV, biomass, alongside complementary technologies such as battery storage and green hydrogen You'll be someone with: ACA (newly-qualified), or equivalent Experience of undertaking Financial Model Audits (preferred) or Financial Model build A background or exposure in either Audit, Corporate Finance or Forensics An interest in learning and developing a career in project finance Good project management skills and desire to take ownership Good commercial skills and judgement An eye for detail and strong logical skills, including confidence in working with Excel and developing this to an advanced level 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 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. As experts on a wide number of issues, our Quality Review & Support team (QRST) within the Audit Quality Department (AQD) provides support to our client-facing specialists in audit/assurance. From performing independent quality reviews on a selection of our listed and PIE audits, to being on-hand to help with complex enquiries, QRST is tasked with helping our team meet their reporting requirements and consistently deliver high quality audits. As part of this supportive and knowledgeable team, you'll have a chance to use and develop your technical skills and experience, find solutions to complex audit technical matters and contribute daily to the firm's commitment to deliver high quality output. Learn on the job. Lead and manage projects. Build a network of experienced specialists. 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. We're looking for a Senior Manager with Financial Services experience to work within its Quality Review & Support team. The individual will help our teams deliver high quality audits by performing targeted reviews on our public interest entities (PIEs), challenging audits throughout the audit cycle, providing coaching and support to promote consistent high quality audits. You'll also: Perform in-flight reviews of audits at every stage from planning through to completion and reporting, identifying ways to improve audit quality Determine areas of focus for reviews, liaising with the QRST Director to agree approach Proactively discuss audit quality matters with teams and help develop strategies to deliver high audit quality audits Challenge the execution of audit procedures and documentation of audit work performed Support and coach teams to implement identified improvements in audit quality Identify issues and matters where firm-wide action may be required, in conjunction with the Director of the QRST Contribute to the development of training and guidance on performing high quality audits Provide clear and practical solutions to ad hoc audit quality queries Get the opportunity to contribute to the wider audit quality agenda by getting involved in a variety of audit quality initiatives lead by the wider Audit Quality Improvement team You'll be someone with: A Keen interest in Audit Quality Excellent practical and technical auditing experience particularly on more complex audits Good working knowledge of IFRS Ability and willingness to assertively challenge and influence more senior individuals and peers Ability to think innovatively and creatively to identify ways to improve audit quality Attention to detail Strong written and oral communication skills Effective project management Desirable: Experience of performing audit quality reviews (pre or post audit opinion) Desirable: IFRS9 or IFRS17 expertise You'll be able to be yourself; we'll recognise and value you for who you are and celebrate and reward your contributions to our 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 ati 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 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.
Mar 26, 2025
Full time
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. As experts on a wide number of issues, our Quality Review & Support team (QRST) within the Audit Quality Department (AQD) provides support to our client-facing specialists in audit/assurance. From performing independent quality reviews on a selection of our listed and PIE audits, to being on-hand to help with complex enquiries, QRST is tasked with helping our team meet their reporting requirements and consistently deliver high quality audits. As part of this supportive and knowledgeable team, you'll have a chance to use and develop your technical skills and experience, find solutions to complex audit technical matters and contribute daily to the firm's commitment to deliver high quality output. Learn on the job. Lead and manage projects. Build a network of experienced specialists. 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. We're looking for a Senior Manager with Financial Services experience to work within its Quality Review & Support team. The individual will help our teams deliver high quality audits by performing targeted reviews on our public interest entities (PIEs), challenging audits throughout the audit cycle, providing coaching and support to promote consistent high quality audits. You'll also: Perform in-flight reviews of audits at every stage from planning through to completion and reporting, identifying ways to improve audit quality Determine areas of focus for reviews, liaising with the QRST Director to agree approach Proactively discuss audit quality matters with teams and help develop strategies to deliver high audit quality audits Challenge the execution of audit procedures and documentation of audit work performed Support and coach teams to implement identified improvements in audit quality Identify issues and matters where firm-wide action may be required, in conjunction with the Director of the QRST Contribute to the development of training and guidance on performing high quality audits Provide clear and practical solutions to ad hoc audit quality queries Get the opportunity to contribute to the wider audit quality agenda by getting involved in a variety of audit quality initiatives lead by the wider Audit Quality Improvement team You'll be someone with: A Keen interest in Audit Quality Excellent practical and technical auditing experience particularly on more complex audits Good working knowledge of IFRS Ability and willingness to assertively challenge and influence more senior individuals and peers Ability to think innovatively and creatively to identify ways to improve audit quality Attention to detail Strong written and oral communication skills Effective project management Desirable: Experience of performing audit quality reviews (pre or post audit opinion) Desirable: IFRS9 or IFRS17 expertise You'll be able to be yourself; we'll recognise and value you for who you are and celebrate and reward your contributions to our 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 ati 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 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.