Financial Services Audit Operations and Resourcing Assistant

About BDO

BDO is an accountancy and business advisory firm providing the advice and solutions entrepreneurial organisations need to navigate today’s changing world.

We work with ambitious, entrepreneurially-spirited, high-growth businesses that fuel the economy, and directly advise the owners and management teams leading them.

About the role

Our Audit Resourcing Directorate focuses on ensuring the right people work together to deliver the best results, while providing space for high-quality work and personal development. The team uses specialist expertise to enable our employees to succeed and to inspire a unified culture of development across the firm. By playing a role in the recruitment and management of our people, they help change lives and influence the future of BDO.

Resourcing Teams are the heartbeat of our firm. They know what is happening, where we are headed, and they drive delivery of our strategy.

The Operations and Resourcing Assistant role focuses on the allocation and prioritisation of resourcing needs for the audit department, including editing resourcing requests from multiple stakeholders across the Financial Services Audit team. The role includes day-to-day tasks, project work, and ad hoc requests, providing efficient, effective, and professional resourcing coordination to help deliver quality output.

Key responsibilities

• Resourcing coordination to action resourcing requests and changes on DayShape
• Managing day-to-day requests from team managers regarding resourcing allocation and prioritisation, including managing college, study, exam and training time, annual leave, and CSR days
• Working closely with the Professional Qualifications team to ensure a clear understanding of professional qualification requirements across multiple study paths
• Actioning ad hoc change requests in a timely, effective, and prioritised approach
• Supporting a range of operational duties within Financial Services Audit, with a key focus on resourcing coordination within the FS Operations team
• Working closely with the Resourcing Manager and existing team to support local management and ensure the smooth and efficient operation of Financial Services Audit
• Challenging requests for amendments to resource planning and putting clear policies in place for the use of staff and trainee resource, including specialisms and offshore usage
• Identifying solutions to manage resourcing conflicts/clashes effectively, liaising with the relevant managers in a timely manner
• Working with the Resourcing Manager to monitor metrics such as utilisation and identify initiatives to maintain positive levels of trainee engagement
• Providing an exceptional audited entity experience and supporting audited entity initiatives by being responsive and creating a positive impression at all touchpoints

What you’ll bring

• Previous office-based experience (preferable)
• Experience working in a resourcing role (preferable) or an interest in/awareness of what a resourcing role involves
• Experience in the professional services industry or a similar corporate environment (beneficial but not essential)
• Previous experience of DayShape or Workday (beneficial but not essential)
• Ability to manipulate and interpret data and management information
• Excellent communication skills (written and oral), and the ability to communicate and build strong relationships with senior, partner stakeholders

How BDO supports you

At BDO, we help you achieve your personal goals and career ambitions, with programmes, resources, and frameworks that provide clarity and structure around career development.

Working at BDO

Mutual support and respect are core values at BDO, and we’re proud of our distinctive, people-centred culture. From informal success conversations to formal mentoring and coaching, we 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. You’ll always have access to the people and resources you need to do your best work.

We believe collaboration is key to creating value and satisfying work experiences, so we’ve invested in state-of-the-art collaboration spaces across our offices. You’ll be encouraged to build your network, work alongside others, and share your skills and experiences, with a range of multidisciplinary events and dedicated resources to support continuous learning.