Controls Optimisation Manager in London

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Our Advisory team provide a wide variety of services that deliver value-led advice and outcomes. They have an in-depth knowledge of business, industry sectors and markets and understand the constantly changing risks and opportunities at the heart of our clients’ affairs. The team work across strategy, operations and improvement as well as at a transactional and defined project level. From technology to risk advisory, they’re experts in following through on top-level instructions and resolving the finer details – all in one straight-forward package.

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.

We are looking for a manager to join our growing Financial Services Controls Optimisation team in London. You’ll take responsibility for the day-to-day leadership of client engagements and workstreams. You’ll manage client relationships, coordinate multidisciplinary and extended delivery teams and ensure work is delivered to a consistently high standard.

Our work covers both advisory and testing engagements, including controls transformation, control design and implementation, remediation and optimisation and control effectiveness testing. Our Controls Optimisation proposition extends beyond traditional controls testing. We help clients strengthen core control frameworks, implement and optimise SOX and ICFR programmes, rationalise control environments, establish control effectiveness frameworks, strengthen first-line ownership and respond to regulatory findings and remediation requirements.

You’ll be someone with:

• Strong experience of internal controls gained within professional services, financial services or another relevant environment.
• Experience of delivering controls advisory, transformation, implementation, remediation or assurance work and a good understanding of risk and control principles.
• Ideally experience in at least one of; controls transformation and optimisation, Internal control framework design and implementation, SOX and ICFR implementation, remediation or testing, risk and control assessments, control rationalisation and optimisation, financial, operational and compliance controls, Internal audit or controls assurance, regulatory remediation programmes or controls effectiveness assessments.
• Experience of managing people/projects or substantial workstreams and coordinating delivery teams.
• Good commercial judgement including an understanding of engagement economics and project management. Coupled with the ability to manage competing priorities and deliver effectively in a fast-moving environment.
• A relevant professional qualification such as ACA, ACCA, MIIA, CIMA or an equivalent qualification would be beneficial.

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.

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.

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