Financial Services Audit Manager - Insurance

We are BDO, an accountancy and business advisory firm, providing the advice and solutions entrepreneurial organisations need to navigate today's changing world. We work with 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.

Our Insurance Industry team is recruiting for ambitious and inquisitive Managers with a specialism in the insurance industry or an interest in specialising in this sector.

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 high quality and robust audits that companies and their stakeholders can trust.

Our Insurance team is made up of specialists with a passion for their sector. Working with many of the UK's leading insurance groups, we will expand your knowledge, building on your strong foundations in audit.

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 will be someone who is comfortable working proactively, managing your own tasks, as well as confident collaborating with others and communicating regularly with Senior Managers, Directors, and BDO's Partners. You will help deliver accurate and transparent reporting to all relevant stakeholders as you provide long term value.

You will:

• Act as a major point of contact within the firm for the audited entity, together with the Partner.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders at senior levels, to develop a strong commercial understanding of the audited entity.
• Identify and recognise business and sales opportunities and inform the Partner as appropriate.
• Act as an ambassador of the firm, participate in office marketing events, and keep abreast of the wide range of services the firm offers.
• Recruit, retain, develop and motivate our employees, which includes participating in graduate recruitment, ensuring job appraisal documentation is completed within deadlines, and ensuring appropriate objectives and development plans are in place for counselees.
• Complete assignments within agreed budgets and timescales and identify opportunities for additional billings.

Requirements:

• ACCA/ACA/ICAS qualified or overseas equivalent.
• Previous experience of managing people.
• Good working knowledge of UK and International GAAS, IFRS, UK GAAP and Financial Reporting requirements.
• Working knowledge of financial products, firm services, issues regarding advice and regulation and compliance, including anti-money laundering.
• Experience of systems/controls testing as well as substantive auditing, including consolidations, group audits, statutory accounts and disclosures.
• Project Management experience.

You will be able to be yourself; we will recognise and value you for who you are and celebrate and reward your contributions to our business. We are 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 will 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 are proud of our distinctive, people-centred culture. From informal success conversations to formal mentoring and coaching, we will 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 will 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 have invested in state-of-the-art collaboration spaces in our offices. BDO's people represent a wealth of knowledge and expertise, and we will 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 will never stop learning at BDO.

At BDO, we help entrepreneurial businesses to succeed, fuelling the UK economy. Our success is powered by our people, which is why we are always finding new ways to invest in you. Across the UK, thousands of unique minds continue to come together to help the companies we work with to achieve their ambitions. We have a clear purpose, and we are confident in our future, because we are 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.