Risk Advisory Services - Assistant Manager in Liverpool

As an Assistant Manager within our Risk Advisory Services (RAS) team, you will play a key role in delivering high‑quality internal audit and advisory engagements for a diverse range of clients. You will take responsibility for leading defined engagements or workstreams, supporting engagement planning and delivery, and ensuring work is completed to a high standard in line with BDO methodology. You will work closely with Managers, Senior Managers, Directors and Partners, building trusted client relationships and contributing to the effective delivery of engagements. Alongside this, you will support the development of junior team members and continue to build your technical capability, professional judgement and leadership skills as you progress towards Manager level. The role combines engagement and portfolio management with hands‑on delivery. Typically you will spend around 50% of your time on management activities—such as engagement planning, portfolio oversight and project management—and 50% leading audits and undertaking specialist assignments, with this balance flexing in line with your experience and development.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the delivery of internal audit and advisory engagements, ensuring adherence to BDO methodology and quality standards.
• Support engagement planning, portfolio oversight and project management for a small portfolio of client engagements.
• Provide expert advice on risk management and internal controls, and contribute to higher‑quality audit outcomes.
• Co‑operate with managers, senior managers, directors and partners, communicating progress and engaging effectively with clients and stakeholders.
• Identify opportunities for enhancing our delivery and providing additional services to clients.

Qualifications

• Relevant experience in internal audit or equivalent risk and assurance work, with involvement in planning, delivering and reviewing audit or advisory engagements.
• An inquisitive and proactive mindset, with the confidence to challenge constructively, think critically about risks and controls, and contribute ideas that enhance audit quality and ways of working.
• Experience in risk management, internal audit or systems / controls testing, with the ability to apply this knowledge pragmatically across different client environments.
• A recognised professional qualification, or working towards one (e.g. CIA / CMIIA / MIIA, CCAB or equivalent).
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the confidence to engage effectively with clients and stakeholders.
• Good organisational and time‑management skills, with the ability to manage multiple assignments and contribute to the delivery of a small portfolio of client engagements under manager oversight.
• A collaborative and development‑focused approach, with an interest in supporting and coaching junior team members, flexibility to travel to client sites as required, and an interest in using data analytics or emerging AI‑enabled audit techniques.

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