Assistant Manager, Third Party Assurance - Digital in London

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 ambitious, entrepreneurially-spirited and high-growth businesses that fuel the economy, directly advising the owners and management teams that lead them.

Our Consulting team provides 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 Digital team within Consulting helps our clients create competitive advantage and uncover new avenues of growth and profitability through digital strategies. Strategies need to be bold, but they also need to deliver near-term results. That's why we take a practical approach that marries long-term vision with quick wins and measurable ROI milestones. Our vision is to be a fully integrated, business-led, end-to-end technology advisor and integrator helping clients to enable business change through leveraging technology.

As an Assistant Manager or Senior Analyst within our Digital Third Party Assurance team, you will support organisations in building trust and confidence with their customers, regulators and business partners. You will work across a broad portfolio of assurance, certification and regulatory compliance engagements, helping clients demonstrate the effectiveness of their controls, meet regulatory obligations and enhance their digital trust capabilities.

You will have the opportunity to work on SOC 1, SOC 2, ISAE 3402 and ISAE 3000 engagements, certification programmes such as ISO 27001 and ISO 42001, and assurance projects focused on regulations including DORA, DSA, DMA, UKGC RTS and GDPR. You will be responsible for managing engagement workstreams, performing and reviewing control testing, supporting business development activities and coaching junior team members.

You'll be someone with:

• Experience delivering assurance, audit, compliance or risk engagements relating to technology, cybersecurity, privacy or operational controls.
• Strong ITGC testing understanding.
• Strong understanding of assurance frameworks and standards, including one or more of: SOC 1 / ISAE 3402, SOC 2, ISAE 3000, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, HITRUST or other recognised assurance or certification frameworks.
• Understanding of digital regulations and compliance requirements such as DORA, GDPR, UKGC RTS or equivalent frameworks.
• Experience evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of governance, technology, cybersecurity, privacy and business process controls.
• Ability to manage multiple engagements simultaneously while maintaining high quality standards and meeting deadlines.
• Experience leading small teams and collaborating effectively with senior internal stakeholders.

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.

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.