Technology Risk Assurance - Audit Data Analytics Manager

Ideas | People | Trust
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 the 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.
We'll broaden your horizons
The Technology Risk Assurance (TRA) team sits right at the heart of the Audit practice. We leverage our deep technical expertise to evaluate the risks associated with the use of technology for businesses in a number of sectors - from Consumer Markets, Retail, Technology Media & Telecoms, Natural Resources, Energy & Shipping and Financial Services. We use Data Analytics procedures to look for trends, anomalies and also understand IT and business processes whilst identifying the risks. It's exciting and interesting work that can include evaluating risks around emerging technologies such as Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Robotics Process Automation (RPA) as well as cyber related risks.
As part of our TRA team, you'll receive all the support you need to reach your potential and build your technical skills.
We'll help you succeed
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'll be someone who is 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. You'll help deliver accurate and transparent reporting to all relevant stakeholders as you provide long term value. You'll be someone with:

• Manage the delivery of our data audit requirements for our portfolio of external audits, overseeing the delivery of high quality work and develop the team members working alongside them.
• Scoping and planning our data-enabled audit approaches to address audit risk in the most effective way
• Reviewing the work performed by the team so that high quality audit standards are maintained
• Providing insightful reporting to our internal and external stakeholders
• Coordinating and supporting our regional TRA team to support both the current and future pipeline of work. Embedding strong project and financial management across the team is essential.
• Inspirational People Management: Inspire, coach and develop the team will be essential. In addition, developing and overseeing training programmes will be important to ensure skills remain current and relevant.
• Bring ideas to enhance our delivery and act as a point of escalation throughout an engagement with respect to project delivery matters. Identify and raise matters with a Director/Senior Manager or Partner while exercising judgement within agreed parameters.
• Innovation: Contribute to the development of methodologies and guidance for internal use as well as solutions to improve efficiency.
• Networking and Marketing: Act as an ambassador of the firm, participate in marketing events, keep abreast of the wide range of services the firm offers and suggest innovative products and services. Contribute and shape team meetings and represent the TRA team at office and firm meetings as required.
• Personal Development: Continue to bring the latest Technology insights to the Partner and Director community and share knowledge with the teams.

Technical Skills

• Essential: Extensive knowledge of financial audit testing concepts and principles.
• Essential: Extensive knowledge of accounting processes and transaction cycles.
• Essential: Extensive experience of delivering Audit Data Analytics on large and complex engagements.
• Essential: Good experience of managing a portfolio of clients, deliverables and stakeholder expectations.
• Essential: Knowledge of Audit Data Analytics graphical presentation solutions such as PowerBI or Qlikview.
• Essential: Knowledge of advanced Audit Data Analytics techniques such as MS SQL scripting, Azure Data Bricks, Python, R
• Desirable: Knowledge of data wrangling / manipulation and automated workflow techniques such as Alteryx, VBA, Microsoft Power platform
• Desirable: Experience in programming languages such as .NET C#, JavaScript
• Desirable: ERP Experience in SAP, Oracle, Microsoft etc.
• Desirable: Experience in Process Mining tools such as Celonis, QPR, UiPath
• Desirable: Experience in Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques, such as Machine Learning (ML), Natural Language Processing (NLP), on AI platforms such as Microsoft Azure platform, IBM Watson
• This is an opportunity to further develop your career and to be part of the national TRA management team as we grow our business and support our National Audit stream. This includes extending your role to innovate our delivery in areas such as Advanced Data Analytics, IT Governance, Technology Resilience, and Data Privacy.

You'll be able to be yourself; we'll recognise and value you for who you are and celebrate and reward your contributions to our 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 at 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.
We're in it together
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 and satisfying experiences at work, 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.
We're looking forward to the future
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 ne