Financial services Senior Manager - Edinburgh, United Kingdom - BDO UK LLP

Description

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 that lead them.

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 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.

When you join them, you'll work on some of the world's most exciting financial operations and business deals, building your experience and expertise alongside the brightest minds in the industry
We'll help you succeed
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 proactively 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.

BDO Financial Services Advisory is aiming to be a disrupting influence and supplier of choice for Financial Services firms in Scotland.

This is an exciting opportunity for an entrepreneurially minded Senior Manager to help shape the strategy and direction of this newly formed department in Scotland.

You'll take a leading role in delivering governance, risk management and/or conduct risk related assignments of high complexity and variety in line with BDO's defined methodologies.

This Senior Manager role will involve working directly with the FS Advisory Partner in Scotland, and the wider Partner and Director team across the UK, to develop and deliver the go to market strategy, develop client relationships and other business development activity.

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work on a variety of advisory and independent assurance projects for financial services firms and will also have the opportunity to develop propositions and services for BDO's existing and future clients.

Excellent knowledge of the Financial Services sector and the UK regulatory environment and have significant depth of knowledge in governance and risk management.

Significant experience of financial services risk management and / or conduct and compliance related experience. This could be achieved through working within a professional services or financial services firm.
Proven experience in managing a wide portfolio of concurrent projects and project teams in a project management framework.
Demonstrable experience and expertise in undertaking advisory and assurance reviews in governance / risk management / conduct risk.
Managing and developing staff i.e. coordinating staff projects, mentoring, counselling, appraising, recruiting etc.

We're committed to agile working, and we offer every colleague the opportunity to work in ways that suit you, your 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.

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.

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.

At BDO, we help entrepreneurial businesses to succeed, fuelling the UK economy.
Across the UK thousands of unique minds continue to come together to help companies we work with to achieve their ambitions