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Controls Senior Manager - Risk Advisory Services - 12 Month FTC

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Controls Senior Manager - Risk Advisory Services - 12 Month FTC
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We’re BDO. An accountancy and business advisory firm, providing the advice and solutions businesses need to navigate today’s changing world.
Our clients are Britain’s economic engine – ambitious, entrepreneurially-spirited and high‑growth businesses that fuel the economy - and the owners and management teams that lead them.
We’ll broaden your horizons
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
Our clients 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 clients and building long-lasting relationships.
You’ll be someone who can work pro-actively, managing your own tasks, but you’ll also be confident collaborating with others, communicating regularly with senior managers, Directors, and BDO’s Partners to enable us to serve our clients effectively. You’ll be encouraged to identify and draw attention to opportunities for enhancing our delivery and providing additional services to our clients.
Overview
As a Controls Advisory Senior Manager in our Risk Advisory Services (RAS) team, you will play a key leadership role in delivering complex internal controls and risk advisory engagements and supporting the continued growth of the Controls Advisory offering. You will lead senior client relationships, oversee the delivery of high‑quality engagements, and provide technical and commercial leadership to Managers and engagement teams.
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Working closely with Directors and Partners, you will help shape the Controls Advisory proposition, contribute to business development activity, and support strategic initiatives across the practice. Alongside your client responsibilities, you will play an important role in developing people, embedding quality and risk management standards, and helping to build a high‑performing and sustainable Controls Advisory team.
You’ll Be Someone With
- Significant experience delivering controls advisory or internal controls engagements, including complex or large‑scale assignments (e.g. SOX or internal controls frameworks).
- Strong technical expertise in internal control frameworks, including controls design, operating effectiveness, deficiency assessment and remediation planning.
- Experience with GRC tools and/or AI testing capabilities would be desirable.
- A relevant professional qualification (e.g. ACA, ACCA, MIIA, CCAB or equivalent).
- Proven experience operating at Senior Manager or equivalent level, leading multiple engagements and senior client relationships.
- A strong commercial mindset, with experience overseeing engagement economics and contributing to business development activity.
- The ability to lead, coach and develop Managers and teams, supporting progression, quality and consistent delivery.
- Excellent communication and influencing skills, with the confidence to engage credibly with senior client stakeholders and internal leadership.
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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.
We can provide the best support for our clients and people when we’re working side by side. 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 our clients 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 new ways to invest in them. Across the UK thousands of unique minds coming together to help our clients reach 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.
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