Assistant Manager - Real Estate & Construction

Ideas | People | Trust

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

The Business Services and Outsourcing team are essential to meeting our clients' evolving requirements. As well as delivering long-term, sustainable value to businesses by providing a range of solutions such as accounting, payroll and compliance services, they also play a key role in tying together many of our services across BDO both domestically and internationally. By building deep and meaningful relationships with a range of clients from ambitious entrepreneurial SMEs to large multi-national groups, our BS&O team don’t just advise on their specific business challenges, they open doors for other teams to provide our firm’s wider service offering. To succeed in this agile environment, you’ll need to demonstrate excellent problem-solving skills and initiative. In return, you’ll have the opportunity for progression, and the chance to develop in one of the industry’s most exciting and varied roles.

The Outsourcing team provides clients within a range of sectors with the full range of accounting and back office services, including bookkeeping, accounts preparation, management accounting, VAT compliance, forecasting and budgeting and any other ad hoc advice and assistance on accounting matters.

The main purpose of the role is to plan and manage a portfolio of clients and assist in the technical and career development of junior team members.

Technical Responsibilities:

• Review regular management accounts for our client base prepared by junior members and reporting to clients thereon.
• Review VAT prepared by the team
• Review financial statements under UK GAAP and IFRS
• Accurately prepares more complicated entities accounting compliance work using compliance procedures
• Responsible for set up of new clients on the system and Implementation of new accounting systems
• Identify and recognise new project and business opportunities and areas that require more specialist advice, and inform the client and the partner as appropriate
• Prepare standard KPI dashboards from the clients accounting system, using templates
• Prepare simple budgets for clients’ management purposes only by extrapolating last year’s data and making minor adjustments
• Knows how finance and accounting functions and supporting technology can differ by industry and business structure, what is required from a compliance perspective and what is considered a standard or best practice.
• Manage the team on a day to day basis

Commercial Responsibilities:

• Understand the clients and targets aspirations, goals and needs and becoming competent in suggesting proposed solutions to them
• Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the commercial environment and its impact on the clients business
• Confidently acts as a major point of contact within the firm for the client together with the partner. Including anticipating clients’ needs and requests, keeping clients informed of progress in all aspects of the service provided and maintaining regular contact with the client
• Manage clients assignments, including determining the resource requirements, scoping and then monitoring progress against budget and established timeframe
• Manage budgets for client work and have a thorough understanding of the firms billing procedures, including charge out rates, budgeting and calculation of recovery rates
• Ensure client feedback is captured, addressed and effectively communicated to the team
• Prepares and monitors delivery against a project plan/work schedule to ensure work is completed in accordance with timelines and milestones that are agreed with the client or internal teams
• Looks at way to improve the profitability of engagements
• Act as an ambassador of the firm and offer/suggest innovative products and services
• Actively networks professionally outside of BDO and seizes opportunity for new professional contacts when presented
• Assist with setting objectives, as well as on the job training and coaching to junior team members
• Responsible for the allocation of team members on client work whilst keeping in mind the technical and career development of more junior team members

We’ll help you succeed

Experience and Professional Qualifications:

• Qualified Accountant (ACCA/ACA) or equivalent experience
• Solid accountancy experience required
• Real Estate knowledge an advantage but not essential
• Demonstrate a good working knowledge of UK and US GAAP or IFRS and the ability to prepare a consolidation
• Experience in company accounts disclosure, legislation and application in practice
• Full knowledge of compliance and client take on procedures
• Experience in preparing quotes and proposals for new work
• Good understanding of the rules and regulations of doing business in the UK
• Good knowledge of the main taxes affecting clients
• Good understanding of accountancy software packages and other accounting solutions
• Competent in using Microsoft packages

Personal Responsibilities:

• Keep up to date with all technical and commercial developments
• Works independently and exercises a degree of judgement and adaptability in own decisions and actions
• Strong organisational and time management skills
• Demonstrates excellent analytical and research skills
• Self-motivated and results orientated
• Ability to work under pressure with accuracy and focus
• Good team member who can encourage and support others at all levels
• Excellent client interacting and relationship building skills
• Embraces change with an adaptable and flexible working attitude
• Able to think outside the box and bring prior experience to pragmatically provide solutions for clients.

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 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.

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