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 that lead them.

We’ll broaden your horizons

The Employment Tax team at BDO is one of the largest and most diverse in professional services. With a strong focus on quality, the team provides advice to an exciting variety of clients - from FTSE 100 companies to entrepreneurs - on topics including pay and benefits, employment status, and other tax issues.

The team is made up of strong players who harness market-leading software to help our clients succeed. We're growing, which means you will too - with plenty of opportunities to enhance your skills, build client relationships and develop your career.

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 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 to help businesses effectively. You’ll be encouraged to identify and draw attention to opportunities for enhancing our delivery and providing additional services to organisations we work with.

Responsibilities

Provide Tax compliance and advisory services to a wide range of clients using resource from a shared service team or via technology tools.

Manage a substantial portfolio of clients including control of client take on and engagement, billings, and identification of opportunities to improve recoveries, together with cash collection.

Self-development and continuing professional education with a view to progressing within practice.

Develops professional relationships with clients and within the Firm and adapts the approach for the relevant audience.

Understands potential risks to the Firm in relation to the Firm’s quality control procedures and raising to the appropriate person.

Gets involved in special assignments on an ad hoc basis.

Guides and supervises less experienced colleagues.

Supports, trains, mentors and advises others in own area.

Challenge current practice – driving improvements and championing change.

Take personal responsibility for own decisions and actions and those of others.

Lead complex projects

Requirements

An in depth, up to date, knowledge of taxation with specialist knowledge and the ability to deal with complex tax issues

Project and staff management experience

Ability to manage a substantial client portfolio profitably whilst being able to actively seek opportunities for developing new clients and for selling new services to existing clients

Experience of dealing with client senior management

Educated to degree level and/or CTA and/or ACA qualified or equivalent

Demonstrable post qualified experience

You’ll also be able to be yourself; we’ll recognise and value you for who you are and celebrate and reward your contributions to the 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 in 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.

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 17 UK locations, we are 6,500 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.