SSC Assistant - Audit Support

Our Shared Service Centre team (SSC) provides essential support to a number of teams across our firm. As well as assisting on large-scale operations, beyond the capacity of a core specialist team, they provide the unparalleled expertise we need to keep moving forward. As part of this friendly department, you'll have the chance to work on exciting projects and develop your skillset. There's real opportunity, making it a great chance to use industry knowledge and experience to solve problems in your next career step, or it can be a place to learn if you're just starting out. If you want to work on important projects and explore your potential, we'll give you the friendly, supportive working environment to go far. 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. You'll be encouraged to identify and draw attention to opportunities for enhancing our delivery and providing additional services to organisations we work with., You'll be at the heart of our Audit Support Hub, taking on a variety of tasks. Your role will involve coordinating bank letter confirmations, ensuring accuracy and consistency, handling valuations, file reviews, and summarising SOC reports. You'll also be the go-to person for requestors, ready to tackle any queries and deliver top-notch service, always keeping the client and quality front and centre. Our team is part of BDO's fast-growing Shared Service Centre. As a member of the SSC, you'll work internally, providing support to the client facing members of the firm. The Role: This will be a challenging and rewarding role where your primary responsibilities will be to:

• Ensure timely production and dispatch of bank letter confirmations, engage proactively with banks to resolve queries, and liaise with Audit Team members to gather and communicate key information.
• Support the casting & consistency service line which involves verifying company details, ensuring numbers total correctly, checking prior year figures, and confirming statutory information with Companies House.
• Use external applications like Hedgebook for valuations, aiding in auditing fair value for financial reporting.
• Support external file reviews by supervising access to files and assisting reviewers in navigating through the file.
• Prepare jobs of varying complexity and performing in line with quality expectations, being receptive with feedback.
• Maintain and update tools like ServiceNow, PowerApps, and PowerBI, ensuring accuracy at all times.
• Handle routine enquiries from requestors, focusing on client service excellence.
• Ensure all output meets firm standards and confidentiality is always upheld.
• Contribute to team meetings and support the development of new projects and enhanced service lines.
• Support new team members by assisting with buddying and providing feedback to others.
  Essentials
• Self-motivated with a positive attitude towards change
• High standard of communication, both verbal and written
• Excellent attention to detail, literacy & numeracy skills
• IT skills - strong working knowledge of MS Office (i.e. Outlook, Excel, Word, Teams) and similar desktop applications. Willingness to learn new systems is essential
• Strong time management, organisational skills, and the ability to prioritise and complete tasks with limited supervision
• Ability to work well in a team environment
• Ability to use own initiative and take a flexible 'can do' approach
Advantageous
• Previous experience of the audit related tasks
• Experience in a professional environment
• Experience in either audit or finance is advantageous
• Degree or equivalent, particularly in a finance-related qualification
Other requirements:
• Must be able to travel into the Glasgow office when required - currently this is twice per week but may be subject to change
• This role does not offer a training contract but is an excellent first step into the industry. A support scheme which includes discounted learning material and resources, paid study-leave and more is available for those wanting to self-study alongside their role. Role specific training is provided
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.
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., 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 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.