Tax Assurance and Risk Management Associate Director

Ideas | People | Trust

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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

Working hard and working together, our Tax team thrives on keeping busy. Friendly, driven and diverse, they service our clients across the country and around the world. By providing expertise in many different specialist areas of tax, they collaborate across BDO to deliver wider business solutions. From meeting clients' evolving business needs to managing changes to legislation, there are always fresh challenges to face in the Tax team. If you're after a career that will keep you on your toes, we'll give you the autonomy to drive your career forward.

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.

Overview:

Our Tax Assurance & Risk Management (‘TARM') team is a fast growth team with over 20 individuals supporting over 300 clients from fast growth entrepreneurial businesses to FTSE100 clients. Our work has helped clients improve their tax performance, provide assurance to tax authorities over their tax operations and create a culture of no surprises when it comes to tax risk.

Our team at all levels are recognised specialists in the area of:
SAO compliance
CCO compliance
Tax risk management
Tax governance and strategy
The development of tax control frameworks

The team work nationally and internationally.

Technology and the use of AI is also very important to us and BDO provides the intellectual freedom at all levels to encourage initiative in the development of tools and training and some of these can be seen on our BDO Store.

You'll be someone with:
CTA and/or ACA qualified or equivalent
Significant experience of Tax Risk work (specifically SAO and CCO)
A keen interest in governance and risk management
Strong presentation style, and confidence in hosting workshops, training sessions and webinars, often to Board level
Excellent communication skills to participate in the management of the group, contact with clients and to recognise business development opportunities
Able to lead on projects and produce high quality reports
Personal responsibility for own decisions and actions of others

You'll 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 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.

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 for the companies we work with and satisfying experiences for our colleagues, 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. xwzovoh 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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