Roles and responsibilities
Leadership Excellence & Employee Excellence:
- Take on challenges and see assigned tasks to completion
- Build new relationships with BDO professionals in other lines of business
- Help new hires (including interns) integrate, guide them on work processes and procedures and make them feel like part of the team
- Communicate ideas/opinions and information to the team and listen/respond to other team member’s views
- Accept constructive feedback given by seniors and use it to guide future actions
Growth & Profitability:
- Obtain basic understanding of how the firm generates revenue and act in consideration of how to positively impact the firm
Market Focus & Client Centricity:
- Explain the Firm’s service offerings to clients or other contacts
- Articulate BDO’s value proposition and understand the Firm’s target market/client profile
- Assist in developing draft proposals, clearly and concisely, incorporating proper punctuation and correct usage of grammar
- Follow up on assigned clients for outstanding information as requested by the engagement manager
- Develop an understanding of processes assigned by conducting interviews and desktop research. Apply appropriate principles and standards to reach and support conclusions related to assigned areas
- Research and communicate on current Issues relating to different client sectors
- Obtain needed information from available client data and conduct appropriate client data analysis
- Review client practices within an assigned area of responsibility and refer possible problems and solutions to team leader quickly
- Promptly respond to client requests
- Effectively and proactively utilize basic capabilities of technology tools and other firm standard technologies to perform and document work in assigned areas
- Undertake engagement responsibilities as set out in the BDO manual
- Proactively suggest ways to improve own performance/approach to work and client service delivery
- Develop understanding of service offerings within and across lines of service to identify opportunities to meet client needs
- Assist the line manager in performing ad-hoc related work as assigned.
- Assist in developing client presentations, reports and other written deliverables clearly and concisely, incorporating proper punctuation and correct usage of grammar
Operational Excellence:
- Assist in planning assignments and documenting work done
- Collaborate with team members to plan engagements and develop work program timelines, risk assessments, and other planning requirements
Quality Risk & Compliance
- Understand BDO methodology and work procedures
- Execute assignments in line with BDO methodology, quality standards and approach
- Assist the Senior in charge and/or the engagement manager with gathering sufficient appropriate information about the business and engagement to form an adequate basis for the preparation of the assignment strategy
- Produce quality deliverables on the first attempt, avoiding negligent errors, with guidance and feedback from the engagement manager and partner
- Know the quality standards of the firm and the connection with professional risk
- Comply with all applicable laws, professional regulations, and firm policies/procedures
Skills and Competencies/ Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance related subject (or equivalent qualification)
- Finalist or in advanced stages of professional qualification (CA, CPA or ACCA)
- Good communication skills – both written and oral English
- Proactive with staff and clients and able to work under pressure to meet client expectations and deadlines
- Proactive in improving skills through training
