Audit Data Analytics Senior Manager, BDOADVANTAGE

BDO USA • United States,

7d • $135,000 - $200,000

About The Position

BDO is seeking energetic self-starters who can devise creative and imaginative solutions for the challenges and opportunities facing a 21st-century Assurance practice. The focus is on designing and delivering tools for collaboration, identifying key priorities, and integrating with automated workflows. The innovation portfolio is people-first, designed to support professionals in performing effective, efficient, and technology-enabled work that is evaluative, insightful, and impactful. As a senior member of the BDO Advantage team, the role involves leading teams in the design, testing, and implementation of new solutions to help engagement teams and clients focus on critical items, while also driving the firm's audit innovation efforts. The culture is collaborative, flexible, inclusive, curious, and growth-oriented, with accountability and a goal of modernizing professional work. The successful candidate will be fearlessly creative, imaginative, curious, organized, and collaborative within a multi-disciplinary network of professionals at the forefront of analytics and technology R&D, comfortable in a fast-paced, high-energy environment.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Accounting or Finance, required.
• Seven (7) or more years of accounting or finance experience, required.
• Prior supervisory experience, required.
• Prior project management experience, required.
• Experience with data visualization tools, required.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint, required.
• Working knowledge of accounting and audit methods, required.
• Certified Public Accountant license, required.

Nice To Haves

• Data Analytics or other related experience, preferred.
• Demonstrated initiative in learning, adopting, and/or applying innovative approaches and technology, preferred.
• Certified Information Systems Analyst certification, preferred.
• Experience with Power BI, preferred.
• Can read, interpret, and/or have some understanding of Power Query, M language and DAX, strongly preferred.
• Working knowledge of SQL, preferred.
• High level of curiosity and eagerness to learn.
• Ability to think critically to solve problems.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent organizational and analytical skills.
• Demonstrates attention to detail while also understanding the big picture.
• Ability to work effectively in a team setting.
• Positive attitude and willingness to take on challenging assignments.
• Can take initiative and self-direct in the absence of detailed guidelines.
• Comfortable managing deadlines for multiple deliverables and thrive in a fast-paced, open environment.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively lead teams and developing others.

Responsibilities

• Works with industry leaders to brainstorm analytic ideas, prioritize features, define scope, and iterate with continuous feedback from industry leaders and pilot teams.
• Leads and develops a growing team of highly motivated analytics and automation professionals.
• Manages analytics projects and workflows with increasing levels of complexity.
• Applies working knowledge of business concepts to analytical and visualization routines in Power BI, including data models, queries, DAX formulas, and report visuals.
• Develops and deploys data analytics techniques, tools, and templates to improve audit quality, enhance engagement efficiency, and promote acceptance of emerging methods.
• Ensures data analytics visualizations are easy to use, conform to internal standards, and provide value to engagement teams and clients.
• Collaborates with stakeholders from the Professional Practice, National IT, National Innovation, and BDO Global teams as needed.
• Applies knowledge of financial data systems to ensure our data model is structured appropriately for repeatable, reusable analytics routines.
• Furthers BDO’s innovation efforts and personal development by devoting 15-20% of time to projects involving emerging technology, including but not limited to advanced analytics, research and development activities, and other forward-looking projects and experiments.
• Monitors engagement team feedback and incorporates iterative improvements into existing audit data analytics routines.
• Develops and conducts training sessions for individual data analytics routines that are clear, engaging, and hands-on with examples.
• Supports proposal activity and defends current clients from competitor behavior by incorporating data analytics and innovation into go-to-market approaches.
• Other duties and projects as required.

Benefits

• ESOP company, offering participants a stake in the firm’s success through beneficial ownership and a unique opportunity to enhance their financial well-being.
• Qualified retirement plan (ESOP) as a meaningful addition to comprehensive compensation and Total Rewards benefit offerings.
• BDO Total Rewards encompass more than traditional benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior