Assurance Manager - Technology Enablement

Job Summary:

BDO is a place for energetic self-starters who can think of creative and imaginative solutions for the challenges and opportunities facing an Assurance practice built for the 21st century.  We focus exclusively on the design and delivery of tools that help us collaborate with each other and with our clients; that direct our attention on things that matter most; and that integrate with increasingly automated workflows.  Our innovation portfolio is designed people-first to support our professionals in performing effective, efficient and technology enabled work that is evaluative, insightful and impactful. 

We believe in a collaborative, flexible, inclusive, curious, growth-oriented culture with accountability to each other and to our goal of modernizing the way our professionals work.  We approach every business problem with blinding originality.

The successful candidate will be fearlessly creative, imaginative, curious, organized, and collaborative within a multi-disciplinary network of professionals at the forefront of our analytics and technology deployment efforts and is comfortable in a fast paced, high-energy environment.  

The BDOADVANTAGE User Enablement Specialist serves primarily as an enabler of change, working directly with practice professionals to drive the digital transformation of the assurance practice from the ground up, including developing strategies to accelerate our digital transformation, deploying programs and initiatives that drive the use of our BDOADVANTAGE platform and supporting the upskilling of our BDO Team members. The BDOADVANTAGE User Enablement Specialist will report to the National Leader – BDOADVANTAGE User Enablement to deliver hands on coaching and development of the Assurance Practice to leverage, optimize, and enhance BDOADVANTAGE, our suite of digital audit tools.  

Job Duties:

• Actively engages with Operational, Technical and Industry Leadership
• Deploys new technologies within the BDOADVANTAGE suite
• Optimizes the use of existing technologies 
• Develops a deployment plan for National Training and Market Workshops to enhance the skill set of the BDO Team members 
• Develops and deploys a marketing and internal communications plan around BDOADVANTAGE
• Serves as the first line of defense for BDOADVANTAGE questions from the practice offices
• Other duties as required

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Supervises and provides verbal and written performance feedback to associates
• Teaches and coaches associates to provide on the job learning

Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, required
• Master's degree in Business Administration or Accounting, preferred

Experience:

• Five (5) or more years of experience in the public accounting industry, required
• Experience with leading teams through change, preferred 

License(s)/Certification(s):

• CPA, required

Software:

• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office Products, including Windows, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, required
• Experience with various assurance applications and research tools, required
• PowerBI, preferred

Language(s):

• N/A

Other Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Strong working knowledge of audit methodology, policies, and procedures
• Outstanding communication, organizational (including multitasking and time-management), client-facing and teaming skills
• Knowledge of project management and change management core principals 
• Ability to make decisions and deal with pressures of the clients and the practice
   

Individual salaries that are offered to a candidate are determined after consideration of numerous factors including but not limited to the candidate’s qualifications, experience, skills, and geography.

National Range: $110,000 - $130,000
NYC/Long Island/Westchester Range:  $110,000 - $130,000

Salary : $110,000 - $130,000