Senior Leadership Position: Advisory Expert

7 days ago


Sydney, New South Wales, Australia BDO Australia Full time

About BDO Australia

We are a leading professional services firm with a wide variety of advisory, audit, and accounting services. Our purpose is 'empowering people, realising possibilities'. One way we bring this to life is by hiring and developing exceptional talent.

The IFRS Advisory team is a specialized team within the CFO Advisory team focused on providing technical and tactical accounting and financial reporting advice to existing and new clients, and providing technical support to partners and professional staff around financial reporting.

As accounting standards continue to change and challenge the industry, our team is expanding and continuing to uncover new opportunities and new ways to assist clients.

About the Opportunity

We are seeking an experienced Manager who is ready to progress and step up their career. This role will work in the IFRS Advisory team to provide a range of advice and value to key stakeholders.

This role offers a great variety of work, autonomy, direct Partner interaction and coaching, and the opportunity to fast-track your career.

The ideal candidate has worked in either consulting or advisory and would like to continue their career within this field. Alternatively, you may have a background in technical accounting and are looking to widen the scope of your skillset.

This role involves:

  • Performing and assisting with technical consultations within BDO and for BDO clients in Sydney
  • Working within the IFRS Advisory team to research, discuss, and debate the appropriate conclusion for the application of accounting standards
  • Assisting with the preparation of accounting advice and IFRS implementation and compliance projects for external clients, including emerging climate-related financial disclosures
  • Attending and participating in regular meetings of BDO national and international IFRS Advisory team, with the opportunity to present your own views
  • Assisting and driving the growth of the team through development of your professional profile and other marketing and business development activities

About You

You're an experienced Manager / early Senior Manager who's worked in a technical accounting or IFRS space ideally within professional services or a complex accounting firm. Your consulting / advisory background will be highly regarded but it's more about your growth mindset.

The successful candidate will have:

  • Proven knowledge of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and Australian Accounting Standards (AASB)
  • Demonstrable experience in analysing accounting issues
  • Commercial acumen and exposure to sector/industry specific issues
  • Demonstrated project management skills on longer term engagements
  • Clear and effective communication skills
  • Passion and enthusiasm for accounting matters and interest or desire to be exposed to ESG/carbon-related financial disclosure standards
  • Strong client and stakeholder focus
  • Worked in a team environment where they managed performance for junior members of the team

Benefits and Culture

We offer a competitive salary package of $120,000 - $150,000 per annum, depending on experience. We also provide extensive technical training, dedicated leadership development programs, professional memberships, subscriptions, and more. Our culture is underpinned by our core values (ONE, BOLD, HUMAN, STRIVE, and HEART). We are proud to be recognised as an Inclusive Employer by the Diversity Council of Australia and an Employer of Choice by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA).

We provide our people with various health and wellbeing, social, financial, and professional development benefits to help realise what's possible. Participate in fitness challenges, join the BDO run club, or take advantage of exclusive discounts to corporate health insurance, gym, and wellness facilities via our BWell program. Access financial benefits from travel perks, retail discounts, free breakfast daily, vehicle financing support, employee referral rewards, study, and professional development support.



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