Ideas | People | Trust
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
To ensure our services and applications are fit for the modern market, our IT team collaborates with every department. They develop, they explore and they implement the new ideas helping us to change the future of accounting, tax and business consulting. But, just as importantly, they maintain the tech that keeps us advancing. By testing and adopting the future of financial technical solutions, they find new and exciting ways to drive us forward. And you could too. In an IT role at BDO, you’ll become part of a team that act as the backbone for our business. No matter who you are or what your skillset is, we’ll give you the training and support you need to achieve whatever you put your mind to.
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.
Do you have a passion for efficiency, an eye for detail and want to join the rapidly expanding automation team? Then we need to hear from you!
We are seeking an inquisitive Automation Business Analyst who will work across BDO business streams to identify and document processes suitable for automation. We have an ambition to help the business create capacity through taking away repetitive, manual activity so that they can concentrate on higher value work. At BDO, we recognise that through the adoption of automation technology we can help grow our client base, increase the quality of our business processes, and help reduce operational risk.
You will be part of an expanding team who are using and exploring RPA, BPM, NLP, ML, OCR, and AI technologies to deliver automated solutions for our business streams. Through this role, you will play a vital part in helping to realise the automation vision at a large global accountancy & professional services firm.
As an Automation Business Analyst, you will be responsible for identifying and documenting processes which we can turn into high quality automated solutions that support our business streams. Through this role, you will have opportunities to work with senior stakeholders across BDO and have the chance to have a significant impact on the efficiency of operations at BDO to help advance your career.
In this busy and rewarding role you’ll also:
Work closely with business process owners and SME’s to identify potential automation opportunities
Analyse, understand, and document the business processes in detail where required and communicate effectively with business counterparts and stakeholders
Be an evangelist for automation and to help communicate the benefits of automation across the business
Work closely with our Automation Technical Leads, Support Engineers, and business SMEs to help to identify high quality automation opportunities and to provide support to them throughout the SDLC.
Aid the business in producing a business case to support an automated solution.
Work closely with the Automation Development Team to ensure that processes are developed to the highest possible quality level.
Drive process assessments for automation opportunities, including preparing documentation of solutions and coding
Be an active member of our Automation Centre of Excellence and to help identify ways to both continuously improve our methods of operation and enhance the quality of our deliveries.
Support the Automation Project Manager in the delivery of automation opportunities.
You’ll be someone with:
Demonstrable experience as a Business Analyst delivering IT solutions
Strong analytical and organizational skills and the ability to handle multiple high-priority projects and meet schedules
Proven ability to independently overcome obstacles and resolve complex problems.
The ability to identify and remove waste from processes prior to automation
Proven Customer Service experience and good communication skills
Good written skills and with the ability to produce clear and concise documentation
A structured and methodical approach, combined with an inquisitive mind
The ability to present technical details to non- technical stakeholders
Strong problem-solving skills
Experience of working in an Agile environment
It will be very useful if you have some or all the following skills and experience:
Proven experience of delivering complex or multiple automation projects
Knowledge of Automation tools such as UiPath, MS Power Platform and Azure Logic Apps
Understanding of Business Process Management - background in documenting processes
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. 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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