Business Analyst, Manager, BDOADVANTAGE

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. 

As a member of the BDO Advantage team, you will play a key role in designing, testing and implementing new solutions that help our engagement teams and clients focus on the items that matter most, while also serving as a catalyst for the firm’s audit innovation efforts.

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 is fearlessly creative, imaginative, curious, organized, and collaborative within a multi-disciplinary network of professionals at the forefront of our analytics and technology R&D efforts and is comfortable in a fast paced, high-energy environment.  

Job Duties:

• 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
• Designs and develops standardized and customized data transformation and automation workflows using tools like Alteryx, Python and SQL
• Develops and deploys data analytics techniques, tools and templates to improve audit quality, as well as enhances engagement efficiency and acceptance of emerging methods
• Ensures data analytics dashboards are easy to use, conform to internal requirements, and provide value to engagement teams and clients
• Collaborates with stakeholders from Professional Practice; Quality Control; 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 incorporating 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
• Additional responsibilities and projects as required

Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Computer Science, Statistics required, and four (4) years or more years of accounting, finance, analytics, or model generation experience, required
• OR in lieu of a degree, six (6) or more years of accounting, finance, analytics, or model generation experience, required  
• Master’s degree in related field, preferred

Experience:

• Data Analytics or other related experience, preferred
• Demonstrated initiative in learning, adopting, and/or applying innovative approaches and technology, preferred

  
License/Certifications:

• Certified Public Accountant license, preferred
• Alteryx Designer certification and/or other analytics certifications, preferred
• Certified Information Systems Analyst certification, preferred

Software:

• Experience with data visualization tools, required
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint, required
• Experience with Power BI, Alteryx, SQL and/or Python, preferred
• Can read, interpret, and/or have some understanding of Power Query, M language and DAX, preferred
• Working knowledge of accounting and audit methods, preferred

Other Knowledge, Skills & Abilities: All 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

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 - $142,000
Maryland Range:  $110,000 - $142,000
NYC/Long Island/Westchester Range:  $110,000 - $142,000

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