Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. 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. 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.
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
- 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
Skills
- 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
- Experience with data visualization tools, required
- Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint, required
- Master's degree in related field
- Data Analytics or other related experience
- Demonstrated initiative in learning, adopting, and/or applying innovative approaches and technology
- Certified Public Accountant license
- Alteryx Designer certification and/or other analytics certifications
- Certified Information Systems Analyst certification
- Experience with Power BI, Alteryx, SQL and/or Python
- Can read, interpret, and/or have some understanding of Power Query, M language and DAX
- Working knowledge of accounting and audit methods
- 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
Benefits
- BDO is a proud ESOP company, offering participants a stake in the firm’s success through beneficial ownership
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