- Location
- London - Baker Street, United Kingdom
- Type
- Full-time
- Department
- Management
- Seniority
- Director
- Source
- Workday
Description
Ideas | People | Trust
We’re BDO. An accountancy and business advisory firm, providing the advice and solutions businesses need to navigate today’s changing world.
Our clients are Britain’s economic engine – ambitious, entrepreneurially-spirited and high growth businesses that fuel the economy - and the owners and management teams that lead them.
We’ll broaden your horizons
Our Advisory team provide a wide variety of services that deliver value-led advice and outcomes. They have an in-depth knowledge of business, industry sectors and markets and understand the constantly changing risks and opportunities at the heart of affairs. The team work across strategy, operations and improvement as well as at a transactional and defined project level. From technology to risk advisory, they’re experts in following through on top-level instructions and resolving the finer details – all in one straight-forward package. When you join them, you’ll work on some of the world's most exciting financial operations and business deals, building your experience and expertise alongside the brightest minds in the industry
We’ll help you succeed
Our clients 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 clients and building long-lasting relationships.
You’ll be someone who can work pro-actively, managing your own tasks, but you’ll also be confident collaborating with others, communicating regularly with junior members of your team, and BDO’s Partners to enable us to serve our clients effectively. You’ll be encouraged to identify and draw attention to opportunities for enhancing our delivery and providing additional services to our clients.
Overview
As a Director within Risk Advisory Services (RAS), you will play a leading role in building and growing our Life Sciences Risk Advisory practice. You will originate, shape and win significant opportunities across the sector, leveraging your market network and industry expertise to establish trusted relationships with boards, CFOs and executive teams. You will lead large, complex engagements from pursuit through to delivery, ensuring outstanding client outcomes and sustainable growth for the practice.
Working closely with the wider leadership team, you will have significant responsibility for developing and executing the Life Sciences growth strategy. This includes identifying emerging market opportunities, creating innovative propositions and establishing BDO as a recognised leader within the sector. The role provides considerable autonomy to shape your market approach, target priority opportunities and build a portfolio aligned to your expertise and ambitions.
As a senior leader, you will be responsible for developing the next generation of tal ent, fostering a high-performance culture and creating opportunities for others to grow. Success will require a strong presence in both London and the Cambridge Life Sciences cluster, building relationships across the market and representing BDO within the sector. This is a highly commercial, results-driven role combining business development, leadersh ip and client delivery, with a clear focus on creating profitable growth and long-term value for clients and the firm.
You’ll be someone with
A proven ability to originate, win and deliver significant controls, risk or governance engagements.
Deep understanding of the Life Sciences sector, including the unique regulatory, operational and growth challenges faced by biotech, pharmaceutical, medtech and healthcare organisations.
Strong commercial acumen and a track record of delivering sustainable revenue growth.
The ability to create and execute innovative go-to-market strategies and client propositions.
Exceptional leadership skills, with a passion for developing talent and building high-performing teams.
The drive, energy and resilience to operate in a highly entrepreneurial, results-oriented environment.
A commitment to being visible in the market, building relationships and representing BDO across the London and Cambridge Life Sciences communities.
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.
