Business Analyst, Manager, BDOADVANTAGE

BDO USA is a dynamic company focused on innovative solutions for the Assurance practice. The Business Analyst Manager role involves designing, testing, and implementing new solutions to enhance audit quality and efficiency while leading a team of analytics professionals.

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

Requirements:

• 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
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint
• 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