Senior Manager - Model Build and Data Analytics

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

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 our clients' 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

The Model Build team works directly with clients, both independently and in collaboration with other teams across the firm. The models developed support a wide range of business needs, including M&A transactions, debt refinancing, operational restructuring, and ongoing management forecasting.

As a Senior Manager, you will take a leading role in the delivery of complex modelling engagements, with responsibility for managing projects, leading client relationships, and ensuring high-quality outcomes. You will oversee team delivery, directing junior team members while maintaining close engagement with senior client stakeholders.

You will bring extensive experience in building and reviewing operational and financial models, alongside the ability to manage multiple concurrent engagements in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment. You will also play a key role in growing client relationships and identifying opportunities for further work.

Our models are bespoke in nature, developed primarily in Excel and tailored to each client's specific requirements. You will lead the translation of business challenges into robust, decision-support models and ensure consistency with modelling best practices across all deliverables.

The role will also include opportunities to support Data Visualisation projects, delivering insights for transactions or developing management reporting tools for clients. Training will be provided in Power Query and Power BI, enabling you to design interactive dashboards, automate data transformation, and present complex financial information in a clear, user-friendly format.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead model build engagements end-to-end, with accountability for delivery, quality, and client outcomes

• Act as the primary point of contact for clients, building trusted relationships and managing senior stakeholder expectations

• Manage multiple concurrent projects, prioritising effectively and delivering high-quality outputs within tight deadlines and high-pressure environments

• Lead the design, build, and review of complex financial and operational models

• Direct and coordinate junior team members, allocating workstreams and ensuring efficient and consistent delivery

• Review and challenge modelling outputs to ensure robustness, accuracy, and adherence to best practice standards

• Lead problem-solving on complex client issues, structuring approaches and guiding the development of solutions

• Deliver clear, commercially focused insights and recommendations to support client decision-making

• Lead client meetings, communicating complex modelling outputs to both technical and non-technical audiences

• Drive the development of client relationships, identifying opportunities for additional work and supporting business development activities

• Lead or significantly contribute to proposals, scoping, and pitch materials for new engagements

• Mentor and develop junior team members, providing coaching, feedback, and support to build technical capability

• Apply and enforce financial modelling best practices (e.g. structured design, auditability, transparency, and documentation) across all engagements

You'll be someone with:

• Qualified (ACA / ACCA / CIMA or equivalent)

• Significant experience in a model build-focused role, ideally within advisory, transactions, or consulting environments

• Advanced financial modelling expertise, with a strong track record of designing and reviewing complex, bespoke models

• Strong understanding of modelling best practices, including model structure, governance, and auditability

• Experience leading projects and managing client relationships, including senior stakeholders

• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple engagements simultaneously in fast-paced, high-pressure environments

• Strong commercial awareness, with the ability to identify opportunities and contribute to business development

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.