Client Director

BDO Llp; City of London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading accountancy and business advisory firm in London is seeking a Client Director to lead business development activities and drive sales. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in negotiation, a proven track record in formulating business development strategies, and excellent communication skills. This role offers great opportunities for personal and professional growth within an agile and supportive environment.

Benefits

Career development programmes

Agile working options

Collaboration spaces

Qualifications

• Proven success in formulating business development strategies.
• Ability to handle complex negotiations and service agreements.
• Strong understanding of compliance and governance in finance.

Responsibilities

• Lead business development activities for BDO RS.
• Develop and implement sales strategies.
• Build and maintain a strong network of contacts in targeted industries.

Skills

Business development

Negotiation

Communication skills

Influencing skills

Job description

Ideas | People | Trust

We’reBDO. 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-spiritedand high‑growth businesses that fuel the economy - and directlyadvisethe owners and management teams that lead them.

We’llbroaden your horizons

Our greatest asset is our people, so our HR team focus on ensuring we are all reaching our potential. They use their specialistexpertiseto help us attractgreat talent, enable our employees tosucceedand inspire a unified culture of development across our firm. By playing a role in the recruitment and management of our people, they help change lives and influence the future of BDO. Join a driven and passionate team where you can be yourself, while also helping your colleagues to achieve their ambitions.

We’llhelp you succeed

Leading organisations 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 them and building long-lasting relationships.

You’llbe someone who isboth comfortable working proactively and managing your own tasks, as well as confident collaborating with others and communicating regularly with senior managers, directors, and BDO’s partners to help businesses effectively.You’llbe encouraged toidentifyand draw attention to opportunities for enhancing our delivery and providingadditionalservices to organisations we work with.

The Client Director will lead the business development activities of their area of the BDO RS organisation and drives thenew salesbusiness for the company playing key role in BDO RS’s £bottom line.The incumbent will develop & implement a robust Business and Sales Strategy to enhance the growth of the core business andfacilitatecorporate growth by ensuring further market share and divergence into other business areas.

Key Competencies

• Will develop a deep andestablisheddatabase of contacts in targeted industries coupled with a strong understanding of compliance, risk, regulatory and governance within the finance industry
• A track recordof handling complex negotiations including but not limited to complex service agreements.
• Proven success in formulating a robust business development vision and future strategy
• Ability to cope with competing demands and to prioritise tasks
• Ability to communicate effectively at all levels, with excellent influencing and listening skills
• Strong communicationskills in all forms including written, oral, email, telephone, and presentation

You’llbe able to be yourself;we’llrecognise and value you for who you are and celebrate and reward your contributions to the business.We’recommitted 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’llhelp you achieve your personal goals and career ambitions, and we have programmes, resources, and frameworks that provide clarity and structure around career development.

We’rein it together

Mutual support and respectisone of BDO’s core values andwe’reproud of our distinctive, people-centred culture. From informal success conversations to formal mentoring and coaching,we’llsupport 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’llalways 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, sowe’veinvested instate-of-the-artcollaboration spaces in our offices. BDO’s peoplerepresenta wealth of knowledge andexpertise, andwe’llencourage you to build your network, work alongside others, and share your skills and experiences. With a range of multidisciplinary events and dedicated resources,you’llnever stop learning at BDO.

We’relooking 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 whywe’realways 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’vegot a clear purpose, andwe’reconfident in our future, becausewe’readapting and evolving to build on our strengths, ensuring we continue to find the right combination of global reach,integrityandexpertise. We shape the future together with openness andclarity, becausewe believe in empowering people to think creatively about how we can do things better.

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