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About the Role
As a Manager in BDO’s Risk Advisory team, you will lead and deliver independent assurance and risk advisory services across large‑scale ERP and business transformation programs. Working closely with the National Partner Lead, you will provide decision‑grade insights to senior executives and steering committees, helping clients understand delivery risk, governance effectiveness, business readiness, and the likelihood of successful outcomes. This is a hands‑on, client‑facing role combining deep program assurance expertise with stakeholder engagement, team leadership, and contribution to practice growth.
About the Team
BDO’s Risk Advisory team delivers contemporary risk solutions that help clients respond to change and complexity with confidence. Our services include internal audit, enterprise risk management, governance and board effectiveness, transformation risk and assurance, IT audit and risk, cyber governance, risk and compliance, AI risk and governance, and general compliance.
Our Melbourne team is one of the fastest growing in the market and is focused on building something that feels different—for our clients and our people.
Key Responsibilities
Lead and deliver program assurance engagements across ERP and enterprise system implementations (e.g. SAP, Oracle, TechnologyOne, Workday, Dynamics).
Conduct health checks, stage‑gate reviews, governance and controls assessments, and delivery risk reviews across the program lifecycle.
Assess governance, delivery approach, financial management, benefits realisation, vendor management, and business readiness.
Translate complex risks into clear, actionable insights for executives, steering committees, and boards.
Build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders and facilitate workshops and executive discussions.
Lead, coach, and review the work of consultants and senior consultants.
Support proposals, pursuits, and the ongoing growth of the Risk Advisory practice.
Qualifications, Experience and Skills
5–8+ years’ experience in program assurance, transformation risk, PMO, or delivery assurance (Big 4 or top‑tier consulting preferred).
Direct experience providing assurance over ERP or major enterprise system implementations.
Strong understanding of program governance, delivery frameworks (Waterfall, Agile, Hybrid), and risk management.
Excellent written and verbal communication, with the ability to produce board‑ready reports.
Proven stakeholder presence, people leadership, and coaching capability.
Professional certifications desirable (e.g. PRINCE2, MSP, PMP, SAFe, ITIL)
Why BDO?
Working for BDO you will be part of a growing and market leading professional services firm.
Our national and global footprint provides our people with opportunities to work on interesting client engagements, across diverse industry sectors and services.
Our open and collaborative culture ensures access to Partners and professional mentors, to guide and accelerate your professional career, across a wide array of career pathways.
We provide our people with various health and wellbeing, social, financial, and professional development benefits to help realise what’s possible.
Participate in fitness challenges or take advantage of exclusive discounts to corporate health insurance, gym memberships and wellness facilities via our BWell program. Access benefits such as travel perks, retail discounts, employee referral rewards, study, and professional development support.
Our leave options cater to the unique needs of our people; and include enhanced family support, cultural and religious leave, and options to purchase additional leave. You can also give back and get involved in community initiatives via our BCaring program.
With a strong focus on learning and growth, we provide on the job training and formal development programs to help you succeed in your role and develop your skills and experience.
Our culture is underpinned by our core values (One, Bold, Human, Heart and Strive).
We are proud to be recognised as an Inclusive Employer for 2025-2026 by Diversity Council of Australia and a 2024-2025 Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA).
BDO is committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment practices. If you require any reasonable adjustments to support your application or interview process, we encourage you to contact our Talent Acquisition team at [email protected]
