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About the Role

BDO’s Strategy & Transformation team addresses complex strategic and operational challenges, helping organisations define direction, improve performance, and deliver meaningful transformation. You will lead the development of practical, evidence-based solutions and support clients from strategy and planning through to implementation. This role is for a Manager or Senior Manager to join our Sydney-based team, working across diverse government and private sector clients, leading complex engagements, building trusted relationships with senior stakeholders, and delivering improved strategic and operational outcomes. You will play an important role in leading people and engagements, developing the capability of the Strategy & Transformation team, and contributing to the practice’s growth.

Responsibilities

Lead the planning and delivery of complex Strategy & Transformation engagements, with accountability for quality, client outcomes and deliverables.
Structure complex and ambiguous client challenges, providing strategic direction and overseeing the development of practical solutions.
Build trusted relationships with senior client stakeholders, providing advice and identifying opportunities to deliver additional value.
Lead executive workshops and multidisciplinary teams, bringing together diverse perspectives and expertise to achieve client outcomes.
Oversee the development of high-quality strategies, business cases, operating models, recommendations and transformation roadmaps.
Lead the scoping of client opportunities and development of proposals, tenders and other business development activities.
Coach and develop team members while contributing to the growth of the practice through thought leadership, market insights and development of our methodologies and offerings.

Requirements

Experienced consulting professional who is naturally inquisitive about how organisations operate and how they can improve.
Combine strong strategic and analytical thinking with the ability to lead teams, navigate ambiguity and build credibility with senior stakeholders.
Comfortable taking ownership of complex engagements while developing others and contributing to the growth of the practice.
Significant consulting or professional services experience across strategy, transformation, operating model, performance improvement or related engagements.
Proven experience leading complex consulting engagements from scoping and planning through to delivery and implementation.
Strong problem-solving and critical thinking skills, with the ability to structure ambiguity, develop insights and provide clear strategic direction.
Strong commercial acumen, with experience developing client opportunities, propositions and proposals.
Highly developed communication and stakeholder management skills, with the credibility to engage, influence and advise senior leaders.
Demonstrated people leadership skills, with the ability to lead and develop teams while managing multiple engagements and competing priorities.

Skills

Strategy planning and development
Business case development
Portfolio prioritisation and planning
Operating model design, implementation and review
Transformation delivery across programs and projects
Business Performance Improvement
Strategic thinking
Analytical thinking
Team leadership
Stakeholder management
Problem-solving
Critical thinking
Commercial acumen
Communication

Location

Sydney

Work Type

Permanent
Full-time

Experience Level

Manager: Minimum of 5 years relevant post-graduate experience
Senior Manager: Minimum of 8 years relevant post-graduate experience

Education Level

Undergraduate or Post Graduate qualification required, but technical discipline flexible, eg Engineering, Science, Law, Commerce

Benefits

Health and wellbeing benefits
Social benefits
Financial benefits
Professional development benefits
Fitness challenges
Exclusive discounts to corporate health insurance
Gym memberships
Wellness facilities via our BWell program
Travel perks
Retail discounts
Employee referral rewards
Study support
Professional development support
Enhanced family support
Cultural leave
Religious leave
Options to purchase additional leave
Community initiatives via our BCaring program
On the job training
Formal development programs

About the Company

BDO is a global professional services firm connected to local markets.
Our people work together to provide specialist expertise, helping businesses achieve their goals.
We inspire others, to go further.
We create together, to reach higher.
We build trust, to lead purposefully.
Whether you're building your future or starting your career with us, you won’t do it alone.
From creating solutions for our clients to building careers for our people, we shape what matters.
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.
Our culture is underpinned by our core values (One, Bold, Human, Heart and Strive).

Equal Opportunity

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 recruitment@bdo.com.au