Forvis Mazarscares about your career progression, offering individually designedcareer paths that help you pursue your interests, match yourchanging needs, and explore your true potential. We work withdiverse, prestigious clients across a range of sectors andgeographies, giving you the opportunity to constantly update andgrow your skills for lifelong professionaldevelopment.
About the team
Our Business Services team is a collective of creative,strategic, forward-thinking business enablers. Together the People& Culture, Marketing & Communications, IT, Operations,Finance and Quality & Risk Management teams make it theirmission to ensure Forvis Mazars has the right tools, technology,strategies, and services in place to deliver exceptional clientservice and future-proof our growing business.
About therole
We are seeking aninquisitive and visionary bid professional to join our Bids &Pursuits Team. Working closely with the UK bids & pursuit teamand our offshore team in Delhi, you will help in the conversion ofkey opportunities, by managing the bid process for your ownopportunities or supporting the Pursuits Manager or Head ofStrategic Growth on priority pursuits, developing proposals,coordinating with stakeholders and continuously improving thepursuit process and methodology.
You willleverage the strategic growth team and the wider clients andmarkets capabilities to support opportunities. By ensuring ourestablished pursuit methodology is followed, combined with thecorrect support and advice, you will increase our chances ofwinning in the market.
* Pursuit Management:Lead andown the bid process from initial opportunity identification throughto submission, working closely with the Head of Strategic Growthand Pursuits Manager to ensure the pursuit methodology isimplemented on opportunities. This includes supporting onqualifying opportunities, developing win strategies, conversationcoaching, proposition development, storyboarding and presentationcoaching on key opportunities.
* Proposal Development: Workwith delivery teams to develop and write compellingproposals.
* StakeholderCollaboration: Collaborate with internalstakeholders including business services and fee earners. Workingclosely with the wider Clients & Markets, offshore andinnovation teams to ensure a truly integrated approach.
* Continuous Improvement:Implement the pursuit methodology while being the voice in the roomthat asks what else do we need to do to win? Ensuring teams focuson winning not responding. Develop workshops to support this andshare lessons with the wider team.
* Qualification: Ensure we aresupporting the correct opportunities by assessing winnability notjust desirability, and using this to feed into and develop winstrategies.
* Relationshipbuilding: Build relationships with key stakeholders,understand their requirements and ways of working and positionyourself as an expert in winning work, with the ability tochallenge or bring new ideas.
* Reporting: Assist seniormembers of the Strategic Growth team in adapting the pursuitsmethodology and improving reporting and approaches. Includingattending or facilitating internal feedback sessions.
* Line Management: Manage,coach and develop members of the strategic growth team whereappropriate.
What arewe looking for?
* Experience in a bid, business development, capture orpursuit role
* A naturally inquisitive andcurious person, with a strategic and innovative mindset
* Comfortable with the idea of exploring the use ofinnovative tools and technology (such as Miro or how to leverageAI)
* Ability to manage multiple projectssimultaneously and able to work collaboratively withcross-functional teams
* Proactive andself-motivated, with the ability to motivate teams
* Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to buildrelationships with stakeholders at all levels
About ForvisMazars
Forvis Mazars is a leadingglobal professional services network. The network operates under asingle brand worldwide, with just two members: Forvis Mazars LLP inthe United States and Forvis Mazars Group SC, an internationallyintegrated partnership operating in over 100 countries andterritories.
Both member firms share acommitment to providing an unmatched client experience, deliveringaudit & assurance, tax and advisory services around the world.Together, our strategic vision strives to move our clients, people,industry and communities forward. Through our reach and areas ofexpertise, we help organisations respond to emerging sustainabilityissues in the global marketplace including human rights, climatechange, environmental impacts and culture.
Weare one diverse, multicultural, multi-generational team with a hugesense of connection and belonging. This is a place where you cantake ownership of your career, get involved, believe in yourselfand put your ideas into action.
AtForvis Mazars, we empower our people and celebrate individuality.We thrive on teamwork and are agile. We have bold foresight andgive people the freedom to make a personal contribution to ourshared purpose. We support one another to deliver quality, createchange and have a deeper understanding, to help make an impact sothat everyone can reach their full potential.
Being inclusive is core to our culture at Forvis Mazars;we want to ensure everyone, whether in the recruitment process orbeyond is fully supported to be their unique self. To read moreabout our approach clickhere
Our aim is to make therecruitment process as accessible and inclusive as possible -please contact us to discuss any changes you may require so we canwork with you to support you throughout your application.
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