Project Manager - Advisory at Forvis Mazars Group

Job Description    

• As a project manager in Mazars’ growing Advisory business, you will work alongside a team of skilled professionals to set up a PMO office and manage a broad range of interesting and exciting projects through monitoring and evaluation of each project stream. To drive the Advisory agenda and business development while interfacing with Mazars team members, clients, and stakeholders.

Duties and Responsibilities    

• Create and maintain all templates (Reports, Registers, Projects Plans, etc.)
• Tracking of information using relevant systems
• Preparation of status reports for different stakeholders
• Conduct research
• Co-ordinate, organize and manage programme activities
• Plan and coordinate workflow across the service lines
• Identify relevant tenders for the advisory business
• Attend tender briefing sessions, report feedback to stakeholders
• Assist business development and coordinate with team members of the department with proposal completeness on behalf of the service lines
• Ensure completeness and accuracy of information for tenders and proposals
• Maintain communication with the team on deadlines/changes that may occur
• Track win/loss for future reference
• Work with the marketing and PR teams to promote the different service lines
• Co-ordinate and action all events and activities of service lines

Leadership

• Strategic Orientation
• Acts in alignment with the Mazars’ culture
• Communication

Clients

• Client liaison – receive and action instructions/requests; provide information 
• Partner liaison – receive and action instructions/requests; provide information; resolve issues / queries

Minimum Requirements    

• Project management qualification/certification advantageous but not essential
• Approximately 4-5 years’ experience in a project management function
• Excellent project management skills including budget, benefit, administration, schedule and team management skills
• Strong analytical, problem solving and negotiation skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to communicate across all levels of an organisation
• Ability to multi-task and manage multiple projects at once
• Demonstrated customer focus by evaluating decisions from the customer’s perspective; building strong customer relationships and partnering well to help fulfil their needs
• Research & report writing skills
• Ability to work in stressful conditions and under tight deadlines
• Ability to effectively manage decentralized projects