Forvis Mazars is a leading global professional services network providing audit & assurance, tax, and advisory services. Forvis Mazars in the UK spans 14 offices across the nation and has over 3,400 professionals, with 190 partners. We have a clear purpose and a shared commitment to shape a better future.
You'll join a collaborative and inclusive team where you're supported to grow your skills, explore new opportunities, and contribute from day one. You'll work with a diverse client base, develop meaningful connections, and gain experience that extends beyond your local team. Together, we grow, belong and impact.
About the team
Our growing FP&A team is a collective of strategic, forward-thinking business enablers who support the business to achieve profitable growth. This new role will support the FP&A manager in collaborating with senior stakeholders to optimise profitability through best practice value pricing.
About the role
1. Data management. Responsible for managing the integrity of price, cost and rate data within the firm's systems and pricing tools. This includes working with our team of system developers to collaborate on any enhancements required.
2. Pricing Support. Support business leaders by providing support on new pricing proposals.
3. Profitability Tracking. Review on-going profit performance against original proposals to identify areas of concern and work with business partners to direct necessary actions.
4. Financial Modelling. Support in the preparation of more complex pricing proposals outside of the existing app. This will include modelling alternative scenarios such as worst-case scenario, identifying minimum price or identifying the engagement margin threshold
5. Relationship building. Build relationships with partners and leaders to foster collaboration on profitable pricing
6. Trend Analysis. Support the finance team in identifying pricing trends and share this knowledge in an accessible way so the business understands pricing opportunities and risk. Analysing internal financial data, competitive intelligence, rate‑setting processes and reviewing outcomes of different pricing proposals.
7. Pricing Best Practice. Support the finance team in delivering Profitable Pricing training to the firm and support further updates to the Pricing Policy.
8. New Business Forecasting. Support the finance teams in establishing more reliable pricing within the CRM (Client Relationship Management) tool.
What are we looking for?
9. Strong analytical skills
10. Experience in Pricing or Costing
11. Commercially minded with an understanding of the professional services business model.
12. A methodical and meticulous approach to solving difficult or ambiguous requests
13. Proactive and curious approach to tasks.
14. Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to engage with colleagues at all levels of the organisation
15. Ability to influence senior stakeholders using data-driven insight to build credibility
16. Strong time management with a focus on delivering to deadlines
17. Intermediate to Advanced skill level in Excel
18. Knowledge of CRM tools. E.g. Sugar, Salesforce or similar
19. Anaplan experience welcomed.
20. Knowledge and experience on PowerBI, Power Platform or Power Apps is welcome
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
At Forvis Mazars diversity, equity and inclusion are central to our values. We value our people's unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experience, and know this diversity create better outcomes for our clients. We seek to attract, develop, and retain the best talent, inclusive of sex, ethnicity, disability, socio-economic background, sexual orientation, gender identity, nationality, and faith. We select candidates based on skills, knowledge, qualifications, and experience and aim to support all our team