Project & Programme Assurance - Junior Consultant

Forvis Mazars cares about your career progression, offering individually designed career paths that help you pursue your interests, match your changing needs, and explore your true potential. We work with diverse, prestigious clients across a range of sectors and geographies, giving you the opportunity to constantly update and grow your skills for lifelong professional development.

About the team

Our specialist Risk Consulting team provide services to across our strategic markets:

• Public Services: Our team provide distinctive audit and advisory services across six sectors – local government, central government, health and social care, housing and charities.
• Financial Services: Our team are one of the largest dedicated providers of Risk Assurance services to the financial sector, we work with many banks, insurance and asset management companies including FTSE, SEC, privately owned, as well as over 60% of the Lloyd's market.
• Industry & Services: Predominately private sector clients, ranging in size from large and listed multinational organisations, to small owner-managed businesses across multiple sectors throughout the UK and overseas.

About the role

You will be responsible for delivering proactive, high quality and value-added programme and project advisory, audit and assurance services across our portfolio of Public Service clients. 

The role will principally involve co-ordination and day to day delivery of a range of programme and project assurance related services to clients to the agreed quality and in accordance with agreed timescales.  In addition, you will be expected to play a key role in business development alongside training and development of the wider team.

The team has experienced strong growth in recent years and is well placed to build on this further with strong opportunities in the short to medium for further progression for successful candidates. You will also be expected to contribute to the wider success of the Risk Consulting service line and help in its continuous improvement.

Whilst location is not currently an issue as such work is being conducted remotely, it is envisaged once government restrictions in respect of the Coronavirus pandemic are relaxed  a degree of on-site work may become necessary in the future.  This role could therefore be based in London, Manchester or Birmingham, with travelling subject to client and business need.

We will also support the successful candidate in their pathway to a Project Management Qualification.

You will report to the Assistant Manager responsible for Project and Programme Assurance for Public Services work within Risk Consulting.

Responsibilities

• Co-ordination and support for the overall work programme for Programme and Project Assurance for Public Service clients.
• Planning and performance of fieldwork including closing meetings with the management team.
• Preparation of draft reports.
• Maintaining good relationships with clients.
• Assistance on other special assignments (e.g. investigations) as and when required.
• Providing on-the-job training and supervision of junior team members as well as wider team.
• Considering the needs and skills of those under supervision, organising tasks and responsibilities.
• Controlling assignments from planning through to preparation of draft reports in line with agreed timescales.
• Building strong working relationships with the client, ensuring any problems or requests are dealt with promptly.
• Maintaining control and stability under pressure whilst recognising the deadline or urgency to be dealt with.
• Responding to the needs of the client and team members.
• Ability to make confident and clear presentations of service features and benefits to clients.
• Ensures that the services provided are genuinely appropriate for the client.
• Identify opportunities and prospects for new work.
• Ensure standards and procedures maintained by whole team.
• Providing constructive feedback for the completion of team member performance appraisals.
• Assesses and produces high quality work in line with the Firm's policy and processes, meeting relevant regulatory requirements.

What are we looking for?

• Experience with project and programme management or working in a PMO.
• Experience of delivering reviews within the Public Services arena.
• Good understanding and application of relevant frameworks and guidance including HM Treasury The Green Book, HM Government Functional Standard GovS 002 as well as the Infrastructure and Projects Authority
• Good interpersonal and client handling skills.
• Experience of managing, training and coaching trainees.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills.
• Actively seeks to enhance expertise and knowledge.
• Ability to develop new initiatives and methodologies.
• Ability to identify issues through sound analysis and application of commercial acumen in all situations.
• Provides assistance, shares experience, provides meaningful feedback and proactively supports the development of others.
• Takes ownership of projects, effectively delegates to others within the team and takes responsibility for quality control.
• Begins to develop a network of client contacts and contacts in the wider market.

About Forvis Mazars

Forvis Mazars is a leading global professional services network. The network operates under a single brand worldwide, with just two members: Forvis Mazars LLP in the United States and Forvis Mazars Group SC, an internationally integrated partnership operating in over 100 countries and territories.

Both member firms share a commitment to providing an unmatched client experience, delivering audit & 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 of expertise, we help organisations respond to emerging sustainability issues in the global marketplace including human rights, climate change, environmental impacts and culture.

We are one diverse, multicultural, multi-generational team with a huge sense of connection and belonging. This is a place where you can take ownership of your career, get involved, believe in yourself and put your ideas into action.