Business Development Specialist – Financial background

About Forvis Mazars

Forvis Mazars is a leader in audit, tax and advisory services, operating worldwide across 100+ countries and territories. Join our 40,000+ strong team to grow your career through global opportunities, diverse projects, and continuous learning. Belong to a supportive environment where your unique perspective is valued and success comes from working together. Impact with your bold ideas and help drive us forward.

We’re looking for a Business Development Specialist to join our Global Compliance and Reporting (GCR) team and help shape how we deliver our global solutions to multinational clients.

About the Role

This position combines business development, proposal coordination and project management support.

You will work closely with global client leads, local country teams, technical specialists and project managers. You will help coordinate complex international proposals and support the transition of new engagements until they are successfully handed over to the delivery teams.

The level of the position may be adapted between Assistant and Senior depending on the successful candidate’s experience and profile.

Your Mission

Your mission will be to support the full lifecycle of global GCR opportunities and new engagements, from tender preparation and proposal submission to project mobilisation, transition and go-live.

You will help ensure that stakeholders across countries and service lines remain aligned, required inputs are received on time, project documentation is complete, and agreed actions and milestones are properly monitored.

Your Activities

• Coordinate international proposals, Requests for Information and Requests for Proposal for multinational clients.
• Review tender documentation and help identify requirements, deliverables, deadlines and key dependencies.
• Coordinate commercial, technical and operational input from country teams and subject-matter experts.
• Prepare clear, consistent and well-structured client proposals, presentations and supporting documentation.
• Consolidate scope, pricing, assumptions and country information.
• Monitor proposal timelines, actions and approvals to support timely submission.
• Assist with the preparation of client workshops, pitch meetings and clarification sessions.
• Maintain accurate opportunity information and related documentation.
• Support the mobilisation and transition of newly awarded global engagements.
• Help develop and maintain project plans, timelines, milestones and action trackers.
• Prepare project status updates, meeting materials, minutes and follow-up communications.

Your Profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Project Management or a related field
• Approximately 1–5 years of relevant experience, depending on the seniority of the profile.
• Experience in business development, proposal or bid coordination, PMO, project coordination, finance, accounting, compliance or professional services.
• Ability to coordinate multiple stakeholders, workstreams and deadlines.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Team-oriented, curious, and eager to develop in a fast-paced, international environment
• Fluent English, both written and spoken. Additional languages are an advantage.
• Good knowledge of Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel and Word.

Nice to Have (but not required)

Exposure to international or cross-border projects

Interest in client onboarding, proposals, or project coordination

What do we offer:

• Permanent full-time contract
• Hybrid working model
• Flexible compensation plan (restaurants, transportation, nursery)
• Health & life insurance
• International and young environment
• Fruit, coffee and snack always available at our office

Inclusion and Diversity:

At Forvis Mazars we are committed to guaranteeing that in our recruitment processes no person will be discriminated against for reasons of gender, age, ethnicity or nationality, religious convictions, or sexual orientation.

We believe in equal opportunities, and we are committed to the inclusion of people with disabilities in the professional environment; for this reason, the incorporation of people with an accreditable disability equal to or greater than 33% will be positively valued.