Commercial Outsourcing Manager

MAZARS UK; Leeds; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job description

Commercial Outsourcing Manager (4153)

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 award winning Accounting and Outsourcing team are highly skilled and experienced advisors, who work with businesses of all sizes to deliver a flexible, scalable and sustainable back office finance function. Our successful team of more than 300 professionals is rapidly growing across all areas including financial outsourcing, financial reporting, payroll and company secretarial.

About the role

This role offers an exciting opportunity for a commercially minded individual operating at management level to play a key role in developing and delivering our financial outsourcing offering. You'll inspire and lead a team, drive business development and ensure exceptional client outcomes.

1. Inspire, lead and coach the local team to deliver excellent levels of client service and build a team for the future.
2. Develop the business, identifying opportunities to win work and work with potential clients to understand their requirements. Liaise with other departments to ensure a joined up go to market approach.
3. Manage a client portfolio and ensure the provision of a quality outsourced finance function, maintaining a client centric approach. Build strong and enduring relationships with key clients.
4. Delight clients through the provision of high quality, insightful management reporting and advisory solutions.
5. Drive gross margin profitability and enhance team productivity through streamlining and enhancement of processes and use of technology.
6. Review the work produced by the team to ensure it is high quality, that the team have a good commercial understanding of the business and that reporting is insightful to clients.
7. Provision of on demand fractional FC/FD services, utilising our internal suite of solutions.
8. Actively support the adoption of new software for our clients and ensure effective implementation to enhance team productivity.
9. To embrace technological change in the accounting space and ensure these are embedded in our portfolio of client solutions.

What We Are Looking For

1. ACA, FCCA, or CIMA qualification.
2. Passionate about technology, with a forward-thinking and curious approach to innovation.
3. Experience working with fast-growing businesses and delivering impactful solutions.
4. Proven expertise in management accounts preparation, financial statements, and team leadership.
5. Knowledge of Xero, Dext, or similar technologies (preferred).
6. Experience in system implementation and process improvements (advantageous).
7. Strong commercial awareness and problem-solving skills.
8. Proven ability to develop business and secure new opportunities.
9. Exceptional communication and presentation skills, with the confidence to engage senior stakeholders.

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.