Contracts & Commercial Assurance – Assistant Manager – Energy & Infrastructure

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

Risk Consulting, Energy and Infrastructure team works across the public and private sectors, helping our clients to manage their businesses, contracts, and medium- and large-scale projects efficiently, facilitating growth and innovation. We support our clients with the development of business strategies, business integration, and reviews of complex and long-term contracts. We offer continual improvement programmes and facilitate the introduction of best practices. Our team works across all industries including renewable energy, power and utilities, transport, oil and gas, health, housing, and education.

About the role

As an Assistant Manager within the Risk Consulting team, you will be involved in all aspects of project delivery. You will contribute to and underpin the management of client engagements, working closely with senior representatives of client organisations. In addition to working with Risk Consulting and other colleagues in the delivery of projects in the above areas, you will proactively seek and steer the conversion of opportunities to develop the Risk Consulting team.

Role & Responsibilities

This role is for an ambitious and driven professional who can work alongside our existing team to deliver our business portfolio, develop collaborative relationships with our clients, understand their needs and help to find a bespoke solution.

The successful candidate would be required to demonstrate:

• 3-4 years + strong post-qualification experience in a field such as contract management, procurement and subcontractor and supplier management and risk management.

• A good understanding of effective contract management practices and ability to roll out respective processes and procedures for Forvis Mazars clients (Renewable Energy and Infrastructure projects are the main focus).

• Experience in conducting detailed commercial assurance, assessment of contract performance and undertaking cost management reviews of various contracts, including major infrastructure projects (possibly PPP contracts with support from the wider multi-skilled team.

• Ability to clearly develop, produce and communicate findings to stakeholders using a variety of mediums including visualisation tools, dashboards, trackers, periodic reports etc.

• Ability to work collaboratively with the service teams across Mazars (Global Infrastructure, Chris and Disputes, Consulting etc.) and Mazars clients 

Responsibilities may include:

• Engagement Delivery- Responsible for managing all stages of the engagement lifecycle (planning, fieldwork, writing of final report and client presentation) on time and within budget, alongside managers and Partners. Responsible for providing a project delivery foundation to managers and junior team members as appropriate. Responsible for developing and maintaining strong long-term client relationships.

• Risk Management - Maintain and apply up-to-date knowledge of the firm's risk management policies and operational procedures and ensure these are adhered to.

What we are looking for

• Strong contract management experience

• Excellent commercial acumen and business understanding

• Ability to identify issues and areas for improvement through analysis

• Team orientated, with strong relationship and interpersonal skills 

• Intermediate to advanced computer software skills (MS Office and other relevant software)

• Experience (3-4+ years) working in law, contract management, commercial assurance, contract risk, commercial management or a related legal/commercial advisory role.

 Education and Qualifications

• Degree in Law (LLB or LLM) or similar discipline including Commercial Law or Construction Law is preferred. Candidates with significant commercial contracts experience and qualifications in Commercial Management or Construction Law will also be considered.

• Legal or contractual training would be advantageous but is not essential

Useful experience

• Experience in using standard contract forms (e.g., NEC, FIDIC, JCT)

• Experience in internal audit, contract transformation and improvement

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 members to reach their potential. At Forvis Mazars, we promote an environment in which you can grow your skills, belong to a team that values your ideas, and make an impact that matters.