Consultant Manager - Special Situation Advisory - F/H

Job description

Our team specialises in high‑value, sensitive, and time‑critical situations, supporting C-level leadership in environments where complexity, uncertainty, and compressed decision horizons are high. We intervene across a broad and diverse scope, working transversally on financial, accounting, and operational issues, including: Operational diagnostics in subsidiaries in difficult situations: degraded financial information, restricted access to key interlocutors, management or governance failures, or post-acquisition environments with limited visibility. Accounting reconstruction and remediation: rebuilding financial statements after a system failure, correcting material accounting errors under time pressure ahead of closing or audit deadlines. Financial reporting and KPI implementation: establishing reliable reporting lines between headquarters and geographically distant or politically complex subsidiaries. Crisis and profit warning management: assisting boards and senior management in quantifying accounting impacts, establishing short term action plans, and stabilising operations. Interim finance leadership: temporarily taking charge of a finance function to bridge a critical gap created by an abrupt departure, a serious dysfunction, or a post-acquisition integration challenge. Setting up and winding down structures: assisting clients in establishing new entities or operations in complex countries (subsidiary openings in Africa, Latin America, Asia, post-M&A take-overs), as well as managing closures, demergers, workforce reduction plans (PSE, RCC, PDV), and the financial, legal, and operational consequences of ceasing or scaling down activities. Complex project management (PMO): providing a structured, on-the-ground project management office where no governance framework exists and critical deadlines are at risk. We are looking for professionals ready to step into complex, high-stakes situations with composure and rigour. Candidates will typically: Hold a Master’s degree from a leading business or engineering school, or an equivalent university degree, with a strong foundation in finance or accounting; Have completed at least three full annual cycles (“seasons”) in external financial audit or advisory within a leading firm (Big Four or equivalent), with exposure to complex clients, multi-entity engagements, and/or international assignments; Have 5+ years of experience in external audit, advisory, restructuring, or transaction services within a leading firm (Big Four or equivalent), including significant exposure to complex, cross-border, or multi-entity environments; Demonstrate strong leadership experience, including managing teams, supervising junior and senior staff, and coordinating multi-disciplinary stakeholders in demanding environments; Contribute to business development and commercial initiatives; Demonstrate strong technical expertise in finance fundamentals, financial statement analysis, and accounting standards (incl. IFRS, US GAAP, French GAAP); Show a strong interest in operational and international assignments, including the capacity to be deployed quickly and work effectively in unfamiliar environments; Be comfortable operating in crisis or high-pressure situations, with the ability to maintain strong analytical rigor with limited information; Demonstrate a proactive and entrepreneurial mindset, strong synthesis skills, and excellent written and verbal communication abilities; Be a genuine team player with excellent interpersonal skills, a developed sense of client orientation, and the ability to navigate complex stakeholder dynamics; Be proficient in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, with the ability to create clear and compelling presentations, experience with data analytics tools is a plus; Have full professional proficiency in English (written and spoken), as well as proficiency in at least one additional language (e.g., Spanish, German, Portuguese, Mandarin, Russian, Italian, or another relevant language); Have at least an intermediate level of proficiency in French. Location You will be based in Paris, at Forvis Mazars campus in Levallois‑Perret. The role involves frequent on‑site assignments, often scheduled at short notice and primarily conducted overseas. Candidates should be fully prepared to spend several consecutive weeks abroad with limited advance notice. Forvis Mazars est un groupe international d'audit, de fiscalité et de conseil. Avec + de 40 000 collaborateurs présents dans une centaine de pays , nous faisons partie du Top 10 des cabinets mondiaux . Nous faisons des métiers sérieux... sans se prendre au sérieux. Faire partie de nos équipes, c'est avant tout assumer sa singularité et oser partager ses idées, dans une ambiance de travail que nous vous invitons à découvrir. Si vous souhaitez construire votre propre parcours et que vous aimez entreprendre, vous êtes au bon endroit !