Senior Project Manager

About the role:

As part of Forvis Mazars' strategic initiative to build a centralized Global Compliance & Reporting (GCR) service, we support multinational clients across Europe by delivering coordinated accounting, tax, payroll, and legal services through standardized processes, technology, and centralized governance. This model ensures compliance at both local and international levels while providing clients with accurate, consistent, and centralized reporting from our Center of Excellence (CoE).

To support the continued growth of this strategic service, we are seeking a
Senior Project Manager
to join the expanding Project Management team in Barcelona. This role offers the opportunity to contribute to a high-impact international project, working in a fully English-speaking environment and collaborating with multiple countries across Europe.

Your mission:

As a Senior Project Manager, you will act as a trusted partner for clients and internal stakeholders, ensuring the effective coordination and delivery of complex international mandates.

Your responsibilities:

• Acting as the primary point of contact for multinational clients and participating Forvis Mazars countries.
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with client stakeholders.
• Managing the onboarding and transition of new clients into the Global Compliance & Reporting model, ensuring alignment between clients, the CoE, and local Forvis Mazars teams.
• Leading the ongoing coordination of cross-border engagements.
• Creation and maintenance of dashboards to clearly show progress on client onboarding process, and ongoing client management.
• Proactively identifying, managing, and resolving operational, financial, and coordination issues.
• Monitoring fees, budgets, and profitability, and performing financial and performance analyses of mandates.
• Defining, tracking, and reporting KPIs and service-level metrics with clients and internal stakeholders.
• Organizing and leading regular governance meetings with clients to review performance, risks, and action plans.
• Supporting Forvis Mazars countries and internal teams on related projects and continuous improvement initiatives.

Your profile:

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Economics, Finance, or a related field. Project management certifications are a plus.
• At least two years proven experience in an international or multinational environment, ideally coordinating cross-border accounting, outsourcing, or compliance projects.
• Solid understanding of accounting, auditing, or compliance frameworks.
• High proficiency in Excel and strong analytical skills.
• Fluent English, both written and spoken. Additional European languages are a plus in particular Dutch.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, work under tight deadlines, and operate with a high level of autonomy.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work effectively with multidisciplinary and multicultural teams, with strong attention to detail.

What we offer:

• Permanent, full-time contract.
• Hybrid working model (2 days remote per week).
• Flexible compensation plan (restaurants, transportation, nursery).
• Private health insurance.
• International, collaborative, and fast-growing professional environment.
• Office perks including fruit, coffee, and snacks.

Inclusion and Diversity:

At Forvis Mazars, we are committed to ensuring equal opportunities throughout our recruitment processes. No individual will be discriminated against on the basis of gender, age, ethnicity, nationality, religious beliefs, or sexual orientation.

We actively promote the inclusion of people with disabilities in the professional environment. Candidates with an accredited disability of 33% or higher will be positively valued.