(15 month FTC Maternity Cover)

HaysMac is an award-winning firm of chartered accountants and tax advisors, with over 40 partners and over 600 staff, providing advice and services to entrepreneurs, fast-growing and owner-managed businesses, large, complex and listed groups and not for profit organisations across the UK and internationally. From our trainees to our partners, our culture of support and progression means we grow together as one firm to best help our clients.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

We are looking for an experienced bid manager who is passionate about helping people win work. The successful candidate will be responsible for leading the bids capability across the firm, driving the strategy to transform and elevate the support provided to the business. This will include working closely with Sector and Service Heads to assess where to focus central resource whilst also developing skills and materials to enable self-service where required.

The candidate will also line manage two individuals; one based in London and one based in Cape Town, South Africa. They are responsible for the end-to-end delivery of a significant volume of bid submissions which clearly demonstrate the features and benefits of working with haysmacintyre. The Bid Manager will also be expected to manage several bids alongside their additional responsibilities.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a busy, professional, and highly regarded team in a role that offers exposure to a wide range of clients spanning several sectors.

Bid capability leadership

• Lead the bids capability, working closely with the Marketing and BD Director to drive the strategic direction of the support provided.
• Implement best practice processes both within the team and across the firm.
• Line management of two individuals within the Bid Team, allocating resource for each bid as required.
• Create and develop new content: evaluate recent bids, make recommendations on how to improve submissions and keep up to date with bid best practice.
• Develop self-serve materials and training to enable the upskilling of the wider business where required.

Bid Management

• End to end management of the bid submission including kick off sessions, bid management, developing win themes and compelling presentations.
• Draft customised bid documents to answer Invitations to Tender (ITTs) and Requests for Proposals (RFPs) in a dynamic and responsive manner.
• Support the development for high value pitches.
• Working with partners to drive best practice throughout the process.
• Obtain feedback from the prospective client once the process has concluded.

The Candidate

Work-Based Competencies

• Experience in a bids role in a professional services or partnership environment.
• Ability to build and manage relationships at a senior level, as you will be required to influence senior stakeholders.
• Experience of drafting and reviewing written communications to deliver specific messages within tight deadlines.
• Exceptional project management skills and ability to work with a number of teams at once.
• Strong coaching skills to support the development of messaging both in written submissions and in pitch scenarios.
• Experience in leading others through line management.

Everyone is welcome to apply for our roles, and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment because of gender, race, disability, sexual orientation, religion, belief, age, marital status, background, pregnancy, or caring responsibilities.

We also recognise the importance of diversity of thought within our teams and are fully committed to embracing the talents of people with autism, dyslexia, ADHD, and other forms of neurocognitive variation.

We will always seek to make appropriate adjustments to recruitment, workplaces, and work processes to be fully inclusive to people with different needs and working styles.

If you need us to make any reasonable adjustments for you from application onwards, please email recruitment@haysmac.com