A&C - Insurance Risk Consulting - Regulatory Compliance Graduate Trainee - Leeds - 1 Sept 2026

Forvis Mazars: who are we?

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 UK 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 Advisory & Consulting Team

At Forvis Mazars, our Advisory and Consulting service line is an award winning, global group of successful, entrepreneurial teams. The scope of roles across our service line is broad and varied which is great for our team and clients. The diversity of our service offering enables us to make the time we spend with our clients count by helping them take meaningful, key decisions with confidence and meet their goals.

In Advisory & Consulting, collaboration is at the core of all we do. We have over 800 experts across our teams who operate as subject matter experts across our 6 business units: Deals and Financing, Financial Services Consulting, Consulting, Infrastructure Finance, Forensics and Completion and Restructuring & Insolvency with the aim of adding value to clients by finding solutions to a range of financial issues as one collaborative team.

Join a team that prioritises quality and trust. Our team is commercial, pragmatic, and reactive to the changes in the market whilst also taking the time to ensure our approach is personal and productive.

About the Regulatory Compliance team

Insurance Risk Consulting provides a diverse range of services to our clients in the sector. Predominantly clients are from the insurance market but can also include other financial services entities such as investment firms and payment institutions. The team provides advice and guidance to clients on all aspects of financial services regulation to help them stay compliant, with the vast web of regulations applicable to the sector.

Insurance Risk Consulting has a dedicated Regulatory Compliance team focusing on conduct regulation and everything in the realm of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and regulatory reporting overseen by the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA). The FCA's primary purpose is to protect consumers, protect the integrity of the financial system and to promote competition, in the interests of consumers. It expects regulated entities to put the consumer at the heart of their business. The PRA's primary objectives are to promote the safety and soundness of regulated entities; and more specific to insurance firms, to ensure policyholders are appropriately protected.

Our services are very much aligned to the FCA's and the PRA ‘s purpose and we help clients meet regulatory expectations – including, but not limited to, ensuring operational resilience, strengthening the compliance function and ensuring the people leading the business are competent to do so. The work is diverse, interesting and purposeful.

Examples of current projects include operational resilience reviews, consumer duty audits, complaints reviews, consumer remediation programs, regulatory reporting, fair value assessments, vulnerable customer reviews, product governance and quality assurance reviews. The team also develops training materials and delivers tailored training sessions to clients, supporting capability building and regulatory understanding.

About the role

This role is dedicated to sit within the Regulatory Compliance part of Insurance Consulting.

The role of a Junior Consultant is to support the team in delivering projects. This means assisting in all aspects of the project lifecycle; from the sales or ‘business development' process, to project planning, execution of fieldwork and preparation of deliverables including actively contributing to final recommendations.

You will be involved in non-client activities such as assisting with internal projects, research, business development initiatives and article creation. You may also be required to go on secondment to assist in client projects.

We operate in a hybrid working model, so as a junior consultant you will split your time between working from home, visiting the office or client sites when required.

You will not be required to study towards a professional qualification. However, after you have completed two years as a Junior Consultant, there will be an opportunity for you to study towards a professional qualification if desired.

During your first year, you will:

• Provide support to managers and supervisors on projects across various client types and service offerings;

• Develop a keen understanding of consulting methods and financial services regulation;

• Interact with clients' staff and build an effective rapport; and

• Work within a team to ideate and develop new solutions to solve critical regulatory challenges faced by businesses.

During your second year, you will:

• Take more responsibility on projects;

• Review work of junior team members, ensuring minimal review points are raised by managers; and

• Provide guidance to less experienced team members.

After two years, you will:

• Start specialising in particular service offerings of Regulatory Compliance;

• Take on more responsibility for developing service lines and the business;

• Take on more responsibility on project planning, owning project deliverables; and

• Demonstrate foundational project management capabilities.

The typical daily duties will include:

• Proactively monitor relevant regulatory developments and provide periodic updates to internal teams;

• Collection and synthesis of information from research;

• Draft client-specific conclusions and recommendations based on field work and research;

• Consider the impact of financial services regulations on the client;

• Maintain professional working relationships with clients and your colleagues throughout fieldwork and social activities;

• Support sales and business development processes by assisting in the preparation of proposals for new work;

• Assist in running workshops and conferences with our clients; and

• Assist in writing publications of internal and external articles on topics of interest for financial services.

Who we're looking for

• On track or have obtained an undergraduate degree. Excellent academic performance is important; however, we understand that things don't always go to plan. Our recruitment process looks at your whole self – academic achievements as well as other experiences in which you have grown and developed.

• Deep curiosity to learn new things and is naturally inquisitive;

• The ability to think critically solve problems and share knowledge with others;

• A commitment to self-development and learning;

• High sense of ownership of duties and high levels of responsibility to deliver on promises;

• Always looks to try their best in all they do and always looking for ways to improve;

• Enjoys meeting and engaging with new people with an underlying respect for individuals, diversity, and integrity;

• Works well under pressure and have a positive ‘can-do' attitude if faced with challenging situations;

• Excellent time management skills;

• A willingness to travel and adhere to our adaptable working environment.

Learning and development

Our supportive culture includes coaching, mentorship, and one-on-one guidance to help you grow, belong and make an impact. You will be allocated a buddy before joining who will support you to settle into the team and navigate your first year at Forvis Mazars.

You will also receive comprehensive quality training and development to grow in your professional career; this includes development in professional excellence, client excellence, digital excellence, and technical excellence. Our goal is to support you in reaching your full potential and become a standout talent.

Diversity, Equity and 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. 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.

Next steps

Roles will be closed as soon as we find the right people, so to avoid disappointment we encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible. Please note the start date is 1 September 2026. If you are an international applicant and/or require a visa please view our FAQs before applying to be aware of deadlines and important information you need to know before applying.