Forvis Mazars |

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.

We offer a wide range of opportunities for you to gain experience in a firm that’s committed to your development. It’s a place you’ll go through learning, belong through teamwork, and make a lasting impact. We’re known for empowering ambitious individuals to take ownership of their careers from the start.

Our culture celebrates individuality and thrives on collaboration. We foster a sense of belonging by encouraging diverse perspectives and creating an environment where everyone feels valued. You’ll be supported by colleagues who care and inspired by a shared purpose.

Together, we strive to deliver quality, drive innovation, and make a real impact - for our clients, our communities, and each other. We believe that when people feel connected and supported, they can achieve their full potential.

We offer graduate traineeships, industrial placements, internships, school leaver apprenticeships and work experience opportunities throughout the year in Audit, Tax and Advisory Services. With roles available in 13 offices across the UK, there’s a place for you to start your journey.

Together, we grow, belong and impact.

We want our application process to be clear, seamless and enjoyable for all our candidates. Our process includes integrated feedback throughout including pre interview mentoring calls with recent trainees, personalised feedback calls and reports to support applicants to perform their best.

• Online application
  Browse our vacancies to choose a suitable location and opportunity that fits your career goals and complete an online application form with your personal details, academic qualifications and work experience. There will also be a motivational question that you will need to answer.
• Online assessment
  After that you will complete our Neurosight assessment, this online assessment takes about 6-8 minutes and requires no preparation. It is simple to navigate and starts with a few warm-up questions to help you get comfortable with the format. The online assessment measures the strengths which drive high performance at Forvis Mazars. The assessment also promotes diversity and neurodiversity by understanding and adapting to individual differences in decision-making style. After completing the assessment, you will receive a personalised feedback report, highlighting your strengths and development areas.
• First interview
  If you are successful in both our online application and assessment, you will be invited to a MS Teams video interview, involving strengths-based questions with our recruitment team.
• Assessment centre
  If you are successful at your first stage interview, you will be invited to partake in one of our virtual assessment centres. These are half a day and will include a group exercise, in-tray exercise and a self-reflection exercise.
• In-person interview
  For the final stage interview this will be in person. You will be given the opportunity ahead of the final interview, to request a mentor call from a current trainee in the firm to support with your preparation. The final interview is an opportunity for you visit the office you have applied to and meet the team, your interview will take place with a key stakeholder within the business.
• Additional support
  We do offer reasonable adjustments based on disability, health conditions or neurodiversity at our assessment centre. Please let us know on your application form and email us as soon as possible so that we can put any adjustments in place to help you on the day. Throughout the process we have robust reasonable adjustments to provide additional support where needed and pride ourselves on prioritising an excellent candidate experience. At each stage we support candidates with any concerns and questions you may have.

Strong values have been at the heart of our organisation since its creation. They guide us in our daily actions, providing a common base of values that all partners and teams share and respect.

• Integrity
  • Ethical and moral rigour guide how we work and assist our clients.
• Responsibility
  • We treat our clients’ challenges as our own and we care about how our work may affect our communities.
• Independence
  • We always think independently, and in our roles as auditors and advisors we always act independently.
• Technical Excellence
  • Technical excellence is one of the founding principles applied at every level in the Mazars Group. This constant search for the highest standards of quality leads to client satisfaction, improvement in business lines and staff development.
• Diversity & Respect
  • Looking beyond borders and cultural differences, we make respect for the individual and sharing the cornerstone of all human relations. United in diversity, we see our capacity to listen and our open-mindedness as a true lever for innovation.
• Continuity
  • As new faces come and go, as one generation hands over to another, our relationships, experience and knowledge survive. We learn from the past but look to the future.

• Additional annual leave schemes
• Charitable giving
• Dental insurance
• Health & Wellbeing benefits
• Virtual GP
• Cycle to work schemes
• Car lease schemes
• Gym discounts
• Life assurance
• Pension services
• Flexible additional benefits schemes
• Access to our additional benefits platform

Inclusion, diversity and wellbeing lies at the heart of Mazars, shaping the modern firm we strive to be.

We are dedicated to ensuring Mazars is an organisation where people have a sense of belonging and pride, can make meaningful contributions, and be who they are. In doing so we are building a culture that delivers better value for our clients and people alike. 

Margaret Laidlaw is our executive sponsor for inclusion, diversity and wellbeing at the firm and oversees the steps we take to ensure it’s embedded into everything we do:

‘’Being inclusive is core to our approach as a firm. We want to be a place where everyone is valued for who they are and where they feel empowered to be themselves, as well as being reflective of our clients and communities. Some of the ways we’re promoting inclusivity at the firm include the rollout of a new partner goal and detailed action plan; collaborating with out people networks to understand and share lived experiences of team members at Mazars, and embedding inclusion in all of our people processes. We strive to be better and are driven by a culture of ‘inclusion for all’ at Mazars

At Mazars UK we have a range of people and faith networks which play a key role in raising awareness and sharing lived experiences across the firm. These include:

• Embrace – Ethnic Minority Network
• Balance – Gender Network
• Hindu Network
• Families@ Mazars
• Jewish Network
• LGBTQ+ Champions
• Muslin Network
• DisABILITY – Disability Network
• Christian Network
• SoMobile – Social Mobility Network