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Discover your potential with Forvis Mazars 

Forvis Mazars is a leading international professional services firm. We are a united partnership delivering exceptional quality in audit, accounting, tax, financial advisory, outsourcing and consulting. 

At Forvis Mazars, we have a wide range of opportunities for you to gain experience in a firm that truly cares about your aspirations. Forvis Mazars is an amazing place to learn and grow, we are known for giving ambitious people responsibility and exposure early in their career.

Our culture is all about, celebrating individuality and we thrive on teamwork. We give people the freedom to make a personal contribution to our shared purpose. We work together to deliver quality, create change and make an impact. We support one another to deliver quality, create change and make an impact, so that everyone can reach their full potential.

We have various Graduate Traineeships, Industrial Placements, Internships, Apprenticeships and Work Experience opportunities available throughout the year within Audit, Tax and Advisory Services. We employ into 13 of our offices nationally, meaning there is an opportunity to suit you in whatever field and location you wish to start your career in. 

The interview process and 5 top tips

Stages of the interview

Step 1: Online Application: Browse our vacancies to choose a suitable location and opportunity that fits your career goals and complete your online application.

Step 2: Online Strengths assessment: After completing your application, you will be asked to do our online aptitude assessments. This includes a strengths assessment and numerical reasoning test.

Step 3: First Interview: If you are successful in both our online application and aptitude assessments, you will be invited to a virtual first interview.

Step 4: Assessment Centre: If successful in your first interview, you will be invited to partake in one of our assessment centres. These are all currently run virtually. Mentoring call: Before Assessment centre stages, you will have the opportunity to set up a call with current students in the team, to get a better understanding of the team and an insight into life at Mazars.

Step 5: If you’re successful in your assessment centre, you’ll be invited to a final in-person interview. This will take place at the office you’ll be working in with a senior member of the team.

5 top tips to ace the interview/assessment centre

• Practice questions and research the company
• Think about yourself, your skills and work experience.
• Ask questions in the interview
• Plan your pre-interview routine to help manage nerves.
• Remember to be yourself, we want you to bring your whole self to work and get to know you as a person.

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.

• Annual Leave +
• Charitable giving
• Dental insurance
• Wellbeing benefits
• Virtual GP
• Cycle to work
• Gym discounts
• Life assurance
• Pension
• Flexible benefits
• 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