A&C - Risk Consulting Graduate Trainee - Public & Social Sector - Sept 2025 - London

Forvis Mazars LLP is the UK firm of Forvis Mazars Group. In the UK we have over 3,300 employees across 14 locations, delivering an outstanding client experience. Forvis Mazars is an engine for rapid and consistent career progression, offering career paths that help you pursue your interests, match your changing needs, and explore your true potential.

At Forvis Mazars, our Advisory and Consulting service line is an award-winning, global group of successful, entrepreneurial teams. 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.

The Public and Social Sector Risk Consulting team offers internal audit, advisory and other assurance services across multiple organisations within the public & social sector. We provide our clients with clarity over the performance of their risk management processes and raise recommendations for improvement where required. Working in the public and social sector will enable you to meet and support like-minded individuals at your clients who really want to make a difference in society.

You will have the opportunity to work across a wide range of clients within the public and social sector Risk Consulting team. Our team provides distinctive audit and advisory services across the following six sectors:

• Local government: We are among the top 4 firms providing internal, IT and contract audits as well as anti-fraud and corruption services to local government.
• Education: Education organisations we work with include universities, sixth form colleges, academies and schools.
• Central government: We work with a range of Arm's Length Bodies (ALBs) of government, who deliver and manage public services.
• Housing: Mazars is the #1 provider of Internal Audit services to the social housing sector.
• Police: We provide a range of internal audits to the Office of Police & Crime Commissioners and the associated Police Force.
• Charities: We provide internal audit and advisory services to a range of household name charities.

As a graduate trainee here's what will await you during your three-year training contract:

• Conduct internal audit reviews of our clients' operations in specific areas.
• Undertake all aspects of the internal audit from opening meeting to report writing/audit closure.
• Perform internal audits by testing and reviewing documentation to establish a client's exposure to risk.
• Develop personal and professional skills through regular training, with the support of your team and your line manager.

During your first year you will:

• Obtain relevant information from clients whilst building an effective rapport with client staff.
• Take ownership for an internal audit project within the first two months.

During your second year you will:

• Start to be involved in supporting client managers in the planning stages of work.
• Increase your confidence in providing your own solutions and ideas to complex client scenarios.

In your third year you will:

• Complete complex audit reviews with minimal supervision from Mazars managers.
• Gain exposure to Board-level client meetings.

Who we're looking for:

• On track or have obtained an undergraduate degree.
• Deep curiosity to learn new things and is naturally inquisitive.
• A commitment to self-development and learning.
• Excellent time management skills.

Learning and development includes fully funded professional qualification for this role: Associate Chartered Accountant (ACA) or Institute of Risk Management (IRM).

Being inclusive is core to our culture at Forvis Mazars; we want to ensure everyone is fully supported to be their unique self and provided with a level playing field.

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.