A&C - Risk Consulting Public & Social Sector School Leaver Apprentice- London - 1 Sept 2026

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 will join a collaborative and inclusive team where you are supported to grow your skills, explore new opportunities, and contribute from day one. You will 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.

About the Risk Consulting Public & Social Sector Team: 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 can directly contribute to supporting local communities and be involved with some of the biggest issues in society. Public and social sector organisations are extremely important, unique and interesting. At Forvis Mazars, we work with a wide variety of organisations across the range of sub-sectors set out later in this section. As we act independently to our clients, we play an important role in supporting public scrutiny, helping to hold organisations to account, support continual improvement and striving to make society a better place.

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: Forvis 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.

About the role: As a school leaver apprentice, here’s what will await you during your four-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.
• Obtain relevant information from clients whilst building an effective rapport with client staff.
• Develop personal and professional skills through regular training, with the support of your team and your line manager.

During your first two years, you will:

• Take ownership for an internal audit project within the first two months.
• Develop a thorough understanding of the nature of the client’s business, best practice, and applicable regulations.

During your third 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 final year, you will:

• Complete complex audit reviews with minimal supervision from Mazars managers.
• Act as a point of contact for both internal Forvis Mazars management, junior members of the team, and clients.

Who we’re looking for: On track or have A-level or equivalent qualifications. Deep curiosity to learn new things and is naturally inquisitive. A commitment to self-development and learning. Strong sense of ownership of duties and high levels of responsibility to deliver on promises. Excellent time management skills. A willingness to travel and adhere to our flexible working environment.

Learning and development: Fully funded professional qualification for this role: ACA followed by CIA. Our supportive culture includes coaching, mentorship, and one-on-one guidance to help you grow, belong and make an impact.

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.

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.