A&C - Risk Consulting - Industry & Services Apprentice

Position: A&C - Risk Consulting - Industry & Services School Leaver Apprentice - 1 September 2026

About 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 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 Risk Consulting Team

The Risk Consulting Industry and Services team offers internal audit, advisory and other assurance services across multiple organisations, from FTSE 350 companies to smaller private firms. The team covers industries such as manufacturing, transport, energy, utilities, media, retail, professional services, and technology. They provide internal control process clarity, risk assessments, and enterprise risk management advisory services.

Job Details

• Seniority level:
  Internship
• Employment type:
  
  Full-­time
• Job function:
  Other
• Industry: Accounting

About

The Role

As a school leaver apprentice here's what will await you during your four‑year training contract:
In this role, you will conduct internal audit reviews of our clients' operations in specific areas. You will be responsible for undertaking internal audits into individual areas of the client's business, providing recommendations that are proportionate and in line with best practice. You will undertake all aspects of the internal audit from opening meeting to report writing/audit closure. The audits that you will undertake will be varied and diverse and will have a direct meaningful impact on our clients and the communities they serve.

You will help them to shape their internal processes, reduce their exposure to risk and highlight the opportunities facing them.

During Your First Two Years You Will

• Perform internal audits by testing and reviewing documentation to establish a client's exposure to risk and the effectiveness of the processes in place to mitigate risks;
• Obtain relevant information from clients whilst building an effective rapport with client staff;
• Undertake internal audit testing using a range of tools and methods in order to review and provide recommendations on the client's business operations;
• Develop a thorough understanding of the nature of the client's business, best practice, and applicable regulations;
• Take ownership for an internal audit project within the first two months, including providing feedback to clients verbally and through written internal audit reports; and
• Develop personal and professional skills through regular training, with the support of your team and your line manager.

During Your Third Year You Will

• Start to be involved in supporting client managers in the planning stages of work, such as attending scoping meetings and drafting internal audit Terms of Reference documents;
• Start to specialise in particular sub‑sectors or types of audits where you have developed an interest;
• Increase your confidence in providing your own solutions and ideas to complex client scenarios;
• Perform more challenging technical audits under the guidance of the relevant Forvis Mazars manager;
• Gain proficiency in report writing, and begin to review the work of more junior team members; and
• Be able to aid junior team members by providing support and feedback.

In Your Final Year You Will

• Be able to complete complex audit reviews with minimal supervision from Forvis Mazars managers;
• Act as a point of contact for both internal Forvis Mazars management, junior members of the team, and clients, ensuring that the internal audit work of others is completed within required time frames;
• Begin managing the operational delivery of client internal audit plans, including taking ownership for scoping meetings with clients to develop internal audit Terms of Reference documents;
• Develop client portfolio and contract management skills, that will put you on a pathway to the Assistant Manager grade;
• Gain exposure to…