A&C - Risk Consulting - Industry & Services Apprentice

Position: A&C - Risk Consulting - Industry & Services School Leaver Apprentice - 1 September 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'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 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 six 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 Industry And Services Team

The Risk Consulting Industry and Services team offers internal audit, advisory and other assurance services across multiple organisations. The Industry & Services team provides services to companies of varying sizes, from FTSE 350 companies, to companies with turnover of over £3bn, to smaller, privately‑owned companies. The entities we work with range from manufacturing, transport, energy and utilities to those of a more services nature such as media, retail, professional services and technology.

We provide our clients with clarity over the performance of their risk and internal control processes and raise recommendations for improvement where required.

The team primarily provides outsourced and co‑sourced internal audit services, however we also provide (or support other teams with the delivery of) a range of risk‑based engagements for example enterprise risk management advisory services and external quality assessments, to name but a few.

Hear From One Of Our Trainees, Hannah

There is a strong support network and culture at Forvis Mazars which encourages you to be inquisitive and engaging from the outset - improving and growing as an individual is really encouraged here.

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…