A&C - Risk Consulting Public & Social Graduate Trainee

Position: A&C - Risk Consulting Public & Social Sector Graduate Trainee 1 September 2026

A&C - Risk Consulting Public & Social Sector Graduate Trainee - Manchester - 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, enabling us to make our time with 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 specialists across six business units:
Deals and Financing, Financial Services Consulting, Consulting, Infrastructure Finance, Forensics and Completion, and Restructuring & Insolvency, aiming to add 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.

• 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, with audits of funding, student experience, apprenticeships, safeguarding and governance.
• Central government – We work with a range of Arm’s Length Bodies (ALBs) of government, providing audits of collections, retail operations, sports funding, sustainable fuel, diversity and inclusion aims, and railway inspection arrangements.
• Housing – We are the #1 provider of internal audit services to the social housing sector, auditing key risk areas such as fire safety, income collection and anti‑social behaviour.
• Police – We provide internal audits to the Office of Police & Crime Commissioners and associated police forces, covering finance, HR, victim services, firearms licensing and seized property.
• Charities – We audit household name charities across conservation, community care and medical research funding, reviewing fundraising strategies, raffles, lotteries and volunteer management.

Hear From One Of Our Trainees, Hannah

There is a solid 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 graduate trainee you will work through a three‑year training contract, conducting internal audit reviews of our clients’ operations in specific areas. You will undertake all aspects of internal audit from opening meeting to report writing and closure, providing recommendations that are proportionate and aligned with public sector best practice. We operate a hybrid working model, so you will split your time among working from home, visiting the office, client sites and studying for professional exams.

During

Your First Year 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.
• Obtain…