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At Mazars we have a wide range of opportunities for you to gain experience in a firm that truly cares about your aspirations. Our business is an engine for rapid and consistent career progression, and we are known for giving ambitious people early responsibility and exposure.

Are you a graduate with strong interpersonal skills with a keen interest in building a career in IT internal audit? Are you a credible and effective communicator who enjoys building trusted client relationships? This is a great opportunity to join a team that specialises technology and digital solutions, providing expert services to banks, investment firms, asset managers and payment institutions.

About the role

This is a great opportunity to gain valuable experience and exposure in order to build a career within IT internal audit as part of the Technology department. At Mazars, you will have the unique opportunity to work on a wide range of technology areas, with a focus on Risk and Assurance.

Joining the team as a Consultant, you will be working on a wide variety of technology internal audits, providing assurance to our clients on their response to the increasing number of and emerging technology-based risks and threats.

We are now operating a hybrid working model, so as a trainee you will split your time between working from home, visiting the office, client sites when required or studying for your professional exams.

You will have the opportunity to gain experience in the following range of areas:

• Technology Strategy

• Cloud


• 3rd Party Service Management and Provision


• IT Effectiveness


• Cyber Security


• Data Privacy/GDPR

• IT/Infrastructure Resilience


• Business Continuity Management and IT Disaster Recovery


• IT Service Management


• Emerging Technology


• Digital Readiness

• Application IT

• Responsibility for executing day to day IT internal audit work and reviews; including contributing across the entire delivery lifecycle, from planning through to reporting


• Client management; acting as a point of contact for both the service leads and the client, ensuring all are kept fully informed of any issues arising and the progress of the work


• Delivering work to the highest technical standards including ensuring work is conducted in line with Mazars Quality standards

• Ensuring all work is undertaken to budget and meets client KPIs


• Building and developing long term relationships with senior stakeholders across our client organisations as well as within Mazars


• Maintaining control and stability under pressure whilst recognising the deadline or urgency to be dealt with


• Supporting with business development, including proposals and pitches


• Identifying opportunities for new work

• Clearly understanding the wider service line capabilities of the department and the wider firm and how these may benefit your clients

About the team

Overview of the Advisory & Consulting service line

The Advisory & Consulting Service Line is a rapidly growing, award winning, global group of successful teams working together to present a go-to-market differentiator whilst delivering the highest quality of work for our clients. If you are successful in securing a role on our training programme you will join a team of 600+ innovative specialists across a variety of sectors including Financial Services, Industry & Services, and Public Services with consultative expertise in Risk & Management Consulting, Internal Audit, Actuarial and all aspects of the Tech & Digital space. Our Advisory teams are at the forefront of large international infrastructure projects, global M&A transactions, high-profile forensic investigations, business valuations, corporate restructuring and creditor advisory services; all with the aim of adding value to clients by finding solutions to a range of financial issues as one collaborative team.

An introduction to the IT internal audit team

As a Consultant within the national team you will be responsible for delivering technology risk and assurance work to a range of clients nationally and internationally. Our broad range of clients, including those in FTSE 350, allow you to gain experience across a range of sectors including:

• Financial Services, Banking, Insurance and Investment


• Corporates/Private Sector/Large & Listed


• Central and Local Government


• Retail and Consumer products organisations

About you

We are looking for exceptional candidates to join our team who demonstrate the following:

• A passion and enthusiasm for technology

• Agile mindset and comfortable adapting with changing technologies and environments


• Interpersonal skills; the ability to build client relationships with a foundation of trust and responsibility.


• Analytical skills; the ability to think critically, research and solve problems.


• Commitment to self-development & learning.


• Affinity with our values; in particular, respect for individuals, diversity and integrity.

• Embrace remote working and digital tools to deliver our services.


• A willingness to travel.

Strong academic performance is important; however, we understand that things don't always go to plan. Our recruitment process looks at your whole self – academic achievements as well as other experiences in which you have grown and developed. We balance your academic results alongside the aptitude assessment within our recruitment process to ensure that you will be successful in your role with us.

Mazars & me: who are we?

Mazars is a leading international professional services firm delivering exceptional quality in audit, tax, financial advisory, outsourcing and consulting. It's also a fun, fast-paced, positive place to work and make friends.

At Mazars, we celebrate individuality and thrive on teamwork. We give people the freedom to make a personal contribution to our shared purpose. We support one another to deliver quality, create change and make an impact. So that everyone can reach their full potential.

Every story is different at Mazars. Our people have amazing, personal experiences so the best way to learn about life here is to hear it first hand from them.

Learning and development

We offer a diverse range of experiences, with prestigious clients and dynamic projects across a range of sectors and geographies. We offer an excellent technical grounding and real responsibility from the start, with early exposure to clients and partners. We have a culture of coaching, feedback, mentorship and one-to-one support, so you will learn from working closely with accessible colleagues and leaders who have so much to share. Most importantly, we give our people the tools and support they need to define their own career path and realise their full potential. As part of your training, we offer the opportunity to gain a professional qualification whilst earning a competitive salary and gaining invaluable experience.

This includes funding, time off to study, attend college and complete online courses. Your professional qualification is only part of the story at Mazars; we support all our trainees with a blended approach to training and development including classroom study, 1:1 coaching, and soft skills training. We will fund for you to study towards an MSc in Digital and Technology and then subsequently relevant training that meets yours and the business need.

You will be supported by a mentor and an appraising manager to keep your career and aspirations on track. And you will be allocated a buddy who will support you to settle into the team and navigate your first year at Mazars.

Inclusion and diversity

Being inclusive is core to our culture at Mazars; we want to ensure everyone, whether in the recruitment process or beyond, is fully supported to be their unique self and provided with a level playing field. To read more about our approach click here.

Next steps

At Mazars, we are one diverse, multicultural, multi-generational team with a huge sense of connection and belonging. If you are looking to join a firm where you can take ownership of your career, get involved, believe in yourself and put your ideas into action, then we think you will be a great addition to our team.

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.

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