Forensic & Valuation Services Graduate - London - Mazars

Mazars
Mazars
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London, United Kingdom

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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 keen to study the ACA and learn specialist skills and work with a diverse set of clients? Do you have great attention to detail and a keen analytical approach to solving problems? This graduate programme is a great opportunity to join a growing dynamic team focusing on three key areas of litigation and arbitration, forensic investigations and financial crime, and company valuations.


About the role


Throughout the Forensic & Valuation Services team ("
FVS") graduate scheme you will have the opportunity to gain exposure to three key areas of the team, resulting in a broad understanding of the specialist services we can offer our clients.


  • In the litigation and arbitration team, you will be supporting our Experts (the Partners and Directors) prepare expert witness evidence for Courts and Tribunals. You will be given responsibilities from early on, whereby the work you do will feed directly into the expert evidence.
  • In the forensic investigation and financial crime team you will be supporting investigations into corporates, as well as helping us prevent, detect and manage financial crime issues.


We now operate under a hybrid working model, so as a graduate your time will be split between working from the office, visiting client sites when required, working from home, or studying for your professional exams.


During your first two years you will:

  • Undertake quantitative analysis which will feed directly into expert evidence;
  • Undertake desktop research and collate information for team members;
  • Develop a deeper understanding of the services offered both in the: (i) FVS team; and (ii) other Mazars service lines;
  • Prepare targeted financial analysis of data under the supervision of project managers;
  • Undertake indepth document review to identify key documents in forensic investigations or litigation/arbitration support;
  • Assist senior colleagues with preparing tables, charts, exhibits and appendices for inclusion in reports;
  • Contribute to the efficient operation of each project assignment by proactively providing support to senior colleagues;
  • Support managers with interviewing of key witnesses in forensic investigations; and
  • Spend time studying towards an ACA qualification.

In your third year you will:

  • Be responsible for drafting small sections of expert reports;
  • Support more senior members of staff at networking events;
  • Contribute to nonchargeable work in the team, including the preparation of client proposals and business development opportunities;
  • Undertake more complex financial analysis, for example preparing valuation models or lossofprofit models;
  • Liaise directly with the client, answering queries in a professional and knowledgeable manner;

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 provide 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 and Public Services with consultative expertise in Risk & Management Consulting, 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 strategic, financial and operational issues as one collaborative team.


An introduction to our Forensic & Valuation Services team
The is a fast growing, dynamic and close-knit team at Mazars.

We consist of over 65 professionals across 4 offices in the UK and provide support across three main areas of work, being:


  • Litigation and arbitration we act as financial and accounting experts in a variety of legal disputes;
  • Forensic investigation and financial crime we mange financial crime issues and conduct investigations into matters such as fraud, bribery, and corruption; and
  • Valuations we provide valuations in a variety of contexts such as tax requirements, financial reporting requirements, or in relation to an acquisition or restructuring.
Whether it's large multinational energy companies in multi-billion-dollar disputes, new start-ups trying to see how much their company is worth, or potential fraud at an investment bank, the clients and sectors the FVS team engages with span a broad spectrum which ensures that the graduate programme is both exciting and inte
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