A&C - Corporate Restructuring School Leaver Apprentice - 1 September 2025 - Birmingham

Forvis Mazars : who are we?

Forvis Mazars LLP is the UK firm of Forvis Mazars Group. In the UK we have over 3,300 employees across 14 locations, delivering an outstanding client experience. Forvis Mazars is an engine for rapid and consistent career progression, offering career paths that help you pursue your interests, match your changing needs, and explore your true potential. We work with diverse, prestigious clients across a range of sectors and geographies, giving you the opportunity to constantly update and grow your skills for lifelong professional development.

Advisory & Consulting at Forvis Mazars

At Forvis Mazars, our Advisory and Consulting service line is an award-winning, global group of successful, entrepreneurial teams. 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 700 experts across our teams who operate as subject matter experts across our 7 business units: Crisis and Disputes, Deals and Financing, Financial Services Consulting, Management Consulting, Infrastructure Energy, Sustainability Services, and Digital and Risk Insurance, with the aim of adding value to clients by finding solutions to a range of financial issues as one collaborative team.

About the Restructuring and Insolvency Team

As a school leaver apprentice in the Corporate Restructuring Advisory team, you will learn about the common, industry-specific indicators of financial distress and in some cases why failure is unavoidable. You will receive training in order to provide high-quality investigations, draft accurate advice, and prepare statutory and stakeholder specific reports on the financial and accountancy affairs of the companies in question. You will develop the capability to advise and help clients buy and sell businesses, both on a going concern and a breakup basis. Your involvement will include participation in pitches and proposals through to deal completion. You will have the opportunity to help businesses and their stakeholders by providing advice in respect of business underperformance, or at the varying stages of distress, to help achieve the best outcome for creditors as part of an Administration or Liquidation process.

About the role

As a school leaver apprentice here's what will await you during your four-year training contract:

1. Join and gain experience within the Restructuring and Insolvency department.
2. Undertake in-depth financial analysis and document reviews, working closely with managers and partners to support the preparation of reports.
3. Gain experience in assisting with asset recovery, strategy implementation, stakeholder engagement, and distributions to creditors.
4. Prepare targeted data for report drafting and correspondence.
5. Assist managers and partners by preparing tables, charts, exhibits, and appendices for inclusion in reports.
6. Develop an understanding of a variety of financial and accounting disputes in numerous sectors.
7. Produce high-quality research/presentation packs for meetings with existing and prospective clients.
8. Assist on building financial models and undertaking financial analysis.
9. Take ownership of administration tasks across all aspects of an Insolvency situation along with the associated follow-up.
10. Verbal and written communication with creditors, third party agents, and intermediaries such as solicitors, property agents, insurers, and employment specialists.
11. Collect information from stakeholders and begin to assess the relevance whilst also building rapport with clients.
12. Assist experienced colleagues with the management of their portfolio of cases, including matters of asset realisation, utilising statutory forms and meticulously comply with statutory procedures.
13. Take ownership of drafting sections of a report allocated to you.

During your third and fourth years you will:

1. Complete working drafts of reports allocated to you.
2. Self-review own work, ensuring it is client-ready and consistent with the expected house styles and quality.
3. Aid less experienced team members.
4. Attend meetings with stakeholders contributing on specific aspects of the project.
5. Support project management by ensuring the set timetable is followed by all parties involved.
6. Gain experience in financial portfolio management of cases, cashiering, and risk management.
7. Be a point of contact for clients and third parties throughout projects.
8. Gain experience in complex scenarios such as negotiations and strategy implementation.
9. Understand reasons for financial failure and options assessments.
10. Prepare documents and research for business development meetings with key intermediaries.
11. Support the team in its business development and marketing activities.
12. Effectively balance multiple projects and responsibilities.
13. Study for and sit the Certificate of Proficiency in Insolvency exam which is a recognised industry qualification.

By your final year you will have your own portfolio of cases reporting directly to experienced individuals within the team. You will be expected to take responsibility for more complex elements of a project, or for the entirety of a smaller project, ensuring completion delivery within stated, statutory deadlines.

Who we're looking for

• On track or have obtained A-levels, BTEC or equivalent qualifications.
• Deep curiosity to learn new things and is naturally inquisitive.
• The ability to think critically solve problems and share knowledge with others.
• A commitment to self-development and learning.
• Strong sense of ownership of duties and high levels of responsibility to deliver on promises.
• Always looks to try their best in all they do and always looking for ways to improve.
• Enjoys meeting and engaging with new people with an underlying respect for individuals, diversity, and integrity.
• Works well under pressure and have a positive ‘can-do' attitude if faced with challenging situations.
• Excellent time management skills.
• A willingness to travel and adhere to our flexible working environment.

Learning and development

Fully funded professional qualification for this role: Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT)/ Associate Chartered Accountant (ACA)/ Certificate of Proficiency in Insolvency (CPI).

Our supportive culture includes coaching, mentorship, and one-on-one guidance. In addition to funding qualifications, we provide time off to study, and a blended training approach including in person and virtual learning.

Inclusion and diversity

Being inclusive is core to our culture at Forvis 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.

Next steps

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.