A&C - Risk Consulting Public & Social Sector Summer Internship - Birmingham

A&C - Risk Consulting Public & Social Sector Summer Internship - Birmingham

About the internship

Shape your future and grow with us. At Forvis Mazars, we believe your career journey starts with opportunity. Our five-week paid Summer internship is designed to help you develop your skills, gain real-world experience, and fast-track your future in accountancy and professional services.

What you can expect:

• Belong from the start. You'll join a supportive, inclusive environment where your voice matters. From day one, you'll work alongside talented colleagues and mentors who are committed to helping you succeed and feel part of the team.
• Make an impact immediately. This isn't just observation, you'll be immersed in meaningful work, collaborating with clients and contributing to projects that matter.
• Hands-on experience in a dynamic professional setting. You'll experience the business world first-hand by working with a variety of diverse companies.
• Build relationships and expand your professional network by connecting with colleagues and mentors across the firm.
• Interactive skills sessions to boost your employability and career readiness.
• The chance to fast-track your career with an opportunity to secure a 2027 graduate trainee role in the same department and location as your internship.

The Summer internship runs from Monday 22 June to Friday 24 July 2026. These dates are set and are not flexible.

Hear from our previous intern James:

'I massively enjoyed the work! I did not expect to be getting so hands-on so quickly, but I think being thrown in the deep end helped me to improve and learn much faster. My manager and team were incredibly helpful and always willing to take time out of their day to answer any questions that I might have.'

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 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 6 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.

Join a team that prioritises quality and trust. Our team is commercial, pragmatic, and reactive to the changes in the market whilst also taking the time to ensure our approach is personal and productive.

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. You can directly contribute to supporting local communities and be involved with some of the biggest issues in society.

Public and social sector organisations are extremely important, unique and interesting. At Forvis Mazars, we work with a wide variety of organisations across the range of sub-sectors set out later in this section. As we act independently to our clients, we play an important role in supporting public scrutiny, helping to hold organisations to account, support continual improvement and striving to make society a better place. You will have the opportunity to work across a wide range of clients within the public and social sector Risk Consulting team. Our team provide distinctive audit and advisory services across the following six sectors:

• 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. The Apex Framework, delivered by Croydon Council and Forvis Mazars, provides local authorities with internal audit resources with over 40 local authorities and companies adopting the framework.
• Education – Education organisations we work with include universities, sixth form colleges, academies and schools. As part of the work we do, we complete specialist funding audits, data return and legislative reviews for our education clients, as well as wider audits around the student experience, apprenticeships, safeguarding and governance, to name a few.
• Central government – We work with a range of Arm's Length Bodies (ALBs) of government, who deliver and manage public services, provide advice to government and develop regulation. ALBs therefore include organisations with very specific objectives, such as museums and galleries, research institutions and regulators. Internal audits that have been completed by Forvis Mazars trainees include managing collections of artworks, assessing the retail operations of gift shops, looking at grassroots sports funding across the UK, ensuring generators are held to account for managing sustainable fuel, assessing the diversity and inclusion aims of regulators and reviewing the arrangements for inspecting railways to help prevent/investigate accidents;
• Housing - Housing in general, and social housing in particular, is of significant focus within the UK. Forvis Mazars is the #1 provider of Internal Audit services to the social housing sector, operating across both England and Wales. We audit key risk areas such as fire safety, income collection and anti-social behaviour, providing consulting and assurance services to almost 100 clients;
• Police - We provide a range of internal audits to the Office of Police & Crime Commissioners and the associated Police Force. These organisations face various challenges and are very much in the political and media spotlight for the way in which they operate. Our work adds value to the organisations by providing assurance over key areas such as corporate services areas including Finance and HR to more operational areas such as Victim Services, Firearms Licensing and Seized Property.
• Charities - We provide internal audit and advisory services to a range of household name charities working across fields such as international conservation, care in the community and medical research funding. It's a fascinating sector and offers you the opportunity to work with people with strong altruistic values and to feel as though you are really making a difference. There is also some unique audit work in this area that you don't see elsewhere such as reviewing fundraising strategies and practices, raffles and lotteries, and volunteer management.

Who we're looking for

• Penultimate undergraduate student (second year of a three-year degree, third year of a four-year degree, first year of a two-year postgraduate degree, or equivalent).
• Must be available to join a graduate programme from September 2027.
• Available for your internship from 22 June to 24 July 2026. These dates are set and are not flexible.
• On track to obtain an undergraduate degree (or have obtained an undergraduate degree if completing a postgraduate degree). 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. You can read about our approach to academics in our FAQs.
• 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 has 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.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

At Forvis Mazars diversity, equity and inclusion are central to our values. We value our people's unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experience, and know this diversity create better outcomes for our clients. At Forvis Mazars, we promote an environment in which you can grow your skills, belong to a team that values your ideas, and make an impact that matters.

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 and complete your assessment test as soon as possible. If you are an international applicant and/or require a visa please view our FAQs before applying to be aware of deadlines and important information you need to know before applying.

How to apply

To apply for this role and to find out more, please click on the apply button. Please note that applications may close before the application deadline, so apply early to avoid disappointment.