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 nation 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 Team
In Audit, you will join a growing team of relationship driven, curious, problem solvers who add value to their clients every day. Our audit teams provide assurance services that strengthen internal controls, build investor confidence, and ensure financial credibility. We support a wide variety of clients, from privately owned businesses to UK listed companies, financial services clients, and some of the world’s largest FT Global organisations.
As part of our uniquely integrated structure, you’ll benefit from working in collaborative teams, gaining early responsibility and being empowered to challenge, learn and lead in a supportive, values-driven environment. Our commitment to quality, independence of thought and innovation helps us play a key role in shaping the future of audit.
The Financial Institution Methodology Team forms part of the firm’s Audit Quality Support Team (AQST) and plays a key role in supporting audit quality across the banking and financial services audit practice.
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Audit Quality Framework – Develops and maintains the firm’s audit methodology, policies, tools, guidance, and related technical banking training.
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Standards & Compliance – Ensures audit methodologies comply with auditing, ethical, and regulatory requirements.
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Practice Support – Supports audit teams in the consistent and effective application of methodology and risk management policies.
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Quality Management – Contributes to the firm’s system of quality management and audit quality outcomes.
About the role
As an Assistant Manager (AM), you will contribute to the delivery of high-quality audits through influencing the development and application of the global methodology applied by all firms in the Forvis Mazars Group and developing content for the UK firm, specifically the firm's Financial Institution / Banking audit methodology. This will include financial institution technical consultation and other practical advisory support and aspects of technical training support.
- Audit Methodology Leadership – Support the development, maintenance, and enhancement of the firm’s Financial Institution / Banking audit methodology, ensuring it remains compliant, practical, and high quality.
- Methodology Projects – Support methodology initiatives, including updates to the Financial Institution Methodology Series in the UK, and the development of audit guidance, tools, templates, and training materials.
- Technical Consultation Support – Support the team with technical consultations from the audit service line on the application of audit methodology, and quality review consultation responses prepared by other team members.
- Practice Advisory Support – Provide timely responses to ad hoc methodology-related queries from audit teams, offering practical and risk-focused guidance.
- Training & Learning Review – Coordinate, technical training content developed by the Banking Sector and other members of AQST.
- Technical Awareness – Maintain up-to-date knowledge of audit, accounting, and regulatory developments, proactively assessing their impact on the firm’s audit methodology.
- Quality & Culture Champion – Champion audit quality, consistency, and professional scepticism across the audit practice, supporting a culture of continuous improvement.
What we are looking for
- Professional Qualification – ACA / CA / ACCA (or equivalent).
- Financial institution and banking specific audit experience.
- Experience and technical awareness of IFRS 9, IFRS 13, FRS 102 and the end-to-end payments process for Financial Institutions and Banks.
- Experience in an audit quality function and specifically for the enhancement and continuous improvement of methodology, ancillary guidance, tools and templates for Financial Institution and banking teams. Extensive experience is not essential.
- Experience with supporting in the development of Financial Institution and banking audit methodology including strong interpretation skills for technical specialist / expert guidance.
- Ability to understand highly technical concepts and explain them in a simplified manner to audit teams and the relevant specialists / experts engaged on financial institution and banking audits.
- Strong communication skills with specialists and experts involved on financial institution and banking audits.
- Experience or knowledge of the UK, EU and US banking regulatory environments is essential.
- Strong project management skills.
- Experience with preparation and delivery of technical and interactive Financial Institution and banking training.
- Experience with supporting specialist teams to build innovative solutions for audit teams and drafting the related methodology and audit certification requirements.
- In addition to delivering on the expectations specific to this role, the candidate will also contribute significantly to the future strategic direction of the financial institution quality plan, including greater use of innovation.
- Serious about making a difference and ready to take on some of the firms’ most important initiatives.
- Stakeholder Engagement – Effective communicator with the ability to translate complex technical matters into clear, practical guidance.
- Technology & Innovation – Experience of audit software development desirable, but not essential.
- Data & Digital Awareness – Exposure to data analytics and emerging audit technologies desirable, but not essential.
- Continuous Improvement Mindset – Proactive approach to identifying opportunities to enhance audit methodology, tools, and ways of working.
Diversity, Equity & 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. We seek to attract, develop, and retain the best talent, inclusive of sex, ethnicity, disability, socio-economic background, sexual orientation, gender identity, nationality, and faith. We select candidates based on skills, knowledge, qualifications, and experience and aim to support all our team members to reach their potential. 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.
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