Forvis Mazars – Future Choices: Access Accountancy – Work experience programme October 2025 – Poole
Pathway CTM
Date: 17 hours ago
City: Poole
Contract type: Full time

Description
Are you a soon-to-be Year 13 student interested in a career in accountancy or professional services and want to grow your skills and make an impact on your future career through four days of paid experience?
About The Opportunity
At Forvis Mazars, we know the early stages of your career matter. That’s why we’ve created an environment where you can explore your interests, build new skills, and shape a future that reflects your goals. Grow with tailored development, belong to a team that values every voice, and make an impact right from the start.
Our Access Accountancy work experience programme is designed to help you explore your future choices with purpose.
What You’ll Experience
This is a paid programme, and we will also provide IT equipment during your time with us.
Hear from Katie one of our previous Future Choices participants:
‘This amazing programme gave me an insight into accountancy which I had not previously considered as a career. All the activities, business simulations and workshops gave me first-hand experience and enabled me to grow my understanding of possible roles within the industry. Following this work experience I applied for Forvis Mazars and was able to use my newfound knowledge built within the programme to my advantage. Now, I am an audit trainee at Forvis Mazars!’
Who We’re Looking For
We welcome applications from all year 13 students. In line with our commitment to improving access to our profession, we particularly encourage applicants from socially disadvantaged backgrounds.
We’re Looking For Individuals Who Are
About Access Accountancy
Access Accountancy is a collaboration of more than 25 professional services firms dedicated to improving access to the accountancy profession in the UK. Forvis Mazars is proud to be a partner and to be able to offer exciting opportunities on our Future Choices: Access Accountancy programme.
Are you a soon-to-be Year 13 student interested in a career in accountancy or professional services and want to grow your skills and make an impact on your future career through four days of paid experience?
About The Opportunity
At Forvis Mazars, we know the early stages of your career matter. That’s why we’ve created an environment where you can explore your interests, build new skills, and shape a future that reflects your goals. Grow with tailored development, belong to a team that values every voice, and make an impact right from the start.
Our Access Accountancy work experience programme is designed to help you explore your future choices with purpose.
What You’ll Experience
- Business simulations with real world challenges: Explore what a career in accountancy and professional services looks like. Gain a deeper understanding of our profession and the type of work you could be involved in across different departments.
- Skills building workshops: Grow your confidence and capabilities with sessions on communication, teamwork, and career readiness. Giving you the tools to thrive in any professional environment.
- Connect and collaborate: Experience what it’s like to belong at Forvis Mazars. From energisers to creative team challenges, helping you connect with peers and colleagues.
- Pathway to apprenticeship: Insight into our recruitment process with the opportunity to apply to one of our September 2026 apprenticeships.
This is a paid programme, and we will also provide IT equipment during your time with us.
Hear from Katie one of our previous Future Choices participants:
‘This amazing programme gave me an insight into accountancy which I had not previously considered as a career. All the activities, business simulations and workshops gave me first-hand experience and enabled me to grow my understanding of possible roles within the industry. Following this work experience I applied for Forvis Mazars and was able to use my newfound knowledge built within the programme to my advantage. Now, I am an audit trainee at Forvis Mazars!’
Who We’re Looking For
We welcome applications from all year 13 students. In line with our commitment to improving access to our profession, we particularly encourage applicants from socially disadvantaged backgrounds.
We’re Looking For Individuals Who Are
- Currently in year 13 completing their AS/A Levels, BTEC or equivalent qualification in England and Highers/Advanced Highers students in Scotland.
- Curious and driven, with a genuine interest in exploring a career in accountancy and professional services.
- Eager to learn and grow through valuable work insight programme that could support their journey toward securing an apprenticeship with us.
- Keen to develop their employability skills and take a confident step towards their future career.
- You attend a state school or college.
- The occupation of your main household earner when you were aged 14 is classified as being from a lower socio-economic background.
- You are or have been eligible for free school meals.
- You attend a school where the number of students eligible for free school meals is above the regional average.
- You would be the first member of your immediate family to attend university.
About Access Accountancy
Access Accountancy is a collaboration of more than 25 professional services firms dedicated to improving access to the accountancy profession in the UK. Forvis Mazars is proud to be a partner and to be able to offer exciting opportunities on our Future Choices: Access Accountancy programme.
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