Forvis Mazars is a leading global professional services network operating under a single brand with just two members: Forvis Mazars, LLP in the United States and Forvis Mazars Group SC, an internationally integrated partnership operating in over 100 countries and territories.

With a legacy spanning more than 100 years, Forvis Mazars is a natural extension of both firms’ heritage. At our core is our commitment to providing a different perspective and an unrivaled client experience that feels right, personal, and natural. As a network of just two, allied organisations, we act fast, to deliver consistent and agile audit, tax and advisory services worldwide. ​

We nurture a deep understanding of our clients’ industries, delivering greater insight, deeper specialism and tailored solutions. Together, our combined teams of 40,000+ professionals have the experience and skills to best serve organisations of all sizes, both locally and globally, now and into the future.

Audit, Tax, Advisory, Accounting, Consulting, Actuarial services, and Legal

Forvis Mazars Group has always remained true to our founder’s values of deep ethical commitment, responsibility and belief that technical excellence is the key to success.

We approach every piece of work with integrity, independence, accountability and a social conscience. Our values are set out in our code of conduct. They guide us in everything we do: how we meet the needs of our clients, how we develop our people and what role we play in our communities.

Our values:

• Integrity
• Responsibility
• Diversity and respect
• Technical excellence
• Independence
• Stewardship

It is through our values that we have successfully grown our organisation around the world, pursuing recruitment and mergers with people and firms that share the same values, vision, and objectives.

These values not only underpin our decades-long story of growth, they also demonstrate our commitment to going above and beyond what is expected of us – today and tomorrow.

Long-term thinking, planning and development to create positive change have always been an integral part of who we are. Our history is one of sustainable and inclusive growth driven by continued stewardship and a commitment to serving the general interest by the very nature of what we do. Above all, we want to uphold that long-term perspective and prepare for a seamless transition to future generations of leaders.

Our purpose

Our ambition is to help build the economic foundations of a fair and prosperous world by caring for the success of our people and clients, the health of financial markets, the maintenance of trust in society and the restoration of the environment.

Our strategy

Living up to our core values, we have put sustainability at the heart of our business. As part of our commitment to creating value for all our stakeholders, we have built a robust strategy to drive positive change for our people, our clients, the environment and local communities.

This strategy is focused on five key pillars:

• Upholding our values of integrity and responsibility: Guided by our code of conduct and the foundational values of our firm, we recognise our role in serving the public interest. ​As an authentic, responsible firm, we rely on our values to deliver quality services to our clients while also creating a positive impact on our people, the planet and society at large.
• Putting people at the heart of our development: We strive to support the growth and development of our people by offering them lifelong learning opportunities, reinforcing their potential and designing careers that fit their aspirations. We focus on developing technical and leadership skills whilst fostering a more inclusive and diverse workplace that is fit for the future, where people have a sense of belonging and can make meaningful contributions by being themselves.Our people strategy therefore focuses on three key areas: empowering our people to grow and lead, diversity and inclusion, and learning and culture.
• Reducing our environmental impact: As our world faces an existential crisis due to rising global temperatures, every individual and entity has a role to play, including Mazars. ​With our global partnership, we will continue to work to preserve the environment and fight climate change by taking robust actions to reduce our carbon footprint in line with climate science and the goal of a net-zero future.
• Contributing to local communities: Community engagement and impact encompass our work to improve social and economic conditions in the communities where we operate. As a professional services firm, we have identified education as a global cause, and the learning and development of our employees is a core strategic priority for us. We therefore strive to address and solve societal challenges by leveraging the power of education and creating long-term impact in local communities.
• Supporting clients on their sustainability journey: We have grown a full suite of sustainability capabilities, covering environmental, social and governance assurance and advisory services, to support organisations on their journey to sustainability. Our dedicated sustainability team has the expertise to help clients contribute to a stronger and more sustainable economy for tomorrow.

As a responsible organisation that is committed to acting with integrity and transparency, we are also a signatory and active participant in the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC). We strive to implement the UNGC principles in our work, and we publish regular reports on our sustainability performance.

Our strategy and actions are also designed and implemented to contribute directly towards the advancement of eight of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs):

The Forvis Mazars brand is more than just a name or a logo; it tells our story. It’s our promise to the market, to always look ahead for our clients, people and communities we serve across the world.

It’s the solutions we offer organisations of all sizes, both domestic and international, to set them up for continued, sustainable success. It’s the compelling reason behind forming a two-member network - stronger and better together. It’s the culmination of our purpose in our industry, now and into the future.

Who we are. Where we are going. How we help you prepare for what’s next. 

We, Forvis Mazars Group, formerly Mazars, have come a long way since Robert Mazars set up his accountancy firm in Rouen, France, in 1945. So has our industry, our offering, and society’s expectations of business. Time has come to offer a new solution. One that builds on our history, reflects the firm we have become and that we strive to be in the future. 

We are built for our clients, people, industry and society.

Providing clarity. Building confidence.  

Forvis Mazars is built to deliver robust, nuanced and individual answers for each and every one of our clients. Global to see the big picture and local to understand it. We provide advice that builds our clients’ confidence and prepares them for what's next.

We know that value for our business, our clients and our communities is created by embracing different perspectives, empowering our people and bringing to the table varied backgrounds, views and skills.

As an international partnership with local roots all over the world, Forvis Mazars is - by nature - a geographically diverse organisation that has grown thanks to the different nationalities, languages and educations of our team.

Today, our leadership team is a good reflection of this diversity: our Group Executive Board is composed of eight nationalities (out of 12 members) and our Group Governance Council brings together nine different nationalities (out of 11 members).

Making the most of these differences as an inclusive organisation allows us to solve problems, move our firm forward and, ultimately, better serve our clients.

Inclusive by design

Diversity goes beyond geographical differences. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where teams, leaders and performance come in many different styles, from diverse ethnic backgrounds, and where these differences lead to greater value and success.

These differences include, but are not limited to differences in ability, age, culture, education, gender, gender identity and expression, language, religion, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background and working style.

Forvis Mazars operates as one team and our international, integrated partnership model makes us, by design, a diverse and inclusive organisation.

Our global D&I survey conducted in May - July 2022 (with 1,400 respondents across 60 countries) highlighted that:

• A strong majority (79%) of our talent never felt excluded based on specific attributes.
• 90% of respondents take pride in their job.
• 80% of employees see their work as a source of fulfilment.
• 84% think that their work serves an important purpose.

Gender equity, diversity and inclusion

• In recent years we have increased the representation of women in leadership positions and have made significant progress towards gender equality across Forvis Mazars. Today, women make up 35% of the global leadership team that drives our 2024 strategic plan. They also represent 43% of our governance bodies overall (members of our Group Executive Board and our Group Governance Council taken together). However, we recognise the need to further balance female representation in our Group Executive Board alone.
• Today, 59% of our 95+ countries track and share their gender diversity indicators. Half of them (50%) report having gender diversity initiatives and programmes in place, of which 57% have specific HR policies to support flexible work schemes and/or work-life balance.
• Our Group Management Team is composed of 63% female C-suite executives, leading our finance, marketing and communications, quality and risk, innovation, technology and general secretary functions.
• 43%Overall, our governance bodies are made up of 43% women
• 59%of our 95+ countries track and share their gender diversity indicators
• 63%Our Group Management Team is composed of 63% female C-suite executives

A lot has been done, but we want to do more. In 2021, we appointed a global leader of diversity and inclusion, who drives a gender diversity strategy based on four change drivers: leadership accountability, awareness programmes, HR and talent management, and knowledge and tools. This leader animates a community of 220 diversity leaders around the world and conducts D&I dialogues with our top 20 countries to discuss action plans.

In 2021-2022, women accounted for 20% of partners across the Group, and our realistic goal is to raise this number to 25% by 2025. It is a key objective set out in our strategic plan and based on a fair assessment of our current talent pipeline. Thanks to our efforts, we reached 22% of female partners as of January 2023.

To help us in this journey, we have partnered, at the group level, with the Observatory for Gender Balance, which creates knowledge and initiatives to advance female leadership and representation in top management. Working with the Observatory’s members, we have developed a checklist for CEOs to assess whether their organisations have implemented the necessary actions to deliver results. This is a tool we are using to drive our own transformation and progress.

In partnership with the Observatory, we have developed a white paper featuring key insights from experts and CEOs, who share their views on critical barriers and bias, and how to drive gender diversity improvements.

Leading from the top

Our Group Executive Board is dedicated to embedding diversity and inclusion into everything we do at our firm. By shaping our culture and long-term strategy around inclusion, our leadership is committed to building a diverse global firm that recognises and rewards difference.

Our Group Chairman, Hervé Hélias, has taken a stance on gender diversity by working with other CEO members of the Observatory and co-signing several op-eds which help build the case internally and externally for more impactful gender diversity strategies. We have published these perspectives on our website and promoted them in social media.

In 2021, Hervé Hélias and the Managing Director of Forvis Mazars in France, Olivier Lenel, co-signed the 'Manifesto of the French Ministry in charge of Gender Equality, Diversity and Equal Opportunities to protect women victims of violence'. By signing this manifesto, we share our commitment to act against this violence, whether outside or inside the company.

These initiatives are shaping Forvis Mazars as a firm that expressly appreciates the value of difference and the importance of belonging, and delivers business success to our people and our clients as a result.