MAZARS GRADUATE RECRUITMENTFOR A BRIGHTER FUTURE

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WelcomeYou have an important decision to make

as you embark on your professional

career and the choices you make now will

inform and shape your career in the

future. Our graduate recruitment process

is designed to give you exposure to our

culture, our staff and our way of working,

because these are important factors that

will influence your career choices.

Graduates working at Mazars can expect

excellent training programmes and

development opportunities. Although

technical skills are a strong focus area,

we also stress the importance of your

development in aspects relating to

understanding of the business

environment and client needs, not only

for meeting today’s business

requirements but also developing your

skill set to meet the demands of

tomorrow’s business environment.

Mazars Graduate ProgrammeMazars is a registered SAICA training

office and offers three, four and five year

SAICA training contracts to graduates and

post graduates who wish to follow the

CA career path.

It is a supportive yet challenging

environment in which everyone is

expected to work hard and contribute

towards achieving high standards of

technical excellence and client service

delivery. Mazars subscribes to a strong

team philosophy and a good work life

balance. Our teams are structured to give

you responsibility and exposure to clients

from day one. You will find that our staff

are energetic and there is always a

cultural, social or sporting event to get

involved in.

Sounds like the place for you? Take a look

through the rest of the brochure and get

a feel for what we do, how we operate

and how we can contribute to your

career growth.

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Bahrain, Egypt, Israel,Kuwait, Lebanon, Palestine,

Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sultanate of Oman,

The United ArabEmirates

MIDDLE EAST

Albania, Austria,Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina,

Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece,

Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Jersey,Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway,

Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia,Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden,

Switzerland, Turkey,United Kingdom

EUROPE

AFRICAAlgeria, Angola, Benin,Botswana, Cameroon, Djibouti, Egypt, Ghana,

Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique,

Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda,Senegal, South Africa,

Tunisia,Tanzania

Australia, China (Mainlandand Hong Kong), India, Indonesia,

Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Caledonia, Pakistan,

Philippines, Republic of Korea, Singapore, Tajikistan,

Thailand, Vietnam

ASIA-PACIFIC

Argentina, Bermuda, Brazil, Canada, Columbia, Chile, Dutch West Indies,

Ecuador, French West Indies, Mexico, Peru, United States of America,

Uruguay, Venezuela(including representative o�ces

in the Cayman Islands)

AMERICAS

Alberta, British Columbia,Manitoba, New Brunswick,

Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories,

Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario,Prince Edward Island,

Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon

CANADAAzerbaijan, Russia

Ukraine

RUSSIAAND THEMOST CIS

Mazars global footprintMazars worldwide

18 000 Professionals worldwide

79 Countries

6 Continents

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Over 1000 Staff

69 Partners

12 Offices

•Cape Town

Paarl• George

• • Plettenberg Bay

Port Elizabeth •

•East London

Durban •

• Bloemfontein

•Johannesburg•Pretoria

Kimberley•

Kathu•

Mazars South Africa

Bahrain, Egypt, Israel,Kuwait, Lebanon, Palestine,

Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sultanate of Oman,

The United ArabEmirates

MIDDLE EAST

Albania, Austria,Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina,

Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece,

Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Jersey,Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway,

Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia,Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden,

Switzerland, Turkey,United Kingdom

EUROPE

AFRICAAlgeria, Angola, Benin,Botswana, Cameroon, Djibouti, Egypt, Ghana,

Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique,

Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda,Senegal, South Africa,

Tunisia,Tanzania

Australia, China (Mainlandand Hong Kong), India, Indonesia,

Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Caledonia, Pakistan,

Philippines, Republic of Korea, Singapore, Tajikistan,

Thailand, Vietnam

ASIA-PACIFIC

Argentina, Bermuda, Brazil, Canada, Columbia, Chile, Dutch West Indies,

Ecuador, French West Indies, Mexico, Peru, United States of America,

Uruguay, Venezuela(including representative o�ces

in the Cayman Islands)

AMERICAS

Alberta, British Columbia,Manitoba, New Brunswick,

Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories,

Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario,Prince Edward Island,

Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon

CANADAAzerbaijan, Russia

Ukraine

RUSSIAAND THEMOST CIS

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What’s in it for you?

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CAREER

VARIETY

RESPONSIBILITY

You will be given loads

of responsibility from day one and

photocopying is not a core part of your

training!

You have an opportunity

to become a well-rounded professional who has the potential

to become a future partner in our

business.

Work experience and

excellent training programmes have made

us one of the top achievers in the public practice examinations

in previous years.

You will experience different

sectors, industries and service offerings. Your

days will be varied, challenging and

rewarding.

CULTURE

At Mazars we have a down to earth attitude.

We focus on working together to get the job done. Our staff enjoy an excellent rapport

and culture.Mazars has an excellent mobility

programme offering qualified staff the

opportunity to work in Mazars offices

worldwide.

TRAINING

MOBILITY

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Tomorrow’s Learning CommunityIntroduction Tomorrow’s Learning Community (TLC) is

an audit technical community of practice

committed to driving Mazars’ core value

of technical excellence by facilitating the

consistent translation of Mazars values

and expertise across the firm.

The work of TLC aims to ensure that

high quality audit technical material

and resources are maintained and

professionally facilitated. Training

quality is benchmarked across the

national practice.

The audit division of Mazars South Africa

drives the work of TLC with the support of

Quality and Risk Management, Quality

Officers and Learning and Development. 

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TLC’s main objectives § Identify specific factors that impact

on the quality of training within the

audit environment

§ Support and grow an organisational

‘learning culture’ within the Mazars

South African practice

§ Provide a consistent quality and

standard of audit technical training

across all offices by updating and

designing new material

§ Collaborate to create efficiencies,

effectiveness and cost saving

techniques in audit technical training

by sharing training resources among

TLC members for use within the

Mazars South Africa practice

§ Implement capacity development of

TLC that ensures the succession of

competent trainers.

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Training and development

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Induction training You will begin by attending an induction

programme that will give you the

opportunity to get to know your peers and

equip you with the skills and knowledge

to take on your first client assignment. 

Annual programmesAs you progress the firm delivers tailored

training programmes appropriate to your

level. Each programme focuses not only

on technical training but on core skills

such as people, client and project

management skills helping you to

become a well rounded business

professional.

On the job trainingNot only will trainees receive excellent

technical training through TLC, but will

also receive on the job training which

forms part of our very ethos and is one of

the most important learning experiences

at Mazars.

Mazars UniversityThe Mazars University South Africa

campus provides our staff with access to

quality, accredited training and

professional development programmes.

We support development through

innovative online learning that can be

accessed anytime, anywhere and on any

supported device.

Courses cover a wide variety of subjects

in order to meet the learning needs of all

Mazars’ employees – from highly

technical topics to software application

instruction as well as business and

professional skills development.

MentorshipMazars promotes an open-door policy.

Access to Partners and senior

management is a right not a privilege.

In addition, Mazars staff have access to

IGNITE, a training programme aimed at

talented individuals who demonstrate the

motivation, potential and commitment for

fast tracked careers within Mazars.

IGNITE is a mentor-based programme

which is geared towards helping people

build strong careers in the firm.

Shared values

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2010Promoted

to Managing Partner

2003Promoted to

Partner (then Moores

Rowland)

2000Qualified

as a Chartered

Accountant

1997Joined Mazars (then Moores Rowland) as a

Trainee accountant

Career ladder

Mansoor Salee Partner

Shaun Vorster Partner

1999Joined Mazars (then Moores Rowland) as a

Trainee accountant

2001Qualified

as a Chartered

Accountant

2002Promoted to

Audit Manager

2004Promoted to

Partner (then Moores

Rowland)

Michelle Olckers Managing Partner: Cape Town

Jonathan Comley Partner

2011Promoted

to Partner

2003Joined Mazars (then Moores Rowland) as a

Trainee accountant

2001Joined Mazars (then Moores Rowland) as a

Trainee accountant

2005Qualified

as a Chartered

Accountant

2005Promoted to

Manager (then Moores

Rowland)

2006Promoted to

Partner (then Moores

Rowland)2005Qualified

as a Chartered

Accountant

2010Seconded to

Mazars London for group audit

reporting

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Global mobility

With offices in 79 countries on

6 continents the MOVE programme offers staff the

opportunity to work in Mazars offices worldwide. Our people

have had opportunities to work in Australia, Brazil, France, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands,

Singapore, UK and USA.

“Having had the opportunity to gain

exposure to the Mazars culture in

Australia was truly one that enhanced

my perspective on the corporate and

social overview of life. It is something I

would definitely recommend as it makes

one proud to be a Mazarian knowing that

we have such diverse networks with such

warm and amazing people. It has truly

been a character building experience and

has helped me with my own personal

growth and development. I would not

change a thing about it and will grasp

another opportunity if I ever had one.”Rochelle Murugan

audit manager

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Mia van der Merwe audit manager

Nico Jansensenior manager

“My experience in Chicago has been the

stuff of legends it is the type of experience

that you would wish every secondee would

have. It was very daunting and seemed like

an enormous task to take on due to the fact

that soon after I had arrived in the Chicago

office, they had obtained three new clients

during busy season that all had their

deadlines within the same week. The city

itself is as legendary as Al Capone himself,

incredible people, incredible sites and

let’s not forget the most amazing

culinary experience.”

“Paris is an awesome city and it really

feels like one is going back to the roots of

the Mazars Family. The Paris office has an

even bigger blend of employees from all

over the world. I worked with people from

France, America, Italy, the UK which

highlights the true cultural diversity

of the Mazars Family.”

Wihann Rabeaudit supervisor

“I had the privilege of going to

Singapore on a three month secondment.

The exposure, life experience, living in a

different country and interacting with

different cultures were invaluable in

enhancing my career and of course being

able to go watch the Malaysian Grand Prix

was a dream come true. Being able to work

for the same international firm in a

different country and witnessing how the

same values are applied within Mazars

across the world made me proud to call

myself a Mazarian.”

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Sports and SocialThe social committees in each of our national offices run numerous events throughout the

year. This is a great way for new trainees to fit right in and have fun.

Mazars Gauteng competed in a Snack Competition on Mazars Day

Mazars Port Elizabeth exhibited at the

NMMU Career Fair

Mazars Bloemfontein took part in the Action Netball Championships

Mazars East London sponsored and participated in the Annual Diesel Depot 15km challenge

Mazars George participated in the Mazars Business Relay

Mazars Cape Town participated in the Nedbank Dragon boat racing event

Mazars Durban supporting the Royal National Yacht

Club Regatta

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Corporate Social ResponsibilityMazarians are always delighted to get involved in projects that give a helping hand to

those who need it.

Mazars Cape Town donated money raised for casual day to the Peninsula Feeding Scheme as part of their Mazars Day giving back initiative

Mazars East London generously donated blood at the SANBS Blood Drive

Mazars Durban held a fun day on Mazars Day

and also put together gift bags for

60 grandmothers and children

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1. VISIT our online recruitment

platform

4. COMPLETE our online application

form

2. REGISTER your details

3. CONFIRM your account via your email

APPLY ONLINE www.mazars.co.za

One of the world’s largest professional services firms

An international, integrated and independent

organisation, specialising in audit, tax

and advisory

18 000 professionals operating in 79 countries

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Mazars is an international, integrated and independent organisation, specialising in audit, accountancy,

advisory and tax services. Mazars operates throughout the 79 countries that make up its partnership,

drawing on the expertise of 18 000 women and men led by 950 partners.

We assist clients of all sizes, from SMEs to mid-caps and global players as well as start-ups and public

organisations, at every stage of their development.

In South Africa, Mazars employs over 1000 staff in 12 offices nationally.