FORVIS MAZARS LLP
Data Collection and Processing
The service offers end to end data collection and processing, including any analytics (advanced, descriptive) and project management support as part of research projects, surveys, market engagement activities, self assessments etc. using digital & other mechanisms.
Features
- Survey/questionnaire-based data collection, market engagement, research projects
- Digital collection, assisted digital, telephone collection
- Paper collection, interviewer-based collection and data dissemination
- Analytics utilising SQL, NoSQL and graph technologies
- Data visualisation using Tableau, PowerBi, Qlik, Looker and other software
- Predictive modelling, R, Spark, Python as a cloud service
- Data mining on Big data cloud architectures, Spark, AWS, Hadoop
- Predictive analytics development, implementation and operationalisation
- Real-time advanced analytics on IoT and streaming data
- Deployment onto Amazon Web Services, Azure, Google Cloud
Benefits
- Fully managed service including development/deployment of custom platforms
- Digital mechanisms for data collection and dissemination
- As-Is review, customer journey, options and requirements analysis
- Business and process analysis, and facilitated workshops using agile techniques
- Data analysis, information analysis, statistics, data processing and data dissemination
- Outline and full business case development, costings, proof of concept
- Information collection and information processing, big data
- Service review and specification, transition planning and roll-out management
- Better use of data to make informed decisions
Pricing
£540 to £1,980 a unit a day
- Education pricing available
Service documents
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Framework
G-Cloud 14
Service ID
5 6 1 0 8 7 6 4 6 3 4 1 1 0 7
Contact
FORVIS MAZARS LLP
Asam Malik
Telephone: 020 7063 4000
Email: pstenders@mazars.co.uk
Planning
- Planning service
- Yes
- How the planning service works
- The service can be used by an organisation for omni channel (digital, telephone, hardcopy etc.) approach for information gathering or data collection and dissemination and use analytics (descriptive/prescriptive/predictive) for data analysis.
- Planning service works with specific services
- No
Training
- Training service provided
- No
Setup and migration
- Setup or migration service available
- Yes
- How the setup or migration service works
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Our quality assurance (QA) covers all three core parts of the analytics development lifecycle
- Data QA: validate integrity of individual data sources, dataset, insights from the data against use cases that the client is familiar with and known answers is known before trusting 'unknown' insights, validate external data sources
- Model/Algorithm QA: algorithm train, test, validation methodology using various techniques
- Deliverable QA: ongoing quality assurance of deliverables is a part of engagement lifecycle. We work together with the client and deliver performance and user testing in agile manner during the design, build and release phases for each solution deployment. - Setup or migration service is for specific cloud services
- No
Quality assurance and performance testing
- Quality assurance and performance testing service
- Yes
- How the quality assurance and performance testing works
- Answer/Call back on the same day and detailed SLA will be agreed before contract award
Security testing
- Security services
- Yes
- Security services type
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- Security strategy
- Security risk management
- Security design
- Cyber security consultancy
- Security testing
- Security incident management
- Security audit services
- Certified security testers
- Yes
- Security testing certifications
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- CREST
- Cyber Scheme
Ongoing support
- Ongoing support service
- No
Service scope
- Service constraints
- No constraints
User support
- Email or online ticketing support
- No
- Phone support
- Yes
- Phone support availability
- 9 to 5 (UK time), Monday to Friday
- Web chat support
- No
- Support levels
- Support is via working in partnership, onsite where possible, and regular face to face contact.
Resellers
- Supplier type
- Not a reseller
Staff security
- Staff security clearance
- Conforms to BS7858:2019
- Government security clearance
- Up to Security Clearance (SC)
Standards and certifications
- ISO/IEC 27001 certification
- Yes
- Who accredited the ISO/IEC 27001
- The British Standards Institution (BSI)
- ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date
- 21/06/2023
- What the ISO/IEC 27001 doesn’t cover
- N/a
- ISO 28000:2007 certification
- No
- CSA STAR certification
- No
- PCI certification
- No
- Cyber essentials
- Yes
- Cyber essentials plus
- Yes
- Other security certifications
- Yes
- Any other security certifications
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- Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
- Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
- ISO27001 Lead Auditor
- Microsoft Certified Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ-500)
- ISO27001 Lead Implementer
- GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst (GCFA)
- ISACA’s Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
- CREST Registered Tester (CRT)
- Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP)
- Cyber Scheme Team Leader (CSTL)
Social Value
- Social Value
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Social Value
- Fighting climate change
- Tackling economic inequality
- Equal opportunity
- Wellbeing
Fighting climate change
As a firm with both local and global reach, we have a clear role to play in tackling climate change and helping preserve the world’s resources.
We have made a series of climate related commitments:
We will have a sustainable supply chain: Over the last year, we have also enhanced our sustainable procurement practices by implementing a comprehensive supplier code of conduct, introducing a sustainable procurement policy and increasing the integration of ESG considerations in our supplier relationships.
We will reduce our reliance on paper through digitalising our processes: we’ve reduced our paper use by 85% for a second year running
We will be single use plastic free: To support this and other commitments, we have an Environmental Policy, which reflects our commitment to doing everything we can to reduce our environmental impact and help our people lead more sustainable lives.
We will become a low energy business by improving the energy consumption of our real estate and by reducing our travel emissions.: 62% of our offices are using 100% renewable electricity.
We will reduce the amount of waste that we produce: 85% of our offices in the UK are zero waste to landfill.
Our team will have the knowledge and be empowered to make sustainable decisions: Mazars runs a group-wide Sustainability Foundation course to equip all team members with core sustainability knowledge. Across our last financial year, UK team members spent 4,170 hours completing the training.
Mazars Group will be Net Zero by 2050: Our targets have been submitted to the SBTi, and we have set out our path to achieving Net Zero in our Carbon Reduction Plan.
In addition, our ESG agenda is amplified through our sustainability services, which help businesses manage their ESG-related topics to unlock a wealth of opportunities and contribute to healthy ecosystems.Tackling economic inequality
We are fully committed to addressing economic inequality through comprehensive initiatives across our supply chain and employment practices.
In our supply chain management, we prioritise inclusivity through our 'SME – Ways Of Working' policy, recognising the diverse needs and capabilities of businesses. Our Sustainable Procurement Policy underscores our dedication to mitigating environmental and social impacts, with a focus on lifecycle perspectives for goods and services. We evaluate suppliers based on risk, integrating additional ESG criteria while ensuring flexibility, particularly for smaller organisations still developing their policies.
Regarding employment, fostering social mobility and inclusion is a core focus. Our unique approach to early careers engagement involves extensive efforts to upskill young people nationwide. In FY23, we hosted 10 employability skills sessions, with 5 more planned in FY24, often reaching up to 200 individuals per session. We've expanded internships and work experience programmes, offering 85 opportunities to underrepresented talent, including initiatives like the 10,000 Black Interns and Access Accountancy.
Additionally, through partnerships with charities like IntoUniversity, we've engaged 350 young people so far, with more than 15 volunteering opportunities planned in the next 6 months. As part of this partnership, we've also introduced mentoring programmes to support young individuals through their university journey. We are aiming to have at least 10 mentor volunteers across the UK.
In FY23, we had 421 new trainees, including 284 apprentices. Our tailored support extends from their first days with local office "buddies" to ongoing professional skills development and well-being support.
Our commitment to addressing economic inequality is reflected in our national recognition for talent programmes, including being ranked 29th in the Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers for 2023, 83rd in the Rate My Apprenticeship Top 100 rankings for 2023, and 94th in The Times Top 100 Graduate Employers for 2023.Equal opportunity
Mazars’ commitment to social value aligns seamlessly with our core values, prioritising inclusion, having respect for others, and creating equal opportunities for all. We implement comprehensive strategies to address inequality in employment and pay within our workforce.
- Initiatives such as disclosure campaigns encourage individuals to share their diversity profiles
- We regularly review our diversity data across the firm to check progress in relation to targets such as our commitment to the HMT Women in Finance Charter and use them to inform future actions and initiatives.
- We also have gender, ethnicity and Black talent targets, the details of which can be found on our external webpage.
- We have made several external commitments alongside our targets as we believe these will support us in embedding a culture of inclusion, these include commitments to Valuable 500, Neurodiversity in Business, Workplace Menopause Pledge, Stonewall Diversity Champions programme, Social Mobility Pledge and the Charter for Black Talent.
- We also participate in several initiatives such 10,000 Black Interns, 10,000 Able interns and Access Accountancy to support us in creating a diverse pipeline.
- As well as the above, we publish our gender and ethnicity pay gap report. This report allows us to see where we have and are making progress, and where there is room for us to improve.
- Our extensive network of diversity and inclusion groups, including those focused on gender, ethnicity, disability, faith and social mobility, creates a sense of belonging and cultural allyship. The Inclusion Alliance, established in 2021, facilitates collaboration between network leads and senior leaders, ensuring a holistic approach to supporting individuals from various backgrounds.
By actively engaging with your organisation, we aim to identify meaningful ways to deliver social value, leveraging our track record and ongoing efforts in promoting equal opportunities.Wellbeing
Mazars is a purpose driven firm with an unwavering commitment to our people. People are at the heart of our development, and we strive to build an inclusive culture in which our people thrive and our values endure. The wellbeing of our team is our number one priority.
We want to create a workplace where all team members can reach their full potential. As a firm we take a holistic approach to wellbeing and appreciate that factors outside the workplace may impact how we feel at work. Our approach centres around the whole person and considers our physical, mental, social and financial wellbeing, as all of these shape how we feel.
- Mental health first aiders: We have over 30 mental health first aiders who’ve been trained by Mental Health First Aid England. They offer support for team members and run monthly wellbeing drop-in sessions.
- Wellbeing monthly drop in sessions: Hosted by Mental Health First Aiders, open to all. These are a safe space for team members to discuss mental health concerns and to share stories and tips. The sessions often feature expert special guests and interviews with senior leaders on how they look after their mental health and wellbeing.
- Calm : We offer all team members in the UK free access to the calm app. In line with our wellbeing strategy, we want to support our people by giving them the tools to encourage positive mental health and wellbeing.
Pricing
- Price
- £540 to £1,980 a unit a day
- Discount for educational organisations
- Yes
Service documents
Request an accessible format
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need versions of these documents in a more accessible format,
email the supplier at pstenders@mazars.co.uk.
Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.