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People & culture

We invite you to read about the people behind successful businesses and insights into organisational culture.

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3 Apr 2026

Recruitment 101: how to secure your dream job

The recruitment process might be one of the most important stepping stones at the beginning of one’s career. Some say it’s all luck, others rely strongly on technical skills, but as linear as it might appear from the outside, everyone has a unique experience. Today, we’re sharing our version of it. For this, Andreea Văduva, Human Resources Team Leader, joins us for a discussion in which we cover...

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22 Dec 2025

Wrapping up our 2025 Christmas CSR initiatives

The winter holidays are always seen as the most amazing time of the year – a time for gratitude, togetherness and generosity. However, while we all wish for every child to experience a magical Christmas, just like the ones in movies or the stories we grew up with, the reality is far different from that perfect image.

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19 Dec 2025

The MOVE experience, with Andreea Ignătescu

"Professional and personal growth almost always happens outside of your comfort zone", our colleague Andreea Ignătescu, Tax Manager, was sharing with us. Following a strong wish to evolve further and gain international exposure, Andreea applied, some time ago, to be a part of MOVE - our very own international exchange programme. Through it, colleagues from all around the Forvis Mazars network can...

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11 Dec 2025

CEE New Managers Training 2025

CEE New Managers Training is coming back again with a new edition, bringing our colleagues to the lovely Warsaw for three days filled with learning and new perspectives. For the second year in a row, during the event our team received the trophy for our renewed Best Place to Work certification! Discover all the details below.

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25 Nov 2025

Celebrating 30 years in Romania

On 5 November, more than 150 clients, colleagues and alumni joined us in Bucharest at the National Museum of Art to celebrate an important milestone: three decades of excellence, partnership, and shared growth on the Romanian market. Held in the stately Royal Dining Room, the event embraced a theme that resonated throughout the evening, ‘Stellar stories move hearts, deals follow’.

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19 Nov 2025

A day in the life of an HR & Payroll consultant

Have you ever wondered what a day in the life of an HR & Payroll consultant looks like? Then you’re in the right place! Behind every payroll calculation and HR process lies a story of dedication and continuous growth. Our colleague, Codruța Ionescu, Senior Consultant, Outsourcing – HR & Payroll, joins us today for a discussion through which we discover her role, but most importantly, we discover...

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14 Nov 2025

The accounting profession

The accounting profession has been one of many that have rapidly evolved in recent years, shaping its form from traditional number-crunching to a dynamic field that serves as the foundation for strategic decision-making and business growth. Our colleague, Silvia Tătavu, Senior Manager, Outsourcing – Accounting, joins us today for a discussion about transformation, both within the accounting field...

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30 Sept 2025

The impact of storytelling in business

As we collectively navigate a period of time that can often feel saturated with information coming to us from every imaginable source, the ability to cut through the noise and create meaningful connections using the power of words is rare. Mădălina Lazăr, PR & Corporate Communication Manager at Forvis Mazars Romania, is one of those rare voices – a dedicated storyteller who uses her craft to communicate...

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27 Aug 2025

Forvis Mazars for Good Challenge 2025

This year brought back a beloved tradition within our office and throughout the CEE Region: Forvis Mazars for Good Challenge. Each year, throughout the month of June, we blend sports with a positive impact on our community. How does it work and who makes it all possible? Keep reading for more!

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29 Jul 2025

Building a lasting cultural legacy

Legacy is shaped by the purpose we pursue, not by what we inherit. It is the result of strategic leadership that anticipates tomorrow, technology that empowers human potential, and a values-driven culture that delivers lasting impact and long-term success.

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25 Jul 2025

The Beyond Business School experience

In today's rapidly evolving business landscape, continuous learning and leadership development have become essential for professional growth. Beyond Business School offers an innovative approach to executive education, a fast-track program spanning 10 weeks, specifically designed for emerging leaders seeking to accelerate their development. The program combines theoretical foundations with practical...

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18 Jul 2025

CECCAR Awards

30 years of excellence in Romania, 11 years of being recognised by CECCAR as a strong leader in providing professional accounting and payroll services

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9 Jul 2025

Community Day 2025: Together for what matters

This year, Community Day, the most significant CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) initiative within Forvis Mazars in Romania returned with its fourth edition! What started as a wish to produce a positive change within our community, turned into a beloved tradition that brings together, each year, hundreds of colleagues eager to be part of the change.

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5 Jun 2025

From junior to senior, with Cristina Ghioca

Our last article of the series is here! "From junior to senior" came to life as a wish to showcase the success stories among us, and to discover the curious, driven and brilliant people behind them. We conclude the series with Cristina Ghioca, Senior Accountant. We sat down with Cristina, discovering the journey of her professional development, her relationship with her team and colleagues, as well...

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30 May 2025

From junior to senior, with Iosif Coman

Last week, we introduced to you our latest mini-series of articles, "From junior to senior", created with the goal to highlight the success stories among us in their early stages, to bring forward the curious, driven and brilliant people within our team. We continue our mini-series of articles with Iosif Coman, Senior Tax Consultant. During our discussion, he took us through his everyday journey into...

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21 May 2025

From junior to senior, with Cătălina Nincă

All the best success stories have something in common: steady growth and a constant need for development, at every level. "From junior to senior", a mini-series of articles, was designed and brought to life with the wish to highlight those stories at their early stages, to bring forward the curious, driven and brilliant people within our team. We debut our mini-series with Cătălina Nincă, Audit...

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9 May 2025

The person behind the numbers

Have you ever wondered who are the people behind the success of a company? For us, each one of our colleagues represents a key figure in our journey towards reaching our goals, and an essential piece of the Forvis Mazars puzzle. Today, we’re bringing into the spotlight one of the figures behind the numbers and the projects. In a discussion about the role of an auditor, teamwork, trust and the concept...

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8 Mar 2025

IWD 2025 - Interview with Emilia Popa

Happy International Women’s Day! With each year, we continue our tradition to celebrate IWD by bringing into the spotlight, one by one, our strong and determined women. In this anniversary year, as Forvis Mazars in Romania celebrates three decades of trust on the Romanian market, we are going behind the scenes of a remarkable success story, alongside a talented, passioned and inspiring woman. Emilia...

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4 Mar 2025

From law to tax: the (un)expected journey

In today's rapidly evolving business landscape, professionals who can navigate the complex intersection of law and taxation are increasingly valuable. We had the opportunity to showcase the best example, through our discussion with Alexandra Nechita, Tax Manager at Forvis Mazars in Romania. In our interview, we explored the seamless transition from an academic background in law towards a successful...

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19 Feb 2025

PAD: Between professional and academic

In today's rapidly evolving business landscape, automation and innovation are reshaping how accounting professionals work. At the end of last year, we had the opportunity to get involved once again in the Practical Accounting Days project, an initiative brought to life by our friends at ASCIG Bucharest. Our colleague, Alexandru Coman, Automation Consultant, was one of the people to lead the workshop...

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13 Dec 2024

The internship experience: new perspectives

When navigating the early stages of our career, we cannot help but recognise the importance of trial and error, of being adaptable and open to new adventures. Today, one of our youngest ever colleagues has generously accepted our invitation to talk about his experience with us. Beda has been, for the last three months, the intern in our MarCom & Business Development department, in the quest to discover...

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4 Dec 2024

CEE New Managers Training 2024

This year’s edition of the CEE New Managers training brought together colleagues from the entire region of Central and Eastern Europe, for three days full of learning and new discoveries.

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8 Oct 2024

Forvis Mazars for Good 2024

The Forvis Mazars for Good Challenge came to life as a company-wide initiative at the international level, inspired by our commitment to have a positive impact towards the environment through our every action. Each year, throughout the month of July, we encourage our people to get involved in the challenge, to be active and monitor their progress. Each kilometer ran is taken into consideration at...

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3 Sept 2024

Demystifying corporate governance

Both corporate governance and business transparency are two concepts that have drawn more and more attention towards them in the last few years. While they have become essential to the sustainable growth of any organisation, with just a bit of research we can find that more clarity is needed, concerning what the concepts mean and what the career opportunities in those areas might be. With the help...

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16 Aug 2024

Balancing the professional and academic life

In the last few years, the term work-life balance has made its way into our lives, representing a desired equilibrium between the professional and personal life. Today, we are changing the perspective, bringing into the spotlight an already common challenge: the achievement of professional and academic life balance. We're discussing today with two of our amazing Audit Assistants, Maria Ciucă and Raluca...

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18 Jul 2024

Building bridges: into the world of audit

In the role of an auditor, efficient communication and organisation are two of the most essential instruments in the recipe for success. Ioana Chiriac, Assistant Manager within the Audit department of Forvis Mazars in Romania, offers us a larger perspective upon the role of an auditor, alongside the best practices for adaptability, maintaining your focus during challenging periods of time, as well...

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10 Jul 2024

The Forvis Mazars career guide

Do you know the perfect career for you? Let’s find out together! They say that the perfect job doesn’t exist, only the perfect job for you. But have you ever wondered how successful people choose their careers? At least a few thousand recipes for success, coming from people from across the world lay just a few touches of a screen away from us. Some of them are counting on familiarity and the aspects...

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27 Jun 2024

Community Day 2024: a day of good deeds

When thinking about social responsibility, here, at Forvis Mazars, we think about more than what we must do, we think about what we want to do, what impact we want to have, and what kind of actions we want to define us. Throughout the years, we have found the answer to that, an answer that transformed into a concept, a plan, and finally a concrete initiative. Today, we are talking about Community...

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Demystifying the accounting profession

The depiction of a certain role or function throughout mass media or culture can often times be based on perpetuated stereotypes. The accounting profession is no exception, but we believe that truth and clarity can be truly inspiring. Today, we dive into the life of an accountant, exploring personal and professional development, debunking myths and popular stereotypes, and touching on the latest tools...

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IWD 2024 - Interview with Ioana Vlad Rădulescu

Happy International Women’s Day to you all! On the 8th of March, each year, we celebrate women everywhere, their power, their kindness, their spirit. This year is all about inspiration. And for that, our lovely colleague, Ioana Vlad Rădulescu has generously donated her time and shared with us her experience, wisdom, and passion. We hope these will serve as the inspiration you might need, for yourself,...

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The path to certifications at Mazars in Romania

Given our field of work and our company’s organisational culture, which places education at its core, the time has come for us to focus on one of the most important aspects of our employees’ professional development: certifications. By doing this, we aim to provide clarity and inspiration for current and future generations, especially those willing to go the extra mile on this amazing journey. To...

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CEE Design Sprint 2023: an insider look

29 November 2023 Last month, a few of our colleagues had the exciting opportunity to take part in what we in Mazars know already as the CEE Design Sprint. Now, let us give you a bit of context to what it represents.

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Memories from the CEE New Managers Training

24 October 2023 What could happen when all the new managers from Mazars Central & Eastern Europe (CEE) are brought together in a professional yet relaxed setting, to take part, together, in a complex experience from all aspects? Read on to find out!

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First steps in Audit | Andreea Cucu

2 August 2023 In this interview, Andreea Cucu, Audit Assistant at Mazars in Romania, shares her inspiring story of becoming an auditor, while having studies in completely different fields, such as Law & Forensics and Judicial Psychology.

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First steps in Audit | Cătălin Culachi

17 July 2023 In this interview, Cătălin Culachi, Audit Analyst, shares three invaluable tips that go beyond mere survival and propel you towards thriving during the busy season in audit. But that is not all. Cătălin also delves into the art of striking a perfect work-life balance during this demanding period. As both a dedicated student and a committed professional, he reveals his personal strategies...

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Guiding the next generation

22 February 2023 Sometimes, being a youngster looking for the right opportunity to grow can be a challenge. Not only do I understand the struggle, but it also gave me the idea of talking about it with people more experienced than me, who have been through the same journey.

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Meet our colleague, Cătălin Culachi, Audit Analyst

On 17 November, we celebrated the International Students' Day, by starting a series of interviews on our blog, where we discuss with our colleagues, who are students, about the start of their careers, hobbies & passions, mentorships, work-life balance, and so much more.

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The audit profession

27 April 2022 In our firm, audit has been at the heart of our business for more than 72 years, and we strongly believe that this profession is first and foremost about people. Without an engaged, qualified and diverse audit team, it is not possible to perform a value-added audit or to excel at what we do best; by caring about the organisations we audit and their stakeholders, we help build sustainable...

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Supporting people in an indefensible war

4 March 2022 It has been over a week now that we have been horrified by the dramatic and shocking events following the invasion of Ukraine by Russian state troops, which have led to a serious war situation in Europe. A week where we have watched our staff running from their bombarded office or homes to find a shelter; or escaping with their children and families to reach neighbouring countries where...

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Reforming the auditing profession

18 February 2022 As we live and work in a rapidly changing world, stress has become a common factor. It is a normal human reaction, but it is our duty to take care of our mind and body. High levels of adrenaline can lead to positive effects (keep us alert, motivated, and prepared to avoid dangerous situations) or can become a problem if we don't learn how to deal with them.

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My greatest passion

8 October 2021 „Anything is possible if you put your mind to it.”, says our colleague, Marius Pirpiliu, who recently participated at the Iezer Păpușa Marathon. Like you have probably seen in our past articles or social media posts, our colleagues at Mazars are very passionate about running. Whether we are talking about races, charity runs, wanting to beat personal bests, exploring nature or witnessing...

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Mazars University

Education is the backbone of Mazars’ talent and leadership development strategy. Our clients await educated answers to complex questions, our people expect to augment their employability along with a strong sense of belonging.

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First ultramarathon experience, a passion of many

30 July 2021 Why do you think people run? Someone told me at the beginning of the pandemic that running is their „happy pill”, and that makes perfect sense. From overcoming unwanted feelings and dealing with grief, to helping others and creating a space of relaxation, the reasons that people turn to running are very diverse and personalised to everyone’s needs.

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Celebrating young people's voices and experiences

International Youth Day is celebrated every year on August 12th and gives us all an opportunity to celebrate and mainstream young peoples’ voices, actions and initiatives. Today, we would like you to meet our colleague, Adina Maholea, HR & Payroll Consultant.

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A tale of two cities. From Verona to Bucharest

Sometimes, a simple change of scenery it’s all that it takes and, as always, every accomplishment starts with the decision to try. Our colleague, Davide, is part of the audit team in Romania since February and we were curious to find out why he chose to make this change and how does it feel to have this cultural experience. We hope you will enjoy his story!

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The modern pandemic through our colleague’s eyes

These days, „When will we get back to normal?” is the first question that makes its way through every conversation and it’s totally understandable. The truth is, that we will get back to normal someday, but we will not be the same people we were before the pandemic started. We will be more understanding, kind, considerate and eager to lend a helping hand.

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Recruitment 101: how to secure your dream job with Andreea Văduva, HR Team Leader

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3 April 2026
The recruitment process might be one of the most important stepping stones at the beginning of one’s career. Some say it’s all luck, others rely strongly on technical skills, but as linear as it might appear from the outside, everyone has a unique experience.

Today, we’re sharing our version of it. For this, Andreea Văduva, Human Resources Team Leader, joins us for a discussion in which we cover all the important aspects within the recruitment process. From preparation to dos and don’ts, we debunk the most common misconceptions and recap all the tips and tricks in the book.

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International Women’s Day 2026: celebrating beauty and strength in all its forms

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8 March 2026
Happy International Women’s Day!

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December, the month of generosity and care: wrapping up our Christmas CSR initiatives for 2025!

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22 December 2025
The winter holidays are always seen as the most amazing time of the year – a time for gratitude, togetherness and generosity. However, while we all wish for every child to experience a magical Christmas, just like the ones in movies or the stories we grew up with, the reality is far different from that perfect image.

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The returners: why coming back to Forvis Mazars made sense

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22 December 2025
Careers are rarely linear. Sometimes, stepping away is exactly what helps professionals gain clarity - and sometimes, it confirms that the right place was the one you left behind.

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30 years, seen through our walls

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22 December 2025
Thirty years ago, our office looked very different.
Not just in size or furniture - but in how work itself happened.

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30 years of building trust, excellence and ambition in Romania

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22 December 2025
Thirty years in business is not measured only in time. It is measured in relationships built, decisions taken, standards defended and ambition sustained.

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30 questions for 30 years: Audit excellence

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19 December 2025
Behind every spreadsheet lies a story waiting to be uncovered - one shaped by people, dedication and a genuine passion for doing things right.

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The MOVE experience: from Bucharest to Casablanca, with Andreea Ignătescu, Tax Manager

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19 December 2025
"Professional and personal growth almost always happens outside of your comfort zone", our colleague Andreea Ignătescu, Tax Manager, was sharing with us.
Following a strong wish to evolve further and gain international exposure, Andreea applied, some time ago, to be a part of MOVE - our very own international exchange programme. Through it, colleagues from all around the Forvis Mazars network can work in the office of a different country up to 6 months, sharing knowledge across borders, exchanging perspectives with the local team and gaining exposure in a totally different environment.
This decision brought Andreea from Bucharest all the way to Casablanca, Morocco, where she worked alongside the local tax team while embracing the cultural diversity, building meaningful professional relationships and exploring the wonders of Morocco.

Together, we discover her journey in our interview below!

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Stellar Alumni: Denisa Panaitescu on building trust and excellence beyond accounting

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17 December 2025
Accounting is more than numbers - it is about people, challenges and meaningful journeys.

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Asking ‘why’ in a world of complex tax rules: Cristian Botezatu on creating value beyond the letter of the law

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17 December 2025
Tax is evolving faster than ever, shaped by globalisation, increased scrutiny and growing complexity across borders. In this changing landscape, understanding not only the rules but also their purpose has become essential.

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