Audit & Tax Intern – Audit, Tax

Job Description

Audit or Tax 2027 Internship | Rehmann

The Tone:
This is an internship at Rehmann, a professional services firm committed to empowering the purpose and growth of its associates. Rehmann fosters a culture that prioritizes people, offering exceptional support, encouragement, and guidance from both colleagues and leadership. This role is designed for individuals seeking more opportunity, impact, and purpose, allowing each associate to play a pivotal role in the firm’s success. Joining Rehmann means becoming part of an environment focused on helping you achieve your career goals and reach your fullest potential, whether you are just starting your professional journey or advancing further.

The TL;DR
• Role: Internship / Volunteer
• Tech Stack: Excel

What You’ll Actually Do
• Engagement Preparation: Review prior year work papers and most recent interim financial statements or prior year tax returns and associated work papers, essential for the initiation of new engagements.
• Procedural Execution: Perform audit procedures for moderately complex areas to ensure financial accuracy, or meticulously prepare individual, business, and trust tax returns for detailed review.
• Client Understanding: Maintain thorough knowledge of clients’ policies, procedures, and business conditions, alongside understanding their basic accounting practices, transactions, and inter-relationships with financial information systems.
• Documentation & Reporting: Identify and draft relevant management letter comments, ensuring they are supported by factual information corroborated with client personnel, or ensure all tax-related issues are addressed, documented, and work papers are complete.
• Financial Analysis & Compliance: Demonstrate working knowledge of clients’ accounting systems, including computer control structures, to assess effectiveness, or prepare tax liability projections for corporate and individual clients while becoming familiar with federal tax regulations and calculating extension and estimate payments.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Entry-Level. Candidates should be actively pursuing an accounting major with the goal of obtaining a CPA license. This includes the completion of Intermediate Financial Accounting I prior to the internship start. A GPA of 3.0 or higher is required, with preferred graduation dates for 150 credit hours between December 2026 and May 2028.
• Experience: Some prior work experience, whether directly related to accounting or in other fields, is preferred.
• Skills: Strong, hands-on proficiency with Excel; excellent verbal and written communication abilities; advanced problem-solving and critical thinking skills; a clear motivation to continuously learn and improve, demonstrating coachability.
• Bonus: Prior completion of a Tax or Audit specific class is preferred. Candidates who exhibit initiative and drive through leadership roles in work environments or campus extracurricular activities are also highly valued.