Audit and Assurance Intern

Job Description

Audit & Assurance Intern – Spring 2028 | CCK Strategies

The Tone:
CCK Strategies provides challenging work, professional development, and generous compensation packages within a collaborative environment. This environment spans firmwide, where individuals work together to deliver value to clients by providing solutions within teams and across firm departments. Collaboration at CCK means a group of people coming together to provide a better solution. Within CCK, Audit & Assurance focuses on partnering with clients in every stage of their organization’s life cycle to add value and provide quality assurance services. This includes financial statement audits, reviews, and compilations, as well as internal audit, SOC examinations, and fraud examinations. This internship is located in Frisco, TX, and is crucial for supporting these comprehensive assurance services by executing detailed work plans and cultivating relationships both inside the firm and with clients.

The TL;DR
• Role: Internship
• Location: In-person, Frisco, TX
• Team: Audit & Assurance, working with Staff and Seniors
• Mission: Execute detailed work plans and cultivate relationships to support quality assurance services for entrepreneurial clients across a wide range of industries, demonstrating inquisitiveness and mastering basic accounting concepts.

What You’ll Actually Do
• Prepare: Assist Staff and Seniors with the comprehensive preparation of engagement workpapers, ensuring all necessary components are accurate and organized for review.
• Document: Complete detailed workpaper documentation meticulously, adhering to both firm and industry standards to maintain integrity and compliance.
• Identify: Identify and effectively communicate areas of potential risk within the engagement team, applying basic accounting principles to inform audit decisions.
• Execute: Complete assigned sections of each engagement efficiently and accurately, ensuring adherence to budgeted parameters.
• Resolve: Address and resolve review notes completely and in a timely manner, integrating feedback to refine and finalize documentation.

The Must-Haves
• Background: This is an Entry-Level internship. Candidates must be in the process of obtaining a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or another related field, demonstrating a foundational understanding of relevant academic concepts.
• Experience: No specific years of experience are required. The role values individuals who have begun to master basic accounting concepts and can demonstrate inquisitiveness in their learning journey.
• Skills: Strong verbal and written communication skills for effective interaction; effective time management for working with changing priorities and deadlines; critical thinking and the ability to independently resolve challenges and issues as they arise; adaptability to a wide variety of projects; and the ability to travel to client locations both locally and occasionally out of state as needed.
• Bonus: An advisory mindset; proactive in seeking opportunities for improvement; enjoyment of working with entrepreneurial clients across diverse industries.