Assurance Intern – Accounting & Audit

Job Description

Audit Intern | Xcel Blue

The Tone:
This is a seasonal internship at Xcel Blue, an HR consultancy firm that leverages an Artificial Intelligence System to match candidates with potential roles. The company helps candidates understand their strengths and strategize their careers. This Audit Intern role is pivotal for gaining broad business perspective in the company’s Assurance practice, focusing on accounting, financial reporting, and data analysis. It serves as a launch pad for a career within the company or in a C-suite role, developing a deep understanding of business inner workings and helping solve complex challenges with accounting knowledge.

The TL;DR
• Role: Internship
• Type: Seasonal (Winter 2027)
• Location: Hybrid – Company office & client sites
• Pay: $37.50–$48.08 per hour
• Mission: Help clients solve complex challenges by applying accounting knowledge and provide definitive auditing services that capital markets and clients can rely upon.

What You’ll Actually Do
• Analysis: Identify potential audit issues or unusual relationships in financial statements with detailed analytical trend analysis.
• Service: Demonstrate professionalism while working in clients’ environments and providing exceptional service.
• Compliance: Operate effectively in a regulated environment, with a focus on protecting the capital markets and the investing public.
• Relationships: Develop and maintain relationships with the company’s clients to provide definitive auditing services.
• Communication: Share the story of value-added insights discovered through data analysis with the company’s clients.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Predicted undergraduate or graduate degree in Accounting. This is an entry-level internship position.
• Experience: A strong academic record is required, with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale, and a preference for candidates with a cumulative GPA of 3.2 or higher.
• Skills: Excellent English language communication skills are essential. The ability and willingness to travel and work in excess of standard hours when necessary, including potential travel beyond the base work location based on client and project needs. Access to reliable transportation to/from the company office and client sites is required, and a driver’s license is strongly recommended as ride-share and public transportation options may not be available in all locations.
• Bonus: Candidates should meet the minimal educational requirements for CPA licensure in the state where their base office is located prior to beginning full-time employment and have a demonstrable plan for passing the CPA exam. An interest in working with the company’s team-led and leader-enabled hybrid model is preferred, which involves working together in person 40-60% of the time over the course of an engagement, project, or year. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employer sponsorship, now and in the future. For those interested in the Government & Public Sector industry, U.S. citizenship is required, along with the ability to obtain and maintain a secret clearance or higher within a designated time frame, as determined by engagement requirements for security clearance.