Consultant – Risk Accounting and Advisory Services

Job Description

2027 Finance and Accounting Advisory Services Consulting Internship | Plante Moran

The Tone:
This is a full-time internship at Plante Moran, one of the nation’s largest professional services firms, specializing in audit, tax, consulting, and wealth management. The organization prides itself on a “we-care” culture that prioritizes staff growth, well-being, and success. This internship is crucial for serving clients’ critical business needs by directly impacting their overall business through services designed to enable growth, leverage resources, and mitigate costs and risks.

The TL;DR
• Role: Internship
• Type: Full-time
• Location: Hybrid – CO, IL, OH, MA regions (with travel)
• Pay: $36 hourly
• Team: Risk Accounting and Advisory Services (RAAS) team
• Mission: Help clients enable and manage growth, leverage resources, and mitigate costs and risks through internal controls, processes, and accounting transactions.
• Tech Stack: Excel

What You’ll Actually Do
• Financial Evaluation: Evaluate reported financial statements for GAAP compliance and develop standardized daily/weekly/monthly financial reporting packages, including KPIs and trend analysis.
• Liquidity Reporting: Develop and assist with internal and external liquidity management reporting requirements for clients.
• Tool Development: Create accounting and finance tools and templates for use on future client engagements.
• Continuous Improvement: Collaborate with other consultants and clients to recommend continuous improvement initiatives.
• GAAP Implementation: Assist consulting teams with implementing GAAP standards at client sites, such as ASC606, ASC842, ASC805, and cash to GAAP conversions.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Entry-Level position, pursuing a bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance with a minor in accounting, or a related field.
• Experience: Academic success demonstrated by a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0.
• Skills: Detail-oriented, problem-solving, communication, critical thinking, organizational, and technical skills.
• Bonus: On track to complete the requisite degree and supporting credits to sit for the CPA exam, with the goal of successfully obtaining your CPA license; proficiency with Excel.