Tribal Audit Internship

Job Description

Tribal Audit-Spring 2028 | Wipfli

The Tone:
This is a full-time internship at Wipfli, located in a Wipfli office or at client sites (local, regional, or national). Wipfli is an organization where people are central to achieving exceptional impact and extraordinary results for clients. This Tribal Audit internship offers a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience in auditing tribal governments and enterprises, contributing to meaningful client work and building future talent for the practice.

The TL;DR
• Role: Internship
• Type: Full-time
• Location: In-person, Wipfli offices or client sites (local, regional, or national)
• Pay: $29.50/hour
• Mission: To support audit engagements for tribal governments and enterprises, developing technical skills and contributing to meaningful client work.

What You’ll Actually Do
• Audit Execution: Assist in planning and executing audit engagements for tribal clients, performing audit, review, and compliance testing procedures.
• Financial Reporting: Prepare or review client-prepared financial statements, footnotes, management reports, and other engagement outputs.
• Data Analysis & Process Improvement: Utilize data analysis skills to discover useful information and patterns, providing support for recommendations and proactively identifying process improvement opportunities.
• Client & Internal Communication: Respond to client and firm associate requests in a timely, accurate, positive, and professional manner, communicating with engagement leaders regarding open items or testing problems.
• Technical Development: Develop technical competency with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), especially related to assigned product lines.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Accounting, with a strong interest in tribal governance, public sector auditing, or nonprofit financial services.
• Experience: Entry-level, leveraging educational knowledge to perform accounting-related responsibilities, and a willingness to travel for client engagements (3–5 days/week during fieldwork).
• Skills: Good communication and interpersonal skills to effectively communicate with clients and staff, along with the ability to prioritize work, follow through on requests, take initiative, and meet deadlines.
• Bonus: Commitment to Wipfli’s values of integrity, service, and community involvement.