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Accounting Internships for College Students
This list tracks 100K+ company job sources and updates hourly with accounting internships across audit, tax, assurance, cost accounting, corporate accounting, controls, and finance support.
Accounting interns may prepare reconciliations, organize audit evidence, test controls, support tax work, assist with journal entries, analyze costs, maintain schedules, or contribute to month-end and finance operations. Public accounting firms often hire sizable classes for summer or busy-season programs, while corporate, nonprofit, government, and shared-service teams may recruit one or a few students as needs arise. Programs can include formal training, mentors, client exposure, and a final presentation; co-ops and part-time placements may run through an academic term. Eligibility often depends on accounting or business coursework, anticipated graduation, and progress toward the credit hours needed for professional licensure. Spreadsheet skill, bookkeeping, campus finance work, and attention to detail are common forms of preparation.
Compare the practice area and calendar before applying. Audit, tax, cost, corporate, and internal-controls assignments build different skills and can have different busy periods, travel, and overtime expectations. Verify the original posting's enrollment status, major, graduation window, GPA or transcript requirements, office location, hybrid schedule, program dates, and CPA or other credential expectations. Check whether pay is hourly or salaried for the term and whether overtime, housing, travel, or exam-related support is described. Search summer analyst, assurance intern, tax intern, accounting co-op, and finance operations terms, but retain roles only when the duties align with accounting experience you want. Review the workload around close, audit, or filing deadlines and whether assignments involve clients, internal departments, or both. A stated return-offer process is useful context, yet no later outcome should be assumed.
Accounting internships can be browsed and filtered without an account. A free Simplify account offers saved jobs, application tracking, and Copilot for application forms. Check transcript, credit-hour, office-preference, and program-date requirements employer by employer because their processes differ.
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Encore Capital GroupInternNoida, IndiaNot listedtoday - today
Susquehanna International Group (SIG)Accounting Internship: Summer 2027Ardmore, PANot listedtoday - todaySusquehanna International Group (SIG)Tax Internship: Summer 2027Ardmore, PANot listedtoday
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LS Power DevelopmentAccounting Intern - PE Accounting$20/hrEast Brunswick, NJ$20/hrtoday - today
Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency (PHFA)Pre Closing InternHarrisburg, PANot listedtoday - today
Ipsen GlobalFinancial Planning and Analysis InternBoston, MANot listedtoday - today
Hendrick MotorsportsAccounting InternCharlotte, NCNot listedtoday - today
Houlihan LokeyInternal Audit Intern$23 - $25/hrLos Angeles, CA$23 - $25/hrtoday - today
MedpaceFinance & Accounting InternCincinnati, OHNot listedtoday - today
Synchrony FinancialBusiness Leadership Program Finance InternStamford, CTNot listedtoday - todaySynchrony FinancialInternal Audit Intern - AuditStamford, CTNot listedtoday
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CAETax Intern - Tax Technology & AI EnablementMontreal, CanadaNot listedtoday - today
Fifth Third BankTrust Tax AccountantCincinnati, OHNot listedtoday - today
Marriott Vacations WorldwideCorporate Intern - Resort Operations Finance$18.50/hrOrlando, FL$18.50/hrtoday - today
CHEPFP&A Business Intelligence InternOrlando, FLNot listedtoday - today
Freudenberg GroupAccounting Taxation Commercial Law - Accounting & ControllingWeinheim, GermanyNot listedtoday - today
University of Texas at AustinBusiness Office InternAustin, TXNot listedtoday - today
EisnerAmperTax Intern - Affordable HousingColumbus, OHNot listedtoday - today
BDO CanadaFinancial Reporting and Insights Co-op InternRed Deer, CanadaNot listedtoday - today
RevvityFinance Intern - Europe CommercialMilan, ItalyNot listedtoday - today
VanguardCollege to Corporate - AdviceDallas, TXNot listedtoday - today
Marathon PetroleumAccounting Intern/Co-op$20.19 - $25.24/hrFindlay, OH$20.19 - $25.24/hrtoday - today
RSMAssurance Associate$33.85 - $40.38/hrLas Vegas, NV$33.85 - $40.38/hrtoday - today
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)Audit Intern$800Naples, Italy$800today - today
Prudential FinancialInvestment Intern - TransactionsFrankfurt, GermanyNot listedtoday - todayRSMAssurance Associate$29.62 - $35.34/hrMilwaukee, WI$29.62 - $35.34/hrtoday
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BrookfieldValuations & Finance Planning and Analysis InternToronto, CanadaNot listedtoday - todayRSMFederal Tax Associate$33.85 - $40.38/hrNashville, TN$33.85 - $40.38/hrtoday
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SignifyESG Reporting Intern - EU Taxonomy & CSRDMadrid, SpainNot listedtoday
Explore our FAQ section to learn more.
Tax interns help prepare returns, research tax rules, and organize client or company records. Audit and assurance interns test financial information, controls, and supporting evidence. Corporate accounting interns work on reporting, reconciliations, close processes, and internal controls, while FP&A interns focus more on budgets, forecasts, performance analysis, and management decisions. The best fit depends on whether you prefer compliance, verification, reporting, or forward-looking analysis.
Each setting offers a different experience. Big Four firms usually provide large intern classes, formal training, major clients, and recognizable names, but the pace can be demanding. Mid-market and boutique firms may offer closer access to managers and broader client exposure. Corporate accounting teams let you learn one company's systems and operations in depth. Compare mentorship, project ownership, hours, client exposure, and return-offer potential rather than choosing by brand alone.
Many accounting, tax, audit, assurance, and FP&A internships are paid, especially at public accounting firms and established companies, but compensation varies by employer, location, season, and role. Some smaller organizations, nonprofits, or academic programs may structure internships differently. Confirm the hourly rate or salary, overtime policy, expected weekly hours, and any travel or housing support before accepting an offer.
A busy-season internship takes place when accounting workloads are highest, commonly during winter tax and audit cycles. These internships can provide substantial hands-on experience because teams are actively serving clients and closing work, but hours may be longer than in a typical summer program. Ask about weekly expectations, overtime, training, client assignments, and how managers protect time for school if the internship overlaps with classes.
It can help you test whether public accounting, tax, audit, or another CPA-aligned path suits you while building relevant experience and professional references. An internship does not replace education, examination, or licensing requirements, which vary by jurisdiction. Check your state board's current rules and ask employers whether the role supports CPA mentorship, exam preparation, eligible experience, or a future full-time offer.
Financial and managerial accounting, auditing, taxation, corporate finance, and business law are useful foundations. Employers also value Excel, financial-statement literacy, attention to detail, written communication, and the ability to explain discrepancies clearly. FP&A roles may place more weight on forecasting, variance analysis, presentation skills, and data tools. Use coursework, student organizations, volunteer tax work, and projects to show these skills when you lack prior experience.
Be ready to explain why you are interested in the specific accounting path and to discuss examples of accuracy, organization, teamwork, deadlines, and handling confidential information. Review basic financial statements, debits and credits, reconciliations, and any tax, audit, or FP&A concepts named in the posting. Firms may also ask why you prefer their client mix, office, or practice area, so research the team rather than preparing only generic answers.
Large accounting firms and structured programs may recruit many months before the internship starts, while corporate teams and smaller firms often hire later or on a rolling basis. Search across winter, spring, summer, and co-op timelines, and apply early when a program has a fixed cycle. Compare training, manager access, expected hours, practice area, client or business exposure, pay, location, and return-offer potential. Simplify can help you save roles and track deadlines across firms and accounting paths.
