Accounting Profile (Freshman/Sophomore) Discovery Intern (Jun 2025)

Your role

Position Summary:

Join their select group of Deloitte Discovery interns, and you'll get an inside look at what it's really like to work for a professional services organization.

The Discovery Internship is open to all eligible freshman, sophomore, and junior students. Because of their desire to have a diverse slate of candidates, students who identify as Black or African-American, Hispanic or Latinx, American Indian or Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, or two or more races are encouraged to apply.

Work you’ll do:

• Throughout the course of the internship, interns are assigned to one or more client projects where they will receive mentorship and support to help their success in the engagement.
• Beyond exposure to “real life” projects, the internship also delivers a variety of national and local learning and networking events.
• In addition, throughout the internship there are ongoing learning events such as lunch and learns, industry/service line spotlights, and regularly scheduled training offerings designed to help interns develop technical and client service skills.
• The interns will understand first-hand what a career with Deloitte is like and have the opportunity to build a cross-functional professional network.
• Additional social activities are planned throughout the internship period to provide opportunities to network with Deloitte professionals.
• Interns are expected to adapt to change and demonstrate strong interpersonal and communication skills, creativity, and self-confidence.
• Interns must be team-oriented and able to work collaboratively.
• Interns are expected to demonstrate leadership qualities and potential.

About you

Required Qualifications:

• College student with an anticipated graduation date of 2028 with definitive plans to pursue a bachelor’s degree in accounting or related field.
• You must be CPA eligible, including that you will have the required credit hours to sit for the CPA exam, upon graduation.
• Strong academic performance with extracurricular activities
• Must be at least 18 years of age at the time of employment

Preferred Qualifications:

• GPA of 3.2
• A proven history of collegiate-level leadership, such as membership in a campus club or society; strong preference for affiliation with organizations committed to inclusion
• A proven history of collegiate philanthropic activity

Compensation & benefits

The salary for this role ranges from $25.

If you join as a full-time employee, you will get the following benefits:

• Empowered well-being
• Paid time off and holidays
• Life and family benefits
• Medical, dental, and vision
• Life insurance and disability
• Health Care Flexible Spending Account (HCFSA)
• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (DCFSA)
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Before-tax Transportation Program
• Well-being subsidy
• Retirement benefits
• Reward Excellence and employee recognition programs

Training & development

Each intern is assigned a mentorship team, including a counselor and onboarding advisor, to help offer guidance throughout the course of the internship. The counselor, typically a manager or senior manager, offers career guidance and feedback. The onboarding advisor is a peer-level “buddy” to help answer questions and offer insight into how to make the most of the internship experience. Additional mentors, both formal and informal, will be identified during the internship.

Career progression

The mentor relationships can carry over into the future and offer a great way to stay connected to Deloitte while back at school. There will be a formal goal-setting and evaluation process throughout the internship. Depending on performance and other factors, Discovery interns may have the opportunity to receive a subsequent internship opportunity at Deloitte. Freshman or Sophomore interns may have the opportunity to continue in the Discovery program through their sophomore summer. Sophomore or Junior interns have the opportunity to receive a client service internship offer at the conclusion of the Discovery Internship Experience.

Sources

The following sources were used in researching this page:

• deloitte.com/us/en/pages/careers/articles/life-at-deloitte-benefits-and-rewards.html
• youtube.com/@LifeatDeloitteUS