Risk & Financial Advisory - Controls, Compliance & Finance Intern (Jun 2025)

About Deloitte

Deloitte, a top global professional services firm, excels in audit, consulting, tax, and advisory, helping businesses thrive with innovative solutions and expert guidance.

Your Role

Position Summary:

Deloitte's Risk & Financial Advisory internship provides students with hands-on experience across diverse industries, enhancing their skills through varied projects. This practice helps organizations navigate risks and opportunities, turning challenges into long-term competitive advantages.

Work you’ll do:

As an Intern, you will have the opportunity to work on multiple projects leveraging your business-related degree to help their clients more confidently make decisions to drive performance. You will help clients embrace change, grow their business, accelerate performance, navigate periods of crisis or controversy, and emerge resilient.

Your office placement and business needs will influence the type of work you focus on. Your recruiter will be able to provide more information about our offices. Projects may be aligned to the following areas and include:

• Accounting & Internal Controls: Helping clients advance transparency, relevance, and the quality of information disclosed to the markets and investors so that they can meet regulatory and attestation requirements. You’ll support clients and business unit finance leaders in solving complex financial accounting and reporting issues enabled by digital technologies.
• Transactions/Mergers & Acquisition: Leveraging their accounting experience to research and work with M&A teams on a broad spectrum of technical accounting matters including complex issues in accounting for business combinations, consolidations, share-based compensation, revenue recognition, leases, intangibles, and financial instruments.
• Regulatory & Forensic Investigations: Assisting with compiling, analyzing, and documenting facts for matters under investigation or in litigation and helping clients manage and respond to internal and external investigations, regulatory concerns, litigation, and other business controversy. Supporting clients with their most pressing regulatory and operational challenges. Helping them to identify, remediate, monitor, and manage enterprise risks and create value through implementing a compliant, resilient enterprise

Training & Development

Deloitte's Risk & Financial Advisory internship provides students with hands-on training across areas like Accounting & Internal Controls, Transactions/Mergers & Acquisitions, and Regulatory & Forensic Investigations. Interns enhance their skills by helping clients navigate complex financial issues, regulatory challenges, and business controversies. Throughout the internship, students gain valuable experience in leveraging digital technologies, managing enterprise risks, and driving business performance.

Salary & Benefits

A reasonable estimate of the current range is $36.06 to $41.35.

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

• Empowered well-being
• Paid time off and holidays
• Family leave
• Adoption and surrogacy support
• Emergency backup dependent care
• Healthcare benefits: Medical, dental, and vision
• Life insurance and disability coverage
• 401(k) savings plan

Career Progression

From entry-level employees to senior leaders, they believe there’s always room to learn. They offer opportunities to build new skills, take on leadership opportunities, and connect and grow through mentorship. From on-the-job learning experiences to formal development programs, their professionals have a variety of opportunities to continue to grow throughout their careers.

Work-Life Balance

Deloitte recognizes the importance of personal life balance alongside work-life balance, encouraging leaders to set an example by prioritizing time off and promoting flexible work policies by supporting employees in achieving a healthy integration of work and personal life.

Culture & Vibe

Deloitte's diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture empowers individuals to contribute unique perspectives, fostering creativity and innovation to tackle complex client challenges. This vibrant environment makes Deloitte one of the most rewarding places to work, where making an impact that matters for clients, employees, and communities is central. Committed to advancing sustainability, equity, and trust, Deloitte's purpose shapes their everyday work and defines their identity.

About You

Required Qualifications: 

• Those pursuing an undergraduate or Master’s degrees in the following majors will be considered:
  • Accounting or related business degree. A concentration in management information systems, business analytics, or other business technology-related areas is a plus
  • Other majors will be considered with a concentration in accounting or a related area
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future
• Ability to travel up to 50%, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve
• Candidates must be at least 18 years of age at the time of employment
• A strong understanding of Windows-based applications including proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Meets minimum requirements for CPA eligibility or other relevant certifications before beginning full-time employment
• Cumulative GPA of 3.2 or above
• Relevant work experience or work experience in a professional environment (e.g., internships, summer positions, school jobs)

Regardless of project type, your work will require:

• Proficiency in verbal and written communication skills essential to interacting with clients and teams
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple projects/assignments/responsibilities in a fast-paced environment
• Problem-solving and critical-thinking skills
• Ability to quickly and concisely research and collect data from unique places
• Ability to synthesize data and convey information in a meaningful way

Sources

The following sources were used in researching this page:

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