Assurance Audit Staff Winter Intern (Nov 2026)

Your role

The opportunity: your next adventure awaits

As part of their dynamic team, you'll spend significant time engaging directly with clients in their offices, conducting audits to tackle intricate issues. Joining their audit practice opens doors to diverse industries such as Consumer Products, Life Sciences, Real Estate, and more. This exposure offers in-depth insights into industry-specific success drivers and risks. Additionally, they can specialize in their Financial Services Organization, catering to banking, insurance, and financial entities, ensuring a wealth of opportunities for personal and professional growth.

Your key responsibilities

• Identifying potential audit issues or unusual relationships in financial statements with detailed analytical trend analysis.
• Demonstrate professionalism while working in clients' environments and providing exceptional service.
• Operating effectively in a regulated environment, focusing on protecting the capital markets and the investing public.
• Developing and maintaining relationships with their clients to provide definitive auditing services that the capital markets and the client can rely upon.
• Sharing the story of value-added insights discovered through data analysis with their clients.

About you

What they look for:

• You have an agile, growth-oriented mindset. What you know matters. But the right mindset is just as important in determining success. They're looking for innovative people, who can work in an agile way, and keep pace with a rapidly changing world.
• You are curious and purpose-driven. They're looking for people who see opportunities instead of challenges, who ask better questions to seek better answers that build a better working world.
• You are inclusive. They're looking for people who seek out and embrace diverse perspectives, who value differences, and team inclusively to build safety and trust. 

Qualifications:

• Have or be working toward, an undergraduate or graduate degree in Accounting.
• A strong academic record, including, without limitation, coursework that EY deems relevant to this position.
• A demonstrable plan for passing the CPA exam.
• The ability and willingness to travel and work more than standard hours when necessary
• A driver's license valid in the U.S.
• Candidates interested in the Government & Public Sector focus must have sole U.S. citizenship and be able to obtain and maintain a secret clearance or higher, within the designated time frame, which will be determined by the engagement requirements for a security clearance.

Benefits

What’s in it for you:

• Accelerate your technical capabilities and transformative leadership skills with future-focused courses and development programs.
• Broaden your horizons by working on highly integrated teams across the globe and collaborate with people of diverse backgrounds - both professionally and culturally.
• Bring out the best in yourself with continuous investment in your personal well-being and career development.
• Develop your purpose and help them create a positive ripple effect on their teams, business, clients, and society - building a better working world, together.
• A competitive compensation package where you'll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to their business. 

Training & development

Here at EY, you’ll have the chance to build a truly exceptional experience. They’ll empower you with the latest technology, surround you with high-performing teams, and provide the global scale and diverse and inclusive culture you need to discover your full potential. Through their coaching and training programs, you’ll develop the skillsets you need to stay relevant today and, in the future.

Career progression

At EY with energy, drive, and imagination, there’s no limit to where your career can go. The broad business perspective you get in EY's Assurance practice will serve as a launch pad to your career, whether you stay here to partner or seek a role in the C-suite. Their easy-to-use Audit Career Framework will help you map your successful career path, understand just what's expected of you, and access the right learning, experiences, and coaching to support your career progression.

Sources

The following sources were used in researching this page:

• ey.com/en_us/careers
• ey.com/en_gl/careers/student-entry-level-programs
• youtube.com/@ernstyoung