Assurance Audit Summer Intern (May 2025)

About Ernst & Young(EY)

EY is a leading professional services firm offering assurance, tax, consulting, and advisory services. With a diverse portfolio of clients across industries, it assists businesses in navigating complexities, driving innovation, and achieving sustainable growth.

Your role

The opportunity: your next adventure awaits.

The broad business perspective you get in EY’s Assurance practice will serve as a launch pad to your career, whether you stay at EY to partner or seek a role in the C-suite. The 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. Along the way, you’ll develop a deep understanding of the inner workings of business and draw on your accounting knowledge to help solve complex challenges.  

You will spend much of your time meeting with the clients directly at their offices, undertaking audit activities to identify and resolve complex issues. When you start with the organization, you can join the audit practice and choose from a variety of industries (Consumer Products, Life Sciences, Industrial Products, Real Estate, Automotive, and Transportation, to name a few). You will be given opportunities to work across these industries, which will provide deep knowledge of key drivers for success and risks specific to the industry. If you know you have a strong desire to work within the Financial Services Organization, which is tailored to banking, insurance, funds, or other financial industry companies, you may elect that path as well. Whichever you choose, you’ll find no shortage of opportunities to take on new challenges and responsibilities while discovering and developing your strengths and ambitions. 

Your key responsibilities 

• Identifying potential audit issues or unusual relationships in financial statements with detailed analytical trend analysis. 
• Demonstrating your professionalism while working in clients’ environments and providing exceptional service. 
• Operating effectively in a regulated environment, with a focus 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. 

Training & development

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 us create a positive ripple effect on the teams, their business, clients, and society – building a better working world, together.  

Salary & benefits

The hourly pay range for this job is $28 - $38.

What they offer

If you join EY full-time after your internship, they offer a competitive compensation and benefits package where you’ll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to their business. In addition, the Total Rewards package includes medical and dental coverage, pension and 401(k) plans, and a wide range of paid time off options. Under their flexible vacation policy, you’ll decide how much vacation time you need based on your circumstances. You’ll also be granted time off for designated EY Paid Holidays, Winter/Summer breaks, Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.

• Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
• Success as defined by you: They’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
• Transformative leadership: They’ll give you the insights, coaching, and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
• Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.

Career progression

At EY, interns are offered a structured career progression path that includes performance-based evaluations, constructive feedback, and opportunities to transition into entry-level roles, empowering them to evolve into impactful professionals within the organization.

Work-life balance

EY Way of Work recognizes flexibility in the way they collaborate, innovate, and deliver with the ability to work in-person and remotely. To support a healthy and safe in-person working environment, EY has implemented various layers of health and safety controls while working in the office or at clients or other locations. EY helps you get your work done responsibly and flexibly while managing your busy life.

Culture & vibe

EY is committed to helping diverse talent thrive, whether it’s through their support for working parents, their innovative approach to student recruitment, or targeted action to level the playing field for women and ethnic minorities. Diversity and inclusiveness are at the heart of who they are and how they work. EY is committed to fostering an environment where differences are valued, policies and practices are equitable, and people feel a sense of belonging.

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, and 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, course work 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
  • Access to reliable transportation to/from the EY office and client sites. A driver’s license is strongly recommended as ride-share and public transportation options may not be available in all locations.
  • 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.

Sources

The following sources were used in researching this page:

• ey.com/en_us/careers
• youtube.com/@ernstyoung