Indirect Tax - Sustainability Intern (Jun 2025)

Your role

The Team:

• Join their dynamic EY Tax team, where their global expertise and deep technical knowledge across all tax disciplines are enhanced by the latest in innovation and cutting-edge technology.
• They pride themselves on exceptional client service, strong accountability, and governance, making them the top choice for industry executives and the largest revenue-generating US and global tax practice.
• Their Indirect Tax practices navigate the complexities of state and local taxes, which often constitute a company's largest tax burden and are on the rise globally.
• Their approach helps businesses understand their tax liabilities, identify risks and opportunities, and align with their broader tax strategy, reinforcing the critical role of tax and finance in the modern business landscape.
• Learn from their experienced professionals, cutting-edge technology, and proven methodologies to effectively manage their clients’ indirect tax postures.

What you will do:

• Their Global Sustainability Tax practice provides holistic tax advisory and compliance services relating to sustainability taxes including global, federal, state, and local grants, incentives, and tax credits, to support the transformation to a green and de-carbonized economy.
• Their services also include assisting clients with emerging tax policies and regulations related to sustainability taxes (including carbon, pollution, health, plastics, and other social and governance tax matters).

As an Intern on the team, your role will include:

• Supporting the team in research, data collection, and analysis to inform client policy decisions.
• Following evolving global, federal, state, and local sustainability policies and taxation developments.
• Assisting with the creation of thought leadership and client information materials.
• Contributing to the writing, editing, and formatting of project reports and proposals.
• Developing client deliverables such as grants and incentives applications, incentives ROI analysis and documentation, tax and incentives analysis, and benchmarking studies.
• Working collaboratively with the team to advise clients on the impacts of sustainability taxes and incentives and their potential impact on achieving corporate sustainability goals.

About you

Required Qualifications:

• A predicted undergraduate or graduate degree in Economics, Public Policy, Engineering, Environmental Studies, or a related field; or an advanced degree in Tax or Law; supported by a strong academic record.
• Strong analytical and writing skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
• The ability and willingness to travel and work in excess of 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.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Interest in environmental sustainability or LEED-certified professional status.
• Experience building dashboards using data visualization software.
• Experience with federal, state, and local incentives.
• Experience working in the field of environmental sustainability, taxes, or incentives.

Compensation & benefits

The hourly pay range for this job is $33.17 - $60.10.

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

• Medical and dental coverage
• Pension and 401(k) plans
• A wide range of paid time off options
• Vacation time off
• Designated EY Paid Holidays
• Winter/Summer breaks
• Personal/Family Care
• Other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being

Other benefits

• Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
• Success as defined by you: They will provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
• Transformative leadership: They will 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.

Training & development 

As an intern, you will have an opportunity to make a real contribution. You will discover what life as a professional here is all about. You will work on real projects and prepare yourself for a fast-paced world with a high-performance foundation.

Career progression

Students who have accepted an EY internship or entry-level offer in the US and are pursuing an undergraduate degree in accounting are eligible for the EY Career Path Accelerator. This program provides a flexible, affordable way to earn the credits needed for CPA eligibility, integrating job-related learning with national accreditation.

Source

The following sources were used in researching this page:

• ey.com/en_gr/careers/student-entry-level-programs
• ey.com/en_us/careers/ey-career-path-accelerator
• youtube.com/@ernstyoung