Internal Audit Intern (Fall 2026-Remote)

<p style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt; background-color: #fbeeb8; color: #000000;"><strong><em>We are looking for an intern to join our Internal Audit team! </em></strong></span></p><p style="background: white;"> </p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt; background-color: #f1c40f; color: #000000;"><strong>Internship Duration: </strong>August - November </span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt; background-color: #f1c40f; color: #000000;"><strong>Hours:</strong> Open to part time or full time</span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt; background-color: #f1c40f; color: #000000;"><strong>Majors: </strong>Accounting</span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt; background-color: #f1c40f; color: #000000;"><strong>Graduation Year: </strong>2026, 2027, 2028</span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 9pt; background-color: #f1c40f; color: #000000;"><strong>Location:</strong> Remote in the US</span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; color: #000000;"><strong><em><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Who We Are</span></em></strong></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Founded in 1917, </span><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Eide Bailly </span><span style="font-size: 9pt;">is one of the top 20 CPA and business advisory firms in the nation with over 40 offices across 17 states. At the core, Eide Bailly is a people-first firm - real people, passionate about living fulfilling lives </span><span style="font-size: 9pt;">both in and out of the office. </span><span style="font-size: 9pt;">We strive to foster an environment that is centered around respect, trust, support, integrity, professionalism, fun, innovation, and providing a work-life integration where our people can be their full authentic selves! </span><span style="font-size: 9pt;">As a result, we are proud to have been rated a Top 10 Accounting Firm in culture, relationships with supervisors, benefits, firm leaders, and work/life balance in the 2022 Vault survey.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; color: #000000;"><strong><em><span style="font-size: 9pt;"> </span></em></strong></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; color: #000000;"><strong><em><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Why You’ll Love Working Here</span></em></strong></span></p><ul><li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><strong>The Culture </strong>– At Eide Bailly, you’ll feel respected, trusted, and cared for. </span><span style="font-size: 9pt;">The firm truly values your personal growth and wellbeing, while empowering you to not only do your job well but to also live a meaningful life outside of work</span><span style="font-size: 9pt;">. We’re all here to help each other be the best version of ourselves!</span></span></li><li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; color: #000000;"><strong style="font-size: 9pt;">The Benefits </strong><span style="font-size: 9pt;">– Focused on helping you stay well in all aspects of your life, some of the benefits you’ll enjoy include a generous PTO policy, CPA benefits, access to counseling services, a premium membership to the Calm app, paid community service hours, a Lifestyle Spending Accounting, and so much more!</span></span></li><li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; color: #000000;"><strong style="font-size: 9pt;">The Flexibility </strong><span style="font-size: 9pt;">– We strive to help all employees find an integration between their work and personal life. Our leaders are there to help you determine how to leverage flexibility to meet your personal needs.</span></span></li><li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; color: #000000;"><strong style="font-size: 9pt;">The Fun – </strong><span style="font-size: 9pt;">We want all our employees to have fun while they work and have time to connect with coworkers. Some examples of social activities include busy season happy hours, putt-putt competitions in the office, food trucks, Flannels and Pajamas, Turkey Trots, and more!</span></span></li><li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; color: #000000;"><strong style="font-size: 9pt;">The Exposure – </strong><span style="font-size: 9pt;">You’ll have the opportunity to work alongside managers, partners, and client executives right away!</span></span></li><li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; color: #000000;"><strong style="font-size: 9pt;">The Variety </strong><span style="font-size: 9pt;">– You’ll work on a variety of clients across various service industries providing you with the most diversified experience imaginable, helping you to determine which area(s) you may want to specialize in long-term.</span></span></li><li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; color: #000000;"><strong style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt;">The Growth </span></strong><span style="font-size: 9pt;">– When you start, you will be paired up with an Eide Guide AND a Career Advisor to help you acclimate to your new role as well as coach you in your career development. Any question, big or small, you’ll have someone there to help you decide how and when you want to advance your career. Not sure you want to stay in your current service area? You can apply for the EB Xchange program to gain insight into various Specialty Services. Our goal is to help get you to where you want to be!</span></span></li></ul> <p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Typical Day in the Life</span></strong></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: #000000;">A typical day as an Internal Audit Intern might include the following:</span></p><ul><li><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: #000000;"> Assist the Senior Associate and Manager in initiating projects, scheduling kickoff meetings with clients, determining timelines, goals and expectations of an engagement.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: #000000;"> Be a critical member of the engagement meeting with audit team members, sharing your knowledge from the client call.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: #000000;"> Help set timelines, assign roles and determine goals for the internal audit.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: #000000;"> Set aside time in your busy day to research business trends related to clients and apply this knowledge to clients' solutions while professionally representing the Firm.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: #000000;"> Work with Government clients to include local, state, higher education, retirement plans, and sanitation districts.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: #000000;"> Conduct interviews with Senior Associate or Manager and other employees.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: #000000;"> Provide risk, internal control, and financial analysis upon completion of fieldwork in an effort to improve client internal controls and accounting procedures.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: #000000;"> Be an active and engaged team member, willing to learn and collaborate on how to best handle aspects of the engagement.</span></li></ul><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Who You Are</span></strong></span></p><ul><li><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: #000000;"> Past internal audit experience control testing a plus, i.e. SOX 404.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: #000000;"> Inquisitive and enjoy learning about various client business processes and traveling to different locations to help clients (20-40 percent travel may be required).</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: #000000;"> Highly self-motivated, pro-active and a strong independent contributor.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: #000000;"> Excellent communication skills as well as the ability to effectively interact with all levels of Firm management and staff, clients and other external business contacts.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: #000000;"> Team player who enjoys collaborating with others.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: #000000;"> Good time management skills and able to seek out guidance when needed.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: #000000;"> Hold yourself to the highest professional standards and maintain strict client confidentiality.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: #000000;"> In addition to all of this, you have a Bachelor's degree in Accounting or related field, you are a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) or are interested in pursuing certification .</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: #000000;"> Must be authorized to work in the United States permanently without the requirement of sponsorship at any point in the future.</span></li></ul><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: #000000;"> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #000000;"><em><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Must be authorized to work in the United States now or in the future without visa sponsorship</span></em></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #000000;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></strong></em></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #000000;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What to Expect Next</span></strong></em></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: #000000;">We'll be in touch! If you look like the right fit for our position, one of our recruiters will be reaching out to schedule a phone interview with you to learn more about your career interests and goals.</span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"> </p><p style="margin: 0px;"><strong><em><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Interns</span></em></strong></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span class="TextRun Highlight SCXW253736268 BCX0" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW253736268 BCX0">We are excited to share that intern positions across our firm are paid between $2</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW253736268 BCX0">5</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW253736268 BCX0">.00-$3</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW253736268 BCX0">2</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW253736268 BCX0">.00/hour and are eligible for overtime. If you are offered an intern position with Eide Bailly, your pay rate will be </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW253736268 BCX0">determined</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW253736268 BCX0"> based on factors such as geographic location, skills, </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW253736268 BCX0">education</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW253736268 BCX0"> and/or experience. Interns are eligible for health insurance and 401(k) Profit Sharing</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW253736268 BCX0">.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW253736268 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{" 335559738":240}"=""> </span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #000000;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></strong></em></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #000000;"><em><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Eide Bailly LLP is proud to be an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected under local, state or federal laws.</span></em></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #000000;"><em><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></em></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: verdana, geneva; color: #000000;">#LI-RS1</span></p>

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