
Cushman & Wakefield
A global commercial real‑estate firm delivering services from leasing to asset and facilities management.
EIC Internal Audit Intern
Internship providing hands‑on audit experience across finance, operations, IT and SOX.
Job Highlights
About the Role
Intern responsibilities include supporting financial and operational audit walkthroughs, risk assessments, control design evaluations, and testing key controls. In IT audits, interns assist with general‑control testing, application control reviews, and IPE validation. For SOX work, they update process flows, risk‑control matrices, test scripts, and track remediation with control owners. • Support financial and operational audit walkthroughs, risk assessments, and control testing. • Assist with IT general‑control testing, application control reviews, and IPE validation. • Update SOX process flows, risk‑control matrices, test scripts, and track remediation. • Analyze data using Excel/Power BI and prepare clear workpapers and a final presentation. • Participate in virtual speaker series and bi‑weekly mentor meetings.
Key Responsibilities
- ▸audit walkthroughs
- ▸it controls
- ▸sox updates
- ▸data analysis
- ▸risk assessment
- ▸control testing
What You Bring
Interns use Excel, Power BI or similar tools to analyze data, build testing aids, and prepare clear workpapers and an end‑of‑summer presentation. The internship offers structured onboarding, IA/IT/SOX training, mentor pairing, exposure to senior leaders through checkpoints, and networking across Finance, IA and Technology. Candidates should be pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, Data Analytics or a related field (rising junior/senior or graduate). Required skills include strong Excel and PowerPoint abilities, solid written documentation, detail‑orientation and the capacity to manage multiple tasks. Preferred qualifications are coursework or experience in internal audit, SOX or IT audit, and familiarity with Power Query, Power BI, Alteryx, SQL, Python, or flowcharting tools such as Visio or Lucidchart. • Pursuing a degree in Accounting, Finance, IS, Data Analytics (junior/senior or graduate). • Strong Excel, PowerPoint, and written documentation skills; detail‑oriented. • Preferred: coursework/experience in internal audit, SOX, IT audit; knowledge of Power Query, Power BI, Alteryx, SQL, Python; flowcharting tools.
Requirements
- ▸accounting
- ▸excel
- ▸power bi
- ▸sql
- ▸python
- ▸internal audit
Benefits
The Internal Audit Internship provides an 8‑10‑week, hands‑on experience across finance, operations, IT and SOX audit work. Interns handle real assignments, solve problems, own their deliverables, and present their findings to IA/Finance leadership. The program also includes a Virtual Global Speaker Series and bi‑weekly mentorship for professional development. The position pays $17.85‑$21.00 hourly and includes eligibility for health, vision, dental insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement plans, life and disability coverage, as well as paid and unpaid time off. • Compensation: $17.85‑$21.00 hourly. • Eligible for health, vision, dental, FSA, HSA, retirement, life and disability insurance, and paid/unpaid time off. • Equal Opportunity employer; ADA accommodations available.
Work Environment
Office Full-Time