State And Local Tax Intern

Description:

At RSM, interns work with large and small companies in various industries.  They develop strong working relationships with clients built on understanding their businesses and challenges.  Interns work on multiple team engagements each year, including several pieces of any particular assignment - not just one part.  Working in a mutually respectful team environment helps our associates perform at their best and integrate their career with their personal life.

Examples of candidate’s responsibilities include:
 

• Integrating state and local tax services with existing clients
• Completing tax planning and research tasks
• Developing an understanding of state and local tax regulations and accounting pronouncements
• Reviewing client’s current tax processes to identify inefficiencies and provide enhancements to improve the clients’ procedures and reduce tax exposure
• Working with the client’s information technology personnel to obtain data of historical purchasing and sales to analyze for reporting requirements, audit procedures, and review for potential refund or credits
• Assisting the client with evaluating sales/use tax software systems that meet their compliance needs and support the implementation process
   

Basic Qualifications:
 

• 90 credit hours completed
• Working towards B.A. / B.S. degree or equivalent from accredited university
• Accounting Major
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Travel to assigned client locations is required. Must have access to and ability to arrange for use of reliable modes of transportation to those locations.
• A minimum 3.0 GPA is preferred