Internal Audit Intern

City of Raleigh North Carolina • Raleigh, NC

3d • Onsite

About The Position

The City of Raleigh’s Office of Internal Audit is looking for college students that are interested in applying to an eight-month Internship Program. As an intern, you’ll receive structured guidance from the internal audit manager on any task that you perform. Our audit department has auditors from both the public and private sectors, with years of experience ranging from Big Four to State Government Auditing functions. We’re looking for college students who are curious about how organizations work and enjoy figuring out why things happen the way they do. Our ideal intern has a basic understanding of the COSO Internal Control Framework, thinks critically, and isn’t afraid to ask questions—even when the answer isn’t obvious. You don’t need to know everything about auditing. We’re looking for someone who can look at a process, recognize when something doesn’t quite make sense, and dig a little deeper to understand what’s really happening. If you enjoy solving problems, connecting the dots, challenging assumptions, and learning how good internal controls help organizations work better, we’d like to meet you. The internship will start in October 2026 and end by June 2027. Our office would only need intern help each week for four (4) hours and at a maximum, no more than eight (8) hours a week. Working hours would be scheduled in 2-hour or 4-hour increments. Our office is located at 222 W Hargett Street (Downtown Raleigh, 27601). Standard office hours are year-round Monday to Friday from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. We are flexible with your schedules, and we will not require you to work during school holidays or exams. Salary is a fixed hourly rate at $20/hour. The experience you will learn will build your skillsets around identifying internal control structures, associated risks, and risk mitigation techniques. This valuable knowledge will be translatable regardless of the industry you decide to work.

Requirements

• Local college student majoring in accounting, finance, economics, marketing, or general business administration
• At least at a junior level, while NCSU MAC (graduate) students are encouraged to apply
• General knowledge with Microsoft 365 packages – Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams, Sharepoint, Powerpoint, etc.
• Some understanding or beginner’s introduction to internal control concepts (e.g., COSO)
• An eagerness to learn and ask questions

Nice To Haves

• Intern candidates do not need any government experience or desire to work in government after graduation. We need interns that want to learn how an internal audit department is managed

Responsibilities

• Performing data analytic reviews of various over City transactions.
• Shadowing our office’s internal audit manager by performing assigned fieldwork.
• Updating PDF formatted audit reports to become digitally accessible for ADA purposes.
• Revamping our office’s audit workpaper templates to improve efficiencies during audits and refresh the content to be aligned with the latest YellowBook Standards.
• Creating a communication framework that shares news updates internally to City of Raleigh employees about audit reports, employee hotline availability, emerging risks, internal control knowledge and learning opportunities, and other operations that impact our services.

Benefits

• Structured guidance from the internal audit manager
• Flexible with your schedules
• Will not require you to work during school holidays or exams
• Fixed hourly rate at $20/hour
• Valuable knowledge will be translatable regardless of the industry you decide to work

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: Associate degree