Summer 2027 Intern

Keiter • Glen Allen, VA

4d • Hybrid

About The Position

Keiter is seeking motivated individuals to join our Summer Internship program. This program offers a comprehensive experience across both Tax and Audit departments, providing interns with hands-on client work, formal training, and networking opportunities. Our mission as Opportunity Advisors® is to help clients uncover new opportunities through deep relationships, proactive insights, and thoughtful tax strategies tailored to their evolving needs. We offer a flexible, supportive work environment that empowers professional and personal success, an inclusive, team-oriented culture, and opportunities to network with team members outside the office. Interns will gain exposure to real client work, not just shadowing, and have the opportunity to rotate between Audit and Tax. This program provides a realistic preview of what a full-time career at Keiter looks like.

Requirements

• Completion of at least one semester of an intermediate-level accounting class.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word, and other computer skills.
• Interest in pursuing a career in public accounting and sitting for the CPA exam.
• Authorization to work in the United States of America throughout their employment with the company.

Nice To Haves

• Pursuing a bachelor’s or master’s degree in accounting or accounting systems.
• Have completed at least one semester of intermediate accounting.
• Detail-oriented, enthusiastic, and collaborative mindset.
• Growth-oriented, entrepreneurial spirit with a desire to make an impact.
• Returning Interns may specialize in either Tax or Audit based on prior experience.
• In-person experience is strongly encouraged.

Responsibilities

• Assist on audit engagements across multiple industries, including for-profit, nonprofit, and ERISA/benefit plan clients.
• Perform audit testing procedures, such as participant data testing and contribution testing (ERISA/401(k)), cash testing, payroll testing, investment testing, and analytical procedures.
• Conduct substantive testing, rollforwards, and compliance testing.
• Prepare and update audit documentation and workpapers, often referencing prior-year files.
• Gain exposure to on-site audit work, including interacting with client personnel and observing audit procedures in real-time.
• Use audit software and tools such as CaseWare, XCM, ShareFile, client portals, and Excel.
• Learn how audit teams plan, execute, and review engagements from start to finish.
• Prepare and assist with individual and business tax returns, including Forms 1040, 1065, 1120, 1120S, 1041, and gift tax returns.
• Work on GSC (grouped) returns, gaining repetition and confidence across similar but non-identical clients.
• Input and reconcile K-1s, trial balances, fixed assets, and adjusting journal entries.
• Assist with book-to-tax reconciliations, diagnostics, and clearing review points.
• Support first-year and new-client returns, learning how information flows when no prior-year data exists.
• Use tax software such as CCH Axcess, SurePrep, Fixed Assets, and related tools.
• Conduct basic tax research and assist with internal or external tax blog content on current tax topics.

Benefits

• Comprehensive training and orientation to our systems and firm
• Opportunities to network with team members outside the office
• Formal training weeks before each rotation (Audit and Tax)
• Work closely with a Performance Coach and a Buddy
• Receive real-time feedback, review notes, and direct verbal feedback throughout the internship
• Learn how to navigate firm systems, workflows, and professional expectations
• Participate in firm events, networking opportunities, and intern group activities

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: No Education Listed