2025 Winter Internships

Gain real-world accounting and advisory experience with a top 60 CPA and advisory firm before you’ve turned your tassel. Doeren Mayhew’s hands-on internship program will provide you the opportunity to work alongside seasoned pros in the industry, helping you navigate and challenge accounting and business norms. 

We offer internship opportunities across various service groups, which can be selected during your initial interview. 

Winter internships will run from January 6, 2025, until no later than April 15, 2025.  Full time opportunities will also start on January 6, 2025. 

1.Corporate Audit Intern (Opportunities available in Troy, MI & Houston, TX)

As an audit intern at Doeren Mayhew, you will go through a hands-on training program during the first two weeks of the internship, in which you will learn how to utilize audit software programs, develop an understanding of audit procedures, and work closely with seasoned audit professionals including shareholders.  Your responsibilities and experiences will be similar to those of our first-year audit associates and is a great way to see firsthand how rewarding a public accounting career can be.

Responsibilities:         

• Work on numerous engagement teams with various audit Shareholders, Managers, Associates and other interns to complete audits, reviews and compilations for clients
• Gain exposure to 8-12 client engagements in a variety of industries such as manufacturing, construction, non-profit, auto dealership, retail, hospitality and more
• Travel to client sites to perform audit engagements
• Compile and analyze financial information
• Test and document business transactions
• Prepare and review financial statements

Interns typically work between 40-55 hours a week, including Saturdays.

2. Financial Institutions Group (FIG) Audit Intern (Opportunities available in Troy, MI, Houston, TX, Dallas, TX, Charlotte, NC, Miami, FL & Tampa, FL)

Doeren Mayhew is ranked by Callahan & Associates as a top credit union auditing firm in the nation. As a winter FIG audit intern, you will have the opportunity to specialize in the industry of auditing financial institutions. You will go through a hands-on training program during the first week of the internship, in which you will learn how to utilize audit software programs, develop an understanding of audit procedures, and work closely with seasoned audit professionals including shareholders. Your responsibilities and experiences will be similar to those of our first-year audit associates and is a great way to see firsthand how rewarding a public accounting career can be. 

Responsibilities:         

• Work on numerous engagement teams with various audit Shareholders, Managers, Associates and other interns to complete audits, reviews and compilations for clients
• Gain exposure to 8-12 financial institution client engagements such as credit unions and community banks
• Travel to client sites to perform audit engagements
• Compile and analyze financial information
• Test and document business transactions
• Prepare and review financial statements

Interns can expect to work between 40-55 hours a week, including Saturdays. 

3. Domestic Tax Intern (Opportunities available in Troy, MI, Grand Rapids, MI & Houston, TX)

As a tax intern at Doeren Mayhew, you will go through a hands-on training program during the first two weeks of the internship, in which you will learn how to utilize tax software programs, develop an understanding of tax procedures and work closely with seasoned tax professionals including shareholders.  Your responsibilities and experiences will be similar to those of our first-year tax associates and is a great way to see firsthand how rewarding a public accounting career can be.

Responsibilities:

• Work with a variety of tax Shareholders, Managers, Associates and other interns on an array of tax returns
• Assist with preparation of corporate and individual tax returns including personal property, partnerships, C-Corp and S-Corp returns
• Gain exposure to tax returns in a variety of industries including manufacturing, construction, non-profit, auto dealership, retail, restaurant and more
• Conduct tax research and work on tax projections using information compiled by the audit staff or provided by the client

Interns can expect to work in the office between 40-55 hours a week, including Saturdays. 

4. International Tax Intern (Opportunities available in Troy, MI only)

As an international tax intern at Moore Doeren Mayhew (MDM), you will go through a hands-on training program during the first two weeks of the internship in which you will learn how to utilize tax software programs, develop an understanding of tax procedures and work closely with seasoned tax professionals including shareholders.  Your responsibilities and experiences will be similar to those of our first-year tax associates and is a great way to see firsthand how rewarding a public accounting career can be. 

Responsibilities:

• Work with a variety of Shareholders, Managers, Associates and other interns on an array of tax returns
• Assist with the preparation of foreign disclosures and corporate returns for inbound and outbound companies
• Assist with individual tax returns and foreign disclosures for cross border employees
• Conduct research and ongoing collaboration with the international tax team members
• Work on a variety of industries and a wide range of projects outside of standard tax preparation

Interns can expect to work in the office between 40-55 hours a week, including Saturdays. 

Qualifications for all opportunities:

• Pursuing a bachelor's or master’s degree in Accounting
• Completion of at least one intermediate accounting course by winter 2025 preferred
• 3.0 GPA (cumulative and in accounting major)
• Ability to take off winter semester classes (January through mid-April) and work 40+ hours per week is preferred (open to part-time internships depending on office location and service group)
• Work experience preferred (related or unrelated to accounting)
• Strong drive and motivation to pursue a career in public accounting
• Demonstrated leadership skills and ability to take initiative via work experience and/or extracurricular activities
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Proven time management skills and ability to manage multiple responsibilities
• High degree of curiosity, willingness to learn, and enthusiasm

Doeren Mayhew is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; religion; national origin; sex; age; disability; sexual orientation; gender identity or expression; genetic predisposition or carrier status; veteran, marital, or any other status protected by law.