Intern, Assurance & Advisory
Website Clearview Group
What is Clearview?
Clearview is a dynamic CPA and consulting firm, committed to a culture of excellence, offering audit, income tax, accounting & finance, risk advisory, state & local tax, managed IT, HR and other services. Our firm was built on principles such as accountability, commitment, respect, and trust. It’s not just about the work (the “what”), it’s also about our approach (the ”how”). Our employees understand the importance of supporting one another and focusing on our greater business objectives.
Multiple times, including in 2020 even during the pandemic, Clearview has won awards as the “Best Place to Work” in Baltimore, “Best Regional Accounting Firm”, “Best Regional Consulting Firm”, “Top Workplace” and more.
For additional details about these and other recognitions, please visit www.clearviewgroup.us or https://www.linkedin.com/company/clearview-consulting-llc-md-/
What opportunity is available?
Clearview Group is looking to hire full-time Assurance & Advisory Interns for the summer of 2025 at our Corporate office in Owings Mills, MD. The 10-week internship program is tentatively set to start on Wednesday, May 28th, 2025 and end on Wednesday, August 6th, 2025. Business hours are 8:30 am to 5:00 pm EDT Monday through Friday. Interns will primarily work onsite to ensure ample opportunities for in-person mentoring and relationship building. However, in line with the flexible environment we foster, interns may work remote on occasion as coordinated with their direct manager.
Who works here and why?
Employees at Clearview bring expertise from Fortune 100, Big 4 Accounting, and other industry leaders to work for our clients. They chose Clearview because of our inviting, entrepreneurial culture and bias towards action. Our firm philosophy is that business should be personal. Our team members fully embrace this philosophy, build meaningful relationships with our clients, make solving our clients’ business problems the top priority, and focus on delivering results that have a real impact on their bottom line.
What’s in it for you?
- Receive guidance, mentoring, and feedback from Subject Matter Experts (SMEs)
- Engage and build rapport with professionals across levels and practice areas
- Apply skills and knowledge from school to the workplace / real world
- Gain exposure to a corporate office setting
- Interface with clients on the phone, over email and (possibly) in person
- Meet other students in a similar stage in their college career
- Receive consideration for a full-time Staff-level position after graduation (pending stellar Intern performance)
What will this Intern do?
Under the direction and with the support of more senior team members, the Assurance & Advisory Intern will perform a variety of tasks that assist with the completion of projects such as financial statement reviews, financial statement audits, employee benefit plan audits, and more. Specific responsibilities may include, but may not be limited to:
- Assisting with external audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards (GAAS)
- Facilitating the audit process by completing lead sheets, subsequent cash disbursements testing, contribution testing, etc.
- Performing detailed testing procedures on cash, investments, fixed assets, accounts payable, and
journal entries - Analyzing financial statements to identify data trends and anomalies
- Identifying and assessing risks of material misstatement on financial reports due to error and/or fraud
- Conducting compliance audits for governmental pension plans and/or contractual agreements
- Evaluating the effectiveness of internal control policies concerning the preparation of financial
statements - Testing contributions by:
- reviewing all payroll information sent from the client and plan sponsor
- utilizing a spreadsheet to determine how these contributions were calculated
- comparing these calculations to the client’s records to ensure no discrepancies exist
- Proactively communicating with the audit team on various aspects of engagements
- Identifying and researching clients’ accounting issues
- Compiling and analyzing client data from an external audit perspective
- Serving as a positive brand ambassador for Clearview when interfacing internally and externally
What is required for consideration?
- Minimum 3.0 GPA at time of application AND at time of internship program start
- Current student preparing to graduate in December 2025, May 2026 or December 2026
- Current student pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Accounting
- Intent to be a CPA within a few years after graduation
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent interpersonal and relationship building skills
- Willingness and ability to travel regionally to client sites if needed
Employment visa sponsorship is not a benefit currently offered by Clearview and we do not anticipate this changing in the future.
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision (computer work). While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms.
Clearview Group LLC is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. The Company provides equal opportunity to all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship status, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, gender identity, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
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