Internal Audit Intern

City of Raleigh North Carolina; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 23,000 - 32,000; Part time

Job summary

The City of Raleigh’s Office of Internal Audit offers an eight-month internship for college students starting October 2026 through June 2027. The role provides guided work, four hours weekly (up to eight), with a fixed $20/hour pay.

Located in Downtown Raleigh, the internship emphasizes understanding internal controls, COSO concepts, and curiosity to learn and ask questions. Ideal candidates are local college students majoring in accounting, finance, economics, marketing, or business, at least

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in an accredited college program.
• Basic understanding of internal controls (COSO).
• Willingness to learn and ask questions.

Responsibilities

• Performing data analytic reviews of various city transactions.
• Shadowing the internal audit manager by performing assigned fieldwork.
• Updating PDF audit reports to be ADA accessible.
• Revamping audit workpapers to improve efficiencies and align with standards.
• Creating a communication framework to share audit findings internally.

Skills

Microsoft 365 proficiency

COSO knowledge

Critical thinking

Questioning attitude

Education

College student majoring in accounting, finance, economics, marketing, or general business administration

Junior level student

NCSU MAC (graduate) students encouraged

Tools

Microsoft Word

Excel

Outlook

Teams

SharePoint

PowerPoint

Job description

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.

About You:

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.

About Us:

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 8:0\0 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.

The intent of this job description is to provide a representative summary of the major duties and responsibilities performed by employees in this job. Employees may be requested to perform job-related tasks other than those specifically presented in this description.

• 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.

To be eligible for the internship program, please see our office’s hiring criteria:

• 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
• 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

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• 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).
• Critical thinking skills

ADA and Other Requirements:

Work Environment and Physical Effort:

Medium: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, up to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

Work Environment:

Work is typically performed in an office or similar indoor environment.

Work Exposures:

Work in this position does not require frequent environmental exposures.

City of Raleigh is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. Accommodations for individuals with disabilities are provided upon request.