Internal Audit Intern - Summer 2027

nationallifeinsurancecompany; Montpelier (VT); On-site; USD 22,000 - 26,000; Part time

Job summary

National Life Group offers an undergraduate internship program focused on real workplace learning. The role features four onsite days per week and detailed exposure to audit planning, risk assessment, and testing.

The program emphasizes collaboration, confidentiality, and professional standards while developing core competencies and AI-guided workflows. The internship provides growth opportunities within a collaborative environment, with commitments to values like integrity and community impact,

Qualifications

• Strong interpersonal skills
• Highly motivated and self-directed
• Able to work independently within established timeframes
• Ability to think strategically and respond tactically in a dynamic environment
• Well organized and able to handle multiple priorities at one time
• AI proficiency expectations for leveraging AI tools responsibly

Responsibilities

• Analytical Thinking & Risk Awareness: Support audit planning, risk assessment, and testing activities by reviewing business processes and financial or operational information, identifying key risks and controls, examining supporting documentation, documenting procedures and results accurately, and escalating potential inconsistencies or issues.
• Communication & Collaboration: Collaborate with Internal Audit team members and business partners to gather information, understand processes, ask thoughtful questions, communicate status updates, and build effective working relationships across the organization.
• Professionalism & Attention to Detail: Prepare clear, organized audit summaries that are accurate, complete, timely, and handled in accordance with confidentiality and professional standards.
• Curiosity, Adaptability & Accountability: Plan and prioritize assigned work, meet established deadlines, follow through on commitments, adjust effectively as priorities change, and build knowledge of audit concepts and NLG business processes through training, feedback, and hands-on experience.
• Core Competencies: Service Focus, Decision Making, Results Oriented, Plans and Aligns, Demonstrates

Skills

Strong interpersonal skills

Highly motivated

Self-directed

Independent worker

Strategic thinking

Organized

Job description

Come join one of America's fastest-growing insurance companies. Since 1848, National Life Group has aimed to keep our promises, providing families with stability in good times and in bad. Throughout that history, we have provided peace of mind to those families as they plan their futures.

Our mission extends beyond the insurance and annuities policies that we offer. We strive to make the world a better place through our grants from our charitable foundation, paid volunteer time for our employees, environmentally sustainable and healthy workplaces, and events that promote the work of nonprofits in our own backyard.

We foster a collaborative environment with opportunities for growth and encourage our associates to live our values: Do good. Be good. Make good.

Please note that we do not offer visa sponsorship for this position

POSITION SUMMARY

The National Life Group Internship Program was developed to provide real workplace learning and growth opportunities for undergraduate students. Over the years the program has provided students with the opportunity to engage in meaningful, career-relevant work at National Life Group in preparation for full-time employment.

This position currently offers an onsite work schedule, with the expectation that you are in the office four (4) days per week during onsite core days. Our current onsite core days are Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. The work schedule type and core days are subject to change with advance notification and manager discretion.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Analytical Thinking & Risk Awareness: Support audit planning, risk assessment, and testing activities by reviewing business processes and financial or operational information, identifying key risks and controls, examining supporting documentation, documenting procedures and results accurately, and escalating potential inconsistencies or issues.
• Communication & Collaboration: Collaborate with Internal Audit team members and business partners to gather information, understand processes, ask thoughtful questions, communicate status updates, and build effective working relationships across the organization.
• Professionalism & Attention to Detail: Prepare clear, organized audit summaries that are accurate, complete, timely, and handled in accordance with confidentiality and professional standards.
• Curiosity, Adaptability & Accountability: Plan and prioritize assigned work, meet established deadlines, follow through on commitments, adjust effectively as priorities change, and build knowledge of audit concepts and NLG business processes through training, feedback, and hands-on experience.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Strong interpersonal skills
• Highly motivated and self-directed
• Able to work independently within established timeframes
• Ability to think strategically and respond tactically in a dynamic environment
• Well organized and able to handle multiple priorities at one time

AI Proficiency Expectations

At National Life Group, we view AI as an enabler of human potential. We use AI to help us work smarter, serve more clients, and keep our promises, while remaining a relationship-driven business where our people are our greatest strength.

• Leverage approved AI tools, where appropriate, to improve the efficiency, quality, and impact of their work.
• Stay curious and open to new AI-enabled ways of working.
• Exercise sound judgment by reviewing and validating AI-generated content.
• Maintain accountability for the accuracy, quality, fairness, and integrity of work products by adhering to National Life's AI guiding principles.
• Use AI responsibly and in accordance with company policies related to confidentiality, data privacy, security, compliance, retention, and intellectual property.

Core Competencies

Service Focus - Demonstrates a client centric focus for satisfying one's external and/or internal customers; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.

Decision Making - Makes sense of complex information, critically evaluates, and creates solutions.

Results Oriented - Sets performance and personal goals; Driven to meet or exceed goals and objectives.

Plans and Aligns - Plans and prioritizes work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals; Aligns people and skills to tasks and assignments; Evaluates results of work.

Demonstr