Internal Controls & Audit Intern - Summer 2027

Cox Automotive; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 30,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement planning

Paid days off

Job summary

Cox Automotive invites highly motivated students to join the Internal Audit Intern program for Summer 2027. You will gain hands-on exposure to internal controls governance, enterprise risk management, and financial reporting impacts while assisting with narratives, control matrices, and testing.

You will work with a supportive team, develop professional skills, and collaborate with cross-functional groups. This internship is designed to build your accounting and audit foundations in a fast-paced

Qualifications

• Currently a college student pursuing a BA/BS degree in accounting or a related field.
• Past Work experience or a desire to build a career in audit, risk, or compliance.
• Self-starter, flexible and curious.
• Highly organized, detail oriented and fast learner.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong desire to learn; ability to learn new systems and tools.
• Accountable for meeting deadlines and work performed.
• Ability to multi-task and work in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Acting as a team member within the Internal Controls and Enterprise Risk Management Team.
• Assisting the Internal Controls team with the maintenance and preparation of detailed and accurate documentation, including narratives, control descriptions, risk & control matrices, process flowcharts, and management responses & remediation.
• Monitoring certifications for internal controls and narratives including communicating status to control owners and determining the need for escalations.
• Partnering/assisting the Internal Controls and Enterprise Risk management team to conduct process & internal controls walkthroughs to clearly identify/validate controls.
• Supporting issue owners with documenting remediation action plans for internal control failures and other identified issues.
• Ensuring that internal control stakeholders are provided with timely and accurate assistance.
• Supporting enterprise risk management activities.
• Assisting in developing presentations for leadership.
• Cross training in other areas of the internal controls governance and enterprise risk management team.
• Performing special projects and tasks assigned.
• Building relationships and interacting with cross-functional teams, internal and external customers and key stakeholders.
• Networking with peers and professionals in the industry.

Skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Detail oriented

Multi-tasking

Self-starter

Education

BA/BS in accounting or related field

Job description

Cox Automotive invites highly motivated students to join the Internal Audit Intern program for Summer 2027. You will gain hands-on exposure to internal controls governance, enterprise risk management, and financial reporting impacts while assisting with narratives, control matrices, and testing.

You will work with a supportive team, develop professional skills, and collaborate with cross-functional groups. This internship is designed to build your accounting and audit foundations in a fast-paced