Tax Credits & Incentives Advisory Intern — R&D & Energy

C010 Cherry Bekaert Advisory LLC; New Mexico; On-site; USD 41,000 - 48,000; Part time

Job summary

Cherry Bekaert’s Tax Credits and Incentives Advisory (TCIA) team is growing, offering an internship for juniors or seniors in accounting. You will assist with federal and state credits, depreciation analyses, and data gathering for client engagements in a collaborative setting.

You will interview technical personnel, support engagement planning, and help assemble final client deliverables, gaining exposure to R&D incentives and related opportunities.

Qualifications

• Juniors or seniors enrolled in an accredited accounting program.
• Two years from graduation with 150 credit hours.
• Interest in R&D tax incentives, federal and state incentives, and employee retention credits.

Responsibilities

• Serve clients on federal credits and incentives engagements including R&D tax credit/deduction analyses, Cost Segregations projects, Inflation Reduction Act-related Energy credits and incentives, and state credits and incentives.
• Develop your technical skills in a given industry/service offering to solve complex issues.
• Interview technical personnel and reviewing memoranda to support the credits and incentive opportunities.
• Manage the review and organization of sources of client data for credit and incentives analysis.
• Support engagement teams by identifying current project status and next steps for the engagement.
• Serve as a point-of-contact for client personnel with both tax and technical backgrounds.
• Lead the assembly of the final client deliverables.
• Support the evaluation of complex scenarios involving various credits and incentives opportunities.

Skills

Accounting knowledge

GPA 3.0+

Interest in credits/incentives

Project management

Education

Accounting program (juniors/seniors)

150 credit hours

Job description

Cherry Bekaert’s Tax Credits and Incentives Advisory (TCIA) team is growing, offering an internship for juniors or seniors in accounting. You will assist with federal and state credits, depreciation analyses, and data gathering for client engagements in a collaborative setting.

You will interview technical personnel, support engagement planning, and help assemble final client deliverables, gaining exposure to R&D incentives and related opportunities.