Audit Intern

GMA is a full-service CPA firm located in McHenry Row in Baltimore Maryland and Fairfax Virginia. While weve grown substantially since opening our doors in 1960, Gross Mendelsohn continues to maintain its small firm feel. We believe in open doors, transparency and celebrating success. We challenge our people, but were also their biggest advocates. Were professional yet casual. We reward success, innovation, and drive, and foster our employees desire to learn and grow.

Description:

We are seeking individuals who are interested in pursuing a career in public accounting to serve as interns working as entry-level staff accountants in our audit and accounting department during tax season. We are also seeking December graduates looking for fulltime employment opportunities.

The internship will involve working with a team performing audits, reviews, and compilations for not for profit, manufacturing, health care and construction clients. Interns will also prepare tax returns which include corporate, partnership, trust, and individual returns.

Requirements:

Qualified candidates must be willing to travel to client sites during the day in the Baltimore/Washington Metropolitan area (subject to safety protocols due to COVID-19 most of our work is being conducted remotely from our office). Interns must be able to provide two or three full days to work on engagements with the team. The intern position requires the ability to work an average of 25 hours per week beginning in mid-January running through April 15th (tax season). Other requirements include:

• Pursuing Bachelors or Master's degree in Accounting
• Must have completed intermediate accounting courses
• Prefer juniors and seniors, will consider sophomores
• Prior experience in public accounting or general accounting a plus
• Interested in pursuing career in public accounting and desire to attain CPA certification
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Strong computer skills: Excel, able to quickly learn software packages:
• Independent self-starter able to work independently and as a team.
• Strong work ethic
• Willing attitude and the aptitude to learn
• Interns - Ability to work minimum of two full days during and a minimum four hours on Saturdays during from January through April 15th (Averaging 25 hours per week)
• December graduates ability to work an average of 55 hours per week during tax season, including a minimum of 4 hours on Saturday