What are the responsibilities and job description for the 2025 Internship Program- Knoxville position at SBF Advisors?
At SBF, we take a "people first" approach to everything we do and strive to help our team members find the right balance in their lives. An internship with us will provide you with invaluable experiences in a real-world accounting setting. We treat our interns like professionals and provide them with the opportunity to work on real client engagements and productive client service projects. Our headquarters is in St. Petersburg, FL with an office in Knoxville, and we are looking to expand our internship opportunities to our Knoxville office.
Spring Audit and Tax Internships: (January- May)
Summer Tax Internships: (June-August)
Audit:
- Learns and completes audit procedures according to guidelines and firm procedures
- Assesses compliance by examining, analyzing, and verifying financial accounts, fixed assets and inventories, payrolls or cash accounts, grant program costs, records, reports, operating practices, documentation, and related instruments
- Verifies information by comparing and analyzing items to documentation
- Completes audit work papers by documenting audit tests and findings
- Communicates audit progress and findings to coaches and managers
- Studies and complies with federal, state, and local legal and regulatory requirements
- Contributes to team effort by accomplishing assignments as needed
Tax:
- Learns and completes various Tax and Accounting projects, including:
- Preparation of Forms 1099
- Annual business accounting services
- Various business tax returns
- Personal tax returns
- Tangible property returns
- Through a general understanding of basic accounting concepts, assists in Client Accounting Services projects as needed
- Studies and complies with federal, state, and local legal and regulatory requirements
- Contributes to team effort by accomplishing assignments as needed
Our hope is that this internship will offer you the opportunity to broaden your understanding of public accounting and explore the unique culture of our Firm.
Qualifications:
- A genuinely nice person with a strong work ethic
- Keen interest in a career in public accounting
- Current accounting major
- Personally and academically motivated
- Distinguished in the classroom, on campus, and in the community
- Prepared to submit the following:
o Current resume
o Unofficial transcript (PDF/Word document with screen shots acceptable)
