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Internal audit internship resume examples from 2025

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Updated March 26, 2025
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How to write an internal audit internship resume

Craft a resume summary statement

A well-written resume summary is basically an elevator pitch. You are summing up your skills and experience in a few sentences to wow recruiters, hiring managers, and decision makers into giving you an interview. Here are some tips to putting your best foot first with your resume summary:

Step 1: Start with your professional title, or the one you aspire to.

Step 2: Detail your years of experience in internal audit internship-related roles and your industry experience.

Step 3: What are your biggest professional wins? Here is your opportunity to highlight your strongest accomplishments by placing them at the start of your resume.

Step 4: Don't forget, your goal is to summarize your experience. Keep it short and sweet, so it's easy for recruiters to quickly understand why you're a great hire.

These four steps should give you a strong elevator pitch and land you some internal audit internship interviews.

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List the right project manager skills

Use your Skills section to show you have the knowledge and technical ability to do the job. Here is how to make the most of your skills section and make sure you have the right keywords:

  1. Start with the job listing. Frequently, the keywords looked for by recruiters will be listed. Be careful to include all skills in the job listing you have experience with.
  2. Consider all the software and tools you use on a daily basis. When in doubt, list them!
  3. Make sure you use accurate and up to date terms for all the skills listed.
These five steps should give you a strong elevator pitch and land you some internal audit internship interviews.

Here are example skills to include in your “Area of Expertise” on an internal audit internship resume:

  • Internal Audit
  • Data Analytics
  • SOX
  • Patients
  • Sarbanes-Oxley
  • Risk Management
  • Audit Reports
  • Audit Procedures
  • Financial Statements
  • Risk Assessments
  • Audit Projects
  • Internal Control Procedures
  • Audit Plan
  • Audit Findings
  • Business Processes
  • Data Analysis
  • External Auditors
  • Operational Audits
  • Audit Process
  • Control Environment
  • HR
  • GAAP
  • Audit Programs
  • Acls
  • Patient Care
  • Internal Medicine
  • Visio
  • Sox Testing
  • Audit Results
  • Compliance Audits

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How to structure your work experience

Your work experience should be structured:

  1. With your most recent roles first, followed by earlier roles in reverse chronological order.
  2. Job title, along with company name and location on the left.
  3. Put the corresponding dates of employment on the left side.
  4. Keep only relevant jobs on your work experience.

How to write internal audit internship experience bullet points

Remember, your resume is not a list of responsibilities or a job description. This is your chance to show why you're good at your job and what you accomplished.

Use the XYZ formula for your work experience bullet points. Here's how it works:

  • Use strong action verbs like Led, Built, or Optimized.
  • Follow up with numbers when possible to support your results. How much did performance improve? How much revenue did you drive?
  • Wrap it up by explaining the actions you took to achieve the result and how you made an impact.

This creates bullet points that read Achieved X, measured by Y, by doing Z.

Here are great bullet points from internal audit internship resumes:

Work history example #1

Internal Audit Internship

Citi Trends

  • Assisted with the annual financial audits by the CPA firm.
  • Assisted in the Sarbanes-Oxley mid-year testing for multiple departments.
  • Worked with Profile Cad & Easi Seal, Microsoft Word 97, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, and Microsoft PowerPoint.
  • Facilitated language communication barrier between US audit team and Chinese customers.
  • Managed entity level and process level Sarbanes-Oxley testing and recommended remediation efforts.

Work history example #2

Audit Internship

Deloitte

  • Developed and understanding of the Deloitte & Touche audit approach, methodology & used relevant tools.
  • Conducted independent research and interacted with Deloitte employees to fully understand their mission, values and approach to auditing.
  • Attained Level 1 Certification in Deloitte's Industry Proficiency Program (Financial Services Industry -Investment Management).
  • Worked with International Audit Standards and U.S. GAAP in English and Spanish.
  • Engaged in summer opportunity and applied in-depth accounting knowledge to assignments within Deloitte s Auditing Department.

Work history example #3

Internal Audit Internship

nTelos

  • Completed physical inventories, and analyzed financial data from Oracle database to assess risk of internal controls.
  • Worked with Management to determine requirements for Sarbanes-Oxley compliance in a Network Security Architecture.
  • Performed a fraud audit on DNS locations for inventory missing that wasn't reported as adjustments within Oracle.
  • Prepared an internal review using TeamMate suite software.
  • Evaluated SOX documentation ensuring appropriate identification of risk and control points.

Work history example #4

Audit Assistant

PricewaterhouseCoopers

  • Provided technical support for clients regarding complex GAAP and SEC pronouncements, guidance and implementation issues.
  • Cultivated expertise of internal control design, implementation and remediation through performance of Sarbanes-Oxley audits.
  • Identified and reviewed whether financial statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP and GAAS.
  • Performed Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 and SEC reporting (10Ks and 10Qs) for a publicly traded insurance company.
  • Helped with the completion of a client s quarterly review in accordance with GAAP.

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Add an education section to your resume

The education section should display your highest degree first.

Place your education section appropriately on your resume. If you graduated over 5 years ago, this section should be at the bottom of your resume. If you just graduated and lack relevant work experience, the education section should go to the top.

If you have a bachelor's or master's degree, do not list your high school education. If your graduation year is more than 15-20 years ago, it's better not to include dates in this section.

Here are some examples of good education entries from internal audit internship resumes:

Doctoral Degree in accounting

University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL

2016 - 2019

Bachelor's Degree in finance

University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX

2015 - 2018

Highlight your internal audit internship certifications on your resume

Certifications can be a crucial part of your resume. Many jobs have required certifications.

Start simple. Include the full name of the certification. It's also good to mention the organization that issued the certification. Next, specify when you obtained the certification.

If you have any of these certifications, be sure to include them on your internal audit internship resume:

  1. Internal Medicine
  2. Certified Internal Auditor (CIA)

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