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Deloitte · Summer 2027

Audit & Assurance Intern (Financial Statement Audit): a project built for this posting

Interns join Deloitte audit teams and work on client financial statements, transactions, and internal controls, learning to assess risk and to design and carry out audit procedures. They use the firm's analytics and AI-enabled audit tools to examine client data and document their work to professional standards.

Company
Deloitte
Posting title
Audit & Assurance – Intern – Financial Statement Audit – Summer 2027
Location
Honolulu, HI
Season
Summer 2027
Pay (as posted)
$28.23 - $56.67/hour (estimated range)
Deadline (as posted)
October 25, 2026
Majors named
Accounting, Related field, Preferred dual major/minor: MIS, Business Analytics, Computer Science, Data Analytics, Engineering, Math

Checked open on the employer's careers site on 2026-10-16. Read the full posting ↗

What this role is really testing

Financial statement analysisRisk identification and assessmentAudit documentation and workpaper preparationInternal controls evaluationTrend analysis and variance explanationAttention to detail and accuracyClear written communication of findings

The project

Mock Audit Workpaper: Revenue Account Analytical Review

A completed, professional-grade audit workpaper that performs an analytical procedure on a fictional company's revenue account across four quarters, identifying fluctuations, documenting risks, and concluding on whether further investigation is warranted. This maps directly to the role because it demonstrates the candidate can prepare organized audit documentation, apply professional judgment to financial data, and communicate findings clearly, the core tasks of a financial statement audit intern.

  1. Create a one-page Excel workpaper with a fictional company's quarterly revenue figures for two years, then calculate period-over-period changes (dollar and percentage) and add a column documenting a plausible business explanation for each variance, for example, a Q3 spike explained by a seasonal product launch, formatted with a header, preparer/date fields, and a tickmark legend exactly as a real workpaper would appear.
  2. Add a second tab labeled 'Risk Assessment' with a simple 3-column table listing each significant variance, a 'Risk' rating (High / Medium / Low), and a one-sentence audit implication explaining what could be misstated and why, for instance, noting that an unexplained revenue dip in Q2 raises the risk of premature revenue recognition reversal.
  3. Add a third tab labeled 'Conclusion' containing a short paragraph (5–8 sentences) written in formal audit language that summarizes the procedures performed, the variances noted, management's explanations, and your professional conclusion on whether the account requires expanded substantive testing, then save the file as a PDF so it opens instantly and looks like a finished deliverable rather than a working file.
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