Business Incentives Group Intern - Summer 2024 (Chicago)

Job Summary:

Our Specialized Tax Services (“STS”) Business Incentives Group (“BIG”) business has gone through tremendous growth and continues to expand rapidly. The STS BIG Internship presents a unique opportunity to gain hands on experience in one of BDO’s premiere national consulting practices.

As an STS BIG Intern, you will help achieve BDO’s core purpose—helping people thrive every day—by helping companies and individuals identify and claim government incentives designed to promote innovation and economic and job growth in the U.S. like the R&DTax Credit.

Our clients are leaders in innovation in virtually every industry, from technology, manufacturing, life sciences, and healthcare to retail, consumer products, and natural resources. As an STS BIG Associate, you will have the opportunity and charge to innovate as well, collaborating with BDOers in all of our business lines as well as with our clients’ innovation leaders, in tax, accounting, and finance, and also in their BIG, engineering, software, manufacturing, scientific, medical, and other R&D-related departments.

STS BIG’s short-term mission is to help our clients as efficiently and effectively as possible identify, document, and support on examination by tax authorities all of the R&D-related incentives to which they are legally entitled. Our longer-term goal is to develop an understanding of them as people and of all aspects of their business so that we are well positioned as their trusted advisors, as professionals who understand both their business operations and business drivers as well as how BDO can help them realize their goals.

In pursuing this mission, we are also seeking to help our STS BIG Interns gain first-hand experience in becoming trusted advisors, ensuring they have a clear sense of the importance and responsibilities of such a role, as well as the training and opportunities to fill it.

Toward that end, STS BIG Interns pursue opportunities to enable them to gain and improve their skills in every aspect of professional service, including technical, interpersonal, verbal and written communication, project management, practice management, and business development.

Job Duties:

• Proactively assisting in the execution of multiple client engagements
• Collaborating with other STS BIGers in all aspects of our business, e.g., innovating; developing and implementing better strategies and processes for our services, marketing, etc.
• Establishing effective working relationships directly with STS BIGers and other BDOers
• Contributing to the development of your own and to STS BIG’s technical acumen
• Assisting in business development research and identification of opportunities for new and existing clients
• Contributing to, supporting, and enhancing the culture of STS BIG, our local offices, and BDO as a globally leading professional services firm
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Education:

• Enrolled in a Bachelors or Masters program in Accounting, required

Experience:

• N/A

License/Certifications:

• N/A

Software:

• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite, especially Excel and Word

Other Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong analytical and basic research skills
• Solid organizational skills, especially ability to meet project deadlines with a focus on details
• Ability to successfully multi-task while working independently or within a group environment
• Proven ability to work in a deadline-driven environment and handle multiple projects simultaneously
• Capability to interact professionally with people at all organizational levels of the firm
• Ability to works independently within a team environment to complete responsibilities on-time and within agreed -upon deadlines
• Tendency to works to understand why a task is being performed and to seek learning opportunities
• Demonstrated interest in performing self-study to further develop technical competency and knowledge of issues impacting the R&D credit
  

Individual salaries that are offered to a candidate are determined after consideration of numerous factors including but not limited to the candidate’s qualifications, experience, skills, and geography.

California Range: $28.00/hr - $37.00/hr
New York City/ Valhalla Range: $32.00/hr - $36.00/hr
Washington Range: $28.00/hr - $37.00/hr

BDO delivers assurance, tax, digital technology solutions and financial advisory services to clients throughout the country and around the globe. We offer numerous industry-specific practices, world-class resources, and an unparalleled commitment to meeting our clients’ needs. We currently serve more than 400 publicly traded domestic and international clients.

• Unparalleled partner-involvement
• Deep industry knowledge and participation
• Geographic coverage across the U.S.
• Cohesive global network
• Focused capabilities across disciplines