Tax Digital Consulting Intern - Summer 2026

Tax Digital Consulting Intern

At Grant Thornton, our Tax Digital Services practice helps drive efficiencies, mitigate business risks, and increase the value of the tax functions of large enterprises.  In addition, our team manages, automates, analyzes and visualizes data using data transformation and visualization tools to support process improvement initiatives. Our teams implement transaction tax engines and tax reporting/compliance technologies for large organizations through standard or custom integrations. Additionally, we provide technical support for these technologies during and after implementation. 

 

We work with complex multinational companies to understand the regulatory landscape and influence business decisions. If you have a desire to think globally in a fast-paced environment and influence important decisions in variety of business functions, then Tax Digital Consulting may be an area for you to consider.

 

BASELINE QUALIFICATIONS:

 

• General business knowledge with a strong preference for Accounting Major or Minor
• Minimum overall and major GPA of 3.0/4.0 preferred
• Familiarity with analytics / visualization tools (e.g. Alteryx, DOMO, Power BI, Tableau)
• Familiarity with system infrastructure and application design
• Database architecture; creating queries and tables using, e.g., Oracle or SQL server
• Project management/project life-cycle knowledge and experience with systems/business analysis
• Technical/advanced writing skills

 

ADVANCED QUALIFICATIONS:

 

• Experience with web development techniques
• Experience working with back end databases and database management systems
• Knowledge of multiple ERP systems and databases (e.g. SAP, Oracle, MSFT)
• Transaction tax engine experience (e.g., Vertex, Thomson Reuters, Avalara)
• Familiarity with Artificial Intelligence/ Machine Learning, Robotics Process Automation and Blockchain and their impact on the regulatory environment
• Programming related coursework
• Java, C++ or .NET (C# or VB), R, Python proficiency

 

SKILL REQUIREMENTS

 

• Intellectually curious
• Strong attention to detail and problem-solving skills
• Dynamic thinker who challenges conventional wisdom 
• Willingness to learn and adopt new technologies
• Ability to function within a geographically-distributed team
• Good listening skills and the ability to grasp business trends and needs

 

APPLICABLE MAJORS

 

• Pursuing an Accounting degree with Data Science, Analytics, or Information Systems minor
• Information Systems or Computer Science degree with Accounting or Business minor
• Data Science or Analytics degree with Accounting or Business minor
• Software/system engineering

The pay rate for this position in the firm's Chicago, IL office is $33.50 per hour.

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