Corporate Internal Audit Intern (Cedar Point) 2026

If you're looking for an internship to work exclusively on Sarbanes Oxley and Operational audits in an amusement park, using the same cloud audit program our national CPA firm uses, this is the one!

Our Internal Audit internship will give you critical knowledge for your future career, daily exposure and reporting to all levels of our company management, to cause your future career interviewers to want to hear much more about your work accomplishments while you were here!

To say it another way, this is NOT an internship where you're just going to be ticking and tying SOX controls, while we have a little of that, you will be active in our parks and testing operational policies and procedures at your park all summer long!  Our summer intern fills a highly visible audit staff position for our large, publicly held company, Six Flags Entertainment Company (www.sixflags.com). This position offers the chance to acquire an exceptional amount of audit and business experience, while working in a fun and professional environment!

Our interns actually become our fulltime staff auditors during the summer, so the intern and our corporate audit management team are the only people working on our audits! If you want to learn more about this, we'd love to consider interviewing you!  And the best part is, we're also very interested in college Sophomores or above applying too! 

Please note that applicants may be hired as resumes are received, so please send your resume as soon as possible!  

Here's a short description of a recent satisfied intern from the past "I am also so thankful the company embraced the interns in such a welcoming way, and we never felt our work to be stereotypical busy work. I thought I would only deal with numbers, but to my surprise and pleasure, I was able to go out into the field and actually do audits myself each day! I came in every day knowing I was making a valuable contribution to this business and felt incredibly fulfilled while doing it!"

Responsibilities:

Audit staff interns perform all of our summer audits used by our external CPA firm, under the direction and mentorship of a Corporate Internal Audit Management Team. You'll send the results of these audits to each park's GM and Directors, as well as other corporate executives! 

• Most of the time you’ll be out in the park doing audits, but some in the office discussing audits with managers, processing data on Excel/Word (or other Microsoft apps), writing audit reports to communicate test results and recommendations to the park management team, receiving constructive feedback, and compiling administrative data assessing the effectiveness of your work.  
• Test processes and controls around certification and safety in our functional operating segments, including rides, aquatics, food and beverage, security, and workforce management.
• Test the design and operating effectiveness of Sarbanes-Oxley controls mapped to accounts payable, revenue, inventory, operating expenses, and payroll.
• Facilitate walkthroughs of processes and key controls.
• Perform rounding audits, which observe our property’s physical environment and evaluate the effectiveness of controls to ensure the safeguarding of assets.  
• Obtain root cause and remediation for audit findings. Prepare audit reports with any necessary recommendations for improvements to the controls and procedures.
• Communicate audit conclusions to control owners and management.
• Utilize our cloud hosted, GRC software to upload audit evidence and document audit conclusions.
• Provide guest service according to Company standards if serving the guest or working with subordinates, including guest interactions, answering questions and giving directions.
• Adhere to the Company’s Rules of Conduct including specific costuming and grooming standards as outlined in our Employee Guidelines and other park/division specific policies and procedures.

Qualifications:

• No prior audit experience is necessary, as training and guidance will be provided during the internship. 
• Candidates must be highly motivated and able to work professionally with supervision or not.
• Excellent communication skills are a plus, as you’ll interact with managers on a regular daily basis.
• Auditors should be willing to work approximately 40 hours per week over 5 days (with at least one weekend day), as daily schedules will vary in terms of the starting hour.
• Candidates should be in their sophomore year or above at this point, have a G.P.A. of 3.00 or higher, and have completed one accounting course (or are taking one) before applying.
• Ability to use basic and intermediate Microsoft applications in Excel, Word and SharePoint.
• Ability to pass a mandatory (or random) drug test per Company policy, unless prohibited by state or provincial law. 
• Ability to pass a background check, if 18 years of age or older, which may include, but is not limited to, credit, criminal, DMV, previous employment, education and personal references, per Company policy,
• Ability to work possible nights, weekends and holiday periods to meet the Internal Audit department needs. 
• Driver's License 

This Internal Audit internship is available at select Six Flags amusement parks (see https://investors.sixflags.com/parks/default.aspx), so if interested in another park different than the one posted and you already have a permanent place to live near there, please let us know.

Since you’ll be employed at one of the state's finest amusement parks, you’ll be able to ride the amusement and water park attractions for free and earn free tickets to the park based on hours worked. Select locations have employee housing for Internal Audit interns varying from hotel room to apartment settings.  At parks without housing we're suggesting a permanent residence or with a relative/friend within 60 minutes of that park.