Internal Audit Intern - Summer 2026
The Internal Audit Intern will support the Internal Audit team with a variety of audit-related tasks and projects. This internship provides hands-on exposure to internal audit processes, risk assessment, and internal controls while offering the opportunity to learn about business operations and governance within a professional corporate environment.
Key Responsibilities
Assist the Internal Audit team with the following:
- Completes Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Section 404, testing and documentation at company locations.
- Assists external auditors with reporting and audits, including reviewing the quarterly SEC filings.
- Examines records and interviews workers to ensure proper recording of transactions and compliance with laws and regulations.
- Examines and evaluates financial and information systems, recommending controls to ensure system reliability and data integrity.
- Reviews data about material assets, net worth, liabilities, capital stock, surplus, income, and expenditures.
- Inspects accounts and accounting systems for efficiency, effectiveness, and use of accepted accounting procedures to record transactions.
- Collects and analyzes data to detect deficient controls, duplicated efforts, extravagance, fraud, or noncompliance with laws, regulations, and management policies.
- Support Internal Audit team projects as required
Skills and Abilities
- Familiar with auditing concepts, practices, and procedures.
- Effectively communicates information and responds to questions in person-to-person and small group situations with other employees of the organization.
- Effective organizational skills to maintain task list with status
- Maintains confidentiality and uses discretion with business information.
- Reads and understands documents such as policy manuals, safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
- Utilizes common-sense understanding in order to carry out written, oral, or diagrammed instructions.
- Deals with problems involving several known variables in situations of routine nature
- Completes some moderately repetitive tasks.
- Use noncomplex machines and equipment (adding machines, calculators, copy/fax machines, etc.).
As a global company, Franklin Electric offers many opportunities to build your experience and knowledge. Our Intern positions offer responsibility, autonomy, and best-in-class training. The Franklin Electric Intern Program includes networking opportunities, lunch and learns, many opportunities for team building (like the competitive Intern Cornhole Tournament), and a presentation to Senior Leaders and Executives in the company.
Come join our Intern Program where you will not only grow in your career - but you will know you are a part of a company that is making a difference worldwide.