Summer internship at a tax consulting firm providing hands-on experience with state and local tax projects, including sales and use tax, property tax, and business tax incentives. Interns collaborate with experienced professionals, work with real clients, develop technical and analytical skills, and use software systems. The role accommodates school schedules and requires strong organization, communication, teamwork, self-motivation, and Excel proficiency.
Expand your professional and technical skills with a Merit Advisors Internship!
We will work with your school schedule. Summer internships start the first week of June.
Merit Advisors, LLC is a growing tax consulting firm that is looking for students eager to learn and develop their technical, analytical, and soft skills. This summer internship will include an opportunity to learn in a team environment with hands-on interaction on various state and local tax (sales and use tax, property tax, and business tax incentives) projects.
Merit Advisors, LLC is a tax consulting practice focused on sales and use, property tax, severance, and business tax incentives. We have been in business for over 25 years. We have offices in Houston, Dallas (Uptown), Gainesville, Oklahoma City, and Tulsa.
Opportunities:
Qualifications:
Additional Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Personal Characteristics
We will work with your school schedule. Summer internships start the first week of June.
Merit Advisors, LLC is a growing tax consulting firm that is looking for students eager to learn and develop their technical, analytical, and soft skills. This summer internship will include an opportunity to learn in a team environment with hands-on interaction on various state and local tax (sales and use tax, property tax, and business tax incentives) projects.
Merit Advisors, LLC is a tax consulting practice focused on sales and use, property tax, severance, and business tax incentives. We have been in business for over 25 years. We have offices in Houston, Dallas (Uptown), Gainesville, Oklahoma City, and Tulsa.
Opportunities:
- Fast-paced work environment in the exciting energy sector.
- Gain firsthand State and Local Tax knowledge by working with real clients.
- Learn from, and collaborate with, respected Industry leaders with over 30 years’ experience.
- Enhance your technical skills by using our state-of-the-art software systems.
- Flexible work hours to accommodate your school schedule.
- Earn competitive pay.
- Be a part of the Merit team where knowledge sharing and employee development are key to our success.
Qualifications:
- Currently pursuing an undergraduate degree in Accounting, Finance, Management, Engineering Economics, Information Technology, Business or other related fields.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s students
Additional Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Personal Characteristics
- Excellent organizational skills and strong self-motivation.
- Ability to communicate clearly both written and orally.
- Willing and able to work effectively in a team environment.
- A basic understanding of Microsoft Office with a greater emphasis on Excel.
- History of high achievement.
- Conscientious individual committed to producing high-quality work.
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