Payroll Compliance Intern (San Ramon/Sacramento - Spring 2025) - Eide Bailly LLP

We are looking for an intern to join our Payroll Compliance team! 

Internship Duration: Summer 2025 - May start date

Location: In person in our San Ramon or Sacramento office.

Majors: Accounting, Finance, Business, Economics, Sales, or Communications

Who We Are

Eide Bailly is one of the top 25 CPA and business advisory firms in the nation. We have over 40 offices in 17 states across the Midwest and western United States, and offer our staff and Partners the opportunity to serve a variety of industries. Founded in 1917, our culture is the foundation of who we are, and we pride ourselves on supporting our employees to help them achieve their goals and pursue their interests both in the office and at home. At Eide Bailly we are passionate about the clients we serve, the work we do, and most importantly, having fun while we do it!

Why You’ll Love Working Here

• The Culture – At Eide Bailly, you’ll feel respected, trusted, and cared for. The firm truly values your personal growth and wellbeing, while empowering you to not only do your job well but to also live a meaningful life outside of work. We’re all here to help each other be the best version of ourselves!
• The Benefits – Focused on helping you stay well in all aspects of your life, some of the benefits you’ll enjoy include a generous PTO policy, CPA benefits, access to counseling services, a premium membership to the Calm app, paid community service hours, a Lifestyle Spending Accounting, and so much more!
• The Flexibility – We strive to help all employees find an integration between their work and personal life. Our leaders are there to help you determine how to leverage flexibility to meet your personal needs.
• The Fun – We want all our employees to have fun while they work and have time to connect with coworkers. Some examples of social activities include busy season happy hours, putt-putt competitions in the office, food trucks, Flannels and Pajamas, Turkey Trots, and more!
• The Exposure – You’ll have the opportunity to work alongside managers, partners, and client executives right away!
• The Variety – You’ll work on a variety of clients across various service industries providing you with the most diversified experience imaginable, helping you to determine which area(s) you may want to specialize in long-term.
• The Growth – When you start, you will be paired up with an Eide Guide AND a Career Advisor to help you acclimate to your new role as well as coach you in your career development. Any question, big or small, you’ll have someone there to help you decide how and when you want to advance your career. Not sure you want to stay in your current service area? You can apply for the EB Xchange program to gain insight into various Specialty Services. Our goal is to help get you to where you want to be!

Typical Day in the Life

A typical day as a Compliance Analyst Intern might include the following:

• Review collective bargaining and trust agreements for local and international labor unions.
• Complete data entry and analysis of employer records such as payroll, timecards, general ledgers, accounts payable, and other financial documents to assess compliance of employee benefits.
• Perform testing to determine if there are process and control weaknesses of payroll, compare source records against payroll documents, and reviewing employee lists and cash disbursements for compliance with union agreements.
• Communicate with clients and provide excellent service and responsiveness via phone, e-mail, and in-person contact.
• Receive in-person and on-the-job training from a team of senior associates who will help you manage assignments and provide guidance through your assignments.
• Travel with senior associates to employer locations and meet with diverse clientele to perform on-site testing, and ensuring efficient and timely completion of the engagement.
• Work with our clients who come from more that a dozen industries and have participating companies with up to 80,000 employees and net assets that range from $100K to over $10B.

Who You Are

• You are inquisitive and enjoy learning about various client business processes, and enjoy working with data and spreadsheets.
• You are comfortable traveling to different locations to conduct payroll compliance audits (15-20 percent travel is required in the role).
• You are a multi-tasking master, and have no trouble balancing competing priorities and deadlines.
• You enjoy being a part of a team and collaborating with others, but also enjoy head down work.
• You have basic knowledge of and exposure to a variety of industries, such as construction, hospitality, finance, technology and retail.
• You hold yourself to the highest professional standards and maintain strict client confidentiality.
• In addition to all of this, you have a Bachelor's degree, or are in process working towards one.

Must be authorized to work in the United States now or in the future without visa sponsorship

What to Expect Next

We'll be in touch! If you look like the right fit for our position, one of our recruiters will be reaching out to schedule a phone interview with you to learn more about your career interests and goals.

Interns:

We are excited to share that intern positions across our firm are paid between $21.00-$31.00/hour and are eligible for overtime. If you are offered an intern position with Eide Bailly, your pay rate will be determined based on factors such as geographic location, skills, education and/or experience. Interns are eligible for health insurance and 401(k) Profit Sharing.

Eide Bailly LLP is proud to be an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected under local, state or federal laws.

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