Forensic Accounting Intern

Description

Firm :

Meaden & Moore is a leading CPA and business consulting firm, recognized for excellence in both the workplace and with our clients. We are a nine-time winner of The Plain Dealer’s Top Workplaces, a seven-time recipient of Ohio Magazine’s Best Places to Work and consistently ranked among the Top 50 Best of the Best Firms by Inside Public Accounting. These accolades highlight how our firm is managed and reflect our commitment to fostering a supportive and dynamic environment—one that nurtures career growth and provides long-term opportunities for advancement, leadership, and potential ownership.

Since 1919, we have been dedicated to delivering exceptional professional services across accounting, tax, forensic, and consulting disciplines. Our expert team—CPAs, CFEs, CFFs, advisors, and auditors—brings deep expertise, insight, and tailored strategies to help clients navigate complex challenges, enhance business success, and thrive in today’s global economy.

Investigative Accounting Internship positions available :

May 2026 - August 2026

Start and End Dates are flexible.

Opportunity :

During your internship, you’ll get real-world experience working with talented professionals in investigative accounting engagements that involve working with commercial property insurers in evaluating physical damage and business income losses suffered by businesses resulting from catastrophes. Projects may include reviewing and analyzing historical financial and industry information, revenue and expense projections, insurance claim evaluations and economic damage evaluations. Assignments provide exposure to a wide range of industries from small local retail stores to multinational entities.

Qualifications :

The successful candidate will meet the following requirements :

• Junior or senior level student
• Accounting major
• Minimum 3.0 GPA
• Proficient understanding of Microsoft Windows and Office applications, especially Microsoft Excel skills that are considered to be an intermediate or advanced level. The candidate should also be open to training in other Windows-based applications.
• Motivation and enthusiasm! Our clients have come to expect high levels of service and expertise. We seek self-starters who demonstrate an interest in learning new skills and concepts, then put them to work for our clients.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion and Compensation :

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion :

Our human capital is the most valuable asset we have. The collective sum of the individual differences, life experiences, knowledge, inventiveness, innovation, self-expression, unique capabilities and talent that our employees invest in their work represents a significant part of not only our culture, but our reputation and company’s achievement as well.

We embrace and encourage our employees’ differences in age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other characteristics that make our employees unique.

Compensation :

Determining actual compensation relies on many factors including individual candidate experience, qualifications, and comparable benchmarks. Base compensation for this role typically ranges between $30 - $32 an hour.

For 100 years, Meaden & Moore has been helping clients navigate their ever-changing financial landscapes. Our reputation has earned the trust of many, from hard-working families to large corporations, who rely on our expertise in taxes and accounting, forensic accounting services and management technology consulting.