Tax Intern, Global Employer Services - Summer 2027 (Multiple Locations)

BDO USA
Chicago, Illinois, United StatesPosted Sep 14, 2026
AccountingSummer 2027

About the role

Job Summary

The Global Employer Services (GES) Intern will be responsible for utilizing his / her educational background and organizational skills to assist the GES practice in one or more of its four segments – Retirement Plans, People and Organization Strategy, Global Rewards Taxation, and Global Mobility. It is anticipated that the Intern will be primarily focused on one or two segments of the practice but will have exposure to all four segments.

The work done by the GES Intern will include performing basic research and assisting with various aspects of talent planning, retirement plan compliance, equity and incentive plan design, payroll tax compliance, executive and HR issues in transactions and tax equalizations, assignment cost projects, and preparation of tax returns for globally mobile employees.

This opportunity will allow the Intern to gain a unique hands-on perspective on advising employers, executives and business owners on a full range of strategic issues and challenges related to managing a global workforce, including retaining key talent, incentivizing executives and employees, optimizing strategies for business transactions, and addressing complex world-wide tax requirements and opportunities.

Job Duties

  • Research
  • Performs tax technical research to analyze client issues and composes a

detailed report of the research findings for review by senior tax Global Employer Services professionals

  • Calculations and analysis
  • Reviews and analyzes client data and uses Excel modeling to prepare

calculations needed for various consulting projects related to equity compensation and incentive plan design, retirement plans, payroll tax requirements, mobile employee cost projections, and M&A transactions

  • Tax and Information Reporting compliance
  • Assists with the preparation of the following returns as needed:
  • US individual tax returns for inbound and outbound international

assignees

  • Forms 5

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