Strategic Assurance and SOC Services Intern - Summer 2027

Grant Thornton
Charlotte, North Carolina, United StatesPosted Sep 8, 2026
Summer 2027

About the role

Position Summary

SASS Interns are responsible for delivering engagements ranging from Readiness Assessments performed under consulting standards to examinations performed under attestation standards. Readiness Assessments include working with your organization to define the scope of the system subject to the examination, collaborate with process and control owners to help identify the relevant controls and identify any gaps within the system so that management can remediate them before pursuing an examination. Examinations range from SOC 1 and SOC 2 reports to HIPAA and HITRUST projects. What is common across the portfolio of work is the collaboration with our clients to help identify business process and information technology controls to mitigate the Company’s risk.

Strategic Assurance and SOC Services - Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Work with the client to plan engagement strategy, define objectives, and

address business risks and issues and supporting controls

  • Apply current knowledge of trends to identify business risk management issues

and other opportunities for improvement

  • Test and evaluate business processes and information technology controls to

mitigate risk

  • Execute assigned client engagements from start to completion of business

process and information systems

  • Participate in client status updates
  • Draft client deliverables
  • Gain a comprehensive understanding of assigned client operations, processes

and business objectives, and then utilize that knowledge on assigned engagements

  • Participate in recruiting efforts as needed
  • Other duties as assigned

Why become a SASS Intern?

A SASS Intern will gain exposure to various areas of the practice by participating as an active member on consulting and assurance projects and by becoming an integral part of the delivery teams. As an Intern, your primary responsibility will be executing high quality engagements from beginning to end under the supervis

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