The EY Assurance Summer Internship Programme

Are you a university student looking for a fully paid summer internship in Assurance? Find out more here.

Applications for the 2025 EY Assurance Summer Internship Programme are now open!



What is Assurance at EY?

Assurance, which incorporates both core audit and other assurance services, includes understanding the key business and financial risks facing our clients and the wide array of markets they operate in. You will gain a unique insight and help review their internal processes, design responses to mitigate risk and verify the accounting treatment in all primary statements and disclosures within the financial statements, all whilst complying with company law, accounting and auditing standards.

If you are information-hungry, data-driven, and want immediate interaction with our stellar array of clients and an insight into some of the best businesses globally, and the opportunity to add real value - apply for our Graduate Programme in Assurance today!

 

Choosing your internship

When submitting your application form, you may submit a preference for the types of clients you would like to work with during your graduate programme, if you wish. We have two areas of our business which focus on different clients and industries that both fall under assurance. 

  • Core Assurance (Non-Financial Services) Clients: Industrial, Commercial & Technology (ICT) clients including Automotive & Transportation, Government & Public Sector, Health & Life Sciences, Mining & Metals, Oil & Gas, Power & Utilities, Real Estate, Hospitality & Construction, Technology, Telecommunications, Media & Entertainment.
  • Financial Services Clients: Asset Management, Banking and Insurance, Investment Services, Financial Services Industry, Foreign Exchange.
  • No preference: If you are open to any client group or industry, then that is no problem! Please select "no preference" when submitting your graduate application. 

Wishing you the very best of luck. 

Our Assurance Teams:


Assurance

Our assurance teams work with multiple clients across different industries to gain a unique insight into how businesses operate. Collaborate directly with C-Suite and senior management to make more informed decisions. Understand the factors driving business performance and become a more connected, responsive, and insightful professional providing you with the tools to shape the future with confidence.

Assurance is not just for Accountants.

Although Assurance services have its roots in accountancy, that is just the beginning of the story. You will be right there on-site with EY clients, reviewing strategy, assessing risk, driving change and adding real value.  And, while technology does the routine work, you’ll have the opportunity to really get to know and understand your clients and their businesses. You may be surprised to learn that across all parts of Assurance, we offer bespoke roles in data analytics, AI and other emerging technologies where you can create innovative approaches to support EY clients.

Bring your analytical and innovation mindsets. Bring your thirst for knowledge and learning. Bring a healthy scepticism and an eye for detail. We’ll give you access to every kind of business there is, so you can help to make it work better.

What we do in Assurance

Our Assurance practice is built around our core audit delivery, but also encompasses a wide range of assurance services across our different sectors. Audits are the fundamental building blocks of effective capital markets. EY auditors use their knowledge, skills and experience to deliver high-quality audits with independence, integrity, objectivity and professional scepticism. In doing so, they help to support sustainable, long-term value creation

You will gain a deep understanding of our clients’ businesses from both an operational and financial perspective, drawing on your experience to provide real value to all levels of management.

The investment we are making in our wider Assurance business means that as well as joining one of the largest, most stable employers, you will be empowered to develop and be an expert in your field.

Organisations must identify, assess and address emerging risks without losing sight of their existing business and control environment. They are not only working to get ahead of the curve - often they are struggling to keep up. Management, audit committees and boards of directors rely on a robust audit process to provide assessments and assurance around the effectiveness of controls, company processes and ultimately their financial statements.

Our services can help clients strategically assess, re-mediate and improve issues identified in all facets of their business. Additionally, our ability to bring innovative ideas and advisory support, greater technology enablement and broad subject matter experience in complex areas globally allows us to help clients gain significantly enhanced value from the audit process.


Centre of Excellence

The Global Reporting Centre of Excellence (COE) engages with EY’s largest global audit clients, providing innovative solutions to global statutory reporting.

Through ground-breaking technology tools, the COE drives disruption in the management of global statutory audits, provides business insights into our clients’ performance, and partners with our clients, as they move to world class statutory reporting structures. 


IT Controls Assurance

Technology is at the heart of most modern organisations. While Technology opens opportunities, it also exposes organisations to risks. As organizations continue to transform at pace and embrace new emerging technology, there is an ever increasing need for support in mitigating risk.

Our IT Controls Assurance Team combines digital know-how with advanced technology to help clients understand and respond to the changing IT risks within their environment. Our experience helps clients grow, manage, protect and, when necessary, transform their businesses. Together, we shape entire industries by applying the right technological solutions to real world problems. Your diversity of thought will only strengthen our work within this incredibly varied business area.

We have several work streams for you to experience which help EY clients on matters including improving their processes/governance policies and establishing future focused control strategies.

Across all the work streams, you will be given the opportunity, as you grow in your career, to lead meetings, identify issues, and propose solutions. You will work with different people from different levels and be exposed to different environments.