Start here: Career Residency is paid client work, not a standard eight-week internship
EY introduced Career Residency in August 2026 as a paid early-career pathway that extends beyond the conventional eight-week internship model. Current January 2028 US requisitions exist for Audit, Technology Risk and Tax and expose an Apply action.
| Route | Client phase | Later learning | Current reviewed pay | Main academic fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audit | Jan–Mar 2028; 40+ hrs/week; primarily in person | Apr–Aug Skills Academy only after accepting an Analyst offer | $37.50–$48.08/hour | Accounting; CPA education path |
| Technology Risk | Jan–Mar 2028; 40+ hrs/week; primarily in person | Apr–Aug Skills Academy only after accepting an Analyst offer | $37.50–$48.08/hour | Accounting, information systems or related; relevant certification path |
| Tax full-term | Jan–Mar 2028; 40+ hrs/week; primarily in person | Apr–Aug Skills Academy only after accepting an Analyst offer | $37.50–$48.08/hour | Accounting; CPA education path |
| Tax Winter Term | Jan–Mar 2028 only; 40+ hrs/week; primarily in person | Comparable Skills Academy later only after accepting a 360 Careers Tax Analyst offer | $37.50–$48.08/hour in the reviewed Tax requisition | Accounting; CPA education path |
For the reviewed Audit and Technology Risk routes, Client Service Immersion runs January through March 2028 at 40+ hours per week, is primarily in person and requires residents to live within commuting distance of the assigned EY office. Skills Academy runs April through August 2028 at approximately 15–20 hours per month and is virtual, but it continues only for residents who receive and accept a full-time Analyst offer after Client Service Immersion.
Tax offers the same full-term structure plus a three-month Winter Term Residency that ends after the January–March client phase. A Winter Term resident who later accepts a 360 Careers Tax Analyst offer must complete comparable Skills Academy training six to eight weeks before progressing into a client-ready Analyst role.
Client Service Immersion is real work, not a simulation
Audit residents may identify unusual relationships in financial statements through trend analysis, work in client environments and communicate insights discovered through data analysis. That is materially different from a one-day insight event or a self-paced virtual simulation.
Technology Risk residents document business and IT processes, risks and controls; review client evidence; interview client personnel; and test controls. The reviewed posting is based in Dallas and Houston and contains additional Government & Infrastructure conditions for candidates who choose that sector.
Tax residents can support compliance and reporting, help prepare returns, research tax code and draft memos, assist audit teams with tax accounts, work on tax due diligence for a private-equity firm, and analyze tax effects of supply-chain structures. The credible résumé signal is the work you actually perform, not a generic claim that you completed an EY internship.
Choose Audit, Technology Risk or Tax based on the work
Audit is the cleanest fit for an accounting student who wants financial-statement assurance and is already planning around CPA education requirements. The reviewed Audit posting requires a predicted undergraduate or graduate accounting degree, a 3.0 minimum cumulative GPA with 3.2 preferred, and a plan to meet CPA education requirements before full-time employment.
| If you want to learn… | Strongest current route |
|---|---|
| How auditors analyze financial statements and support assurance work | Audit |
| How companies document and test IT controls and technology-risk processes | Technology Risk |
| How tax compliance, research, reporting and transaction-related tax work fit together | Tax |
| A three-month January–March option rather than the full-term schedule | Tax Winter Term |
Technology Risk is more systems-and-controls oriented. The current posting asks for accounting, information systems or a related field and interest in IT audit demonstrated through coursework, interest or internship experience. “Internship experience” is one possible signal in that sentence, not a universal prior-internship requirement.
Tax is broadest in technical subject matter. The current requisition requires accounting and the same 3.0 minimum / 3.2 preferred GPA language. The scheduling decision is also different: candidates can pursue the full January–August pathway or state a preference for the three-month Winter Term when the recruiter confirms availability.
Pay and eligibility are role-specific
The reviewed Audit, Technology Risk and Tax Career Residency postings each publish a US hourly pay range of $37.50–$48.08, with actual pay based on education, geography and market alignment. Treat that as a current requisition-level range, not a promise that every future Career Residency role will use the same figure.
The reviewed Audit and Tax routes require an accounting degree path, at least a 3.0 cumulative GPA, a 3.2 GPA preferred, CPA education planning, US work authorization without current or future employer sponsorship, and physical presence in the United States. Technology Risk uses a related-degree and certification profile and has its own location and sector-specific rules.
A previous internship is not stated as a universal Career Residency requirement in the reviewed postings. Technology Risk explicitly allows relevant coursework, interest or internship experience as ways to demonstrate interest in IT audit. EY’s broader early-career guidance also says sponsorship eligibility is role-specific, so the exact requisition controls.
Use the exact route and current EY calendar before you spend one of two applications
The reviewed Career Residency requisitions are live. EY’s current early-career timeline lists Accounting: 360 Careers and Assurance Advisory applications as opening September 8 and closing September 30. Tax categories have separate published windows, so September 30 is not a universal Career Residency deadline. Reopen the exact residency posting and EY’s application-timeline page on the day you apply.
EY asks candidates to submit no more than two applications in a six-month period. After applying, EY says candidates receive a skills-assessment invitation within one business day and must complete it within the stated timeframe. Interview style and number of rounds vary by business need and can include prerecorded video, live video or case-study interviews.
Use one of the two applications only after deciding which service line you can defend with evidence. For Audit, prepare a financial-statement example. For Technology Risk, explain one system, process or control and how you would test it. For Tax, choose a problem where rules had to be researched and applied rather than only calculated.
The Skills Academy and 360 Careers path are conditional next steps
Do not treat January through August as one guaranteed eight-month engagement. Current Audit and Technology Risk postings say the five-month Skills Academy continues only for residents who receive and accept a full-time Analyst offer after Client Service Immersion. Tax uses the same condition for its full-term path.
EY separately describes 360 Careers as a structured development experience for Accounting and Business Technology majors joining Assurance and Tax. Analysts can take skills-based “expeditions,” work with a career navigator and receive CPA support. Treat 360 Careers as a potential next employment and development stage, not as another name for the residency itself.
January through March is a 40+ hour weekly commitment and primarily in person. If you will still be enrolled, verify that your academic calendar and degree plan can accommodate that full-time period before applying.