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Investigations Intern

Summer 2026: June 1 - August 7

About Our Program

The Comptroller of the Treasury's Internship Program is a 10-week paid educational and experiential learning opportunity offering undergraduate students a chance to witness and participate in the investigative operations of the office. Interns will spend the summer building skills through their assignments, furthering an active investigation (or investigations), investigation-specific training, and professional development training. Interns will also have opportunities to build relationships with each other through shared experiences, such as touring the State Capitol and the Tennessee State Museum.

Intern responsibilities may include administrative duties, assisting with fraud, waste, and abuse allegations, interviewing witnesses, and learning to examine and review records, reports, financial statements, and management practices for state and local government entities and other organizations receiving public funds. Interns may have the opportunity to evaluate the following: misappropriation of government funds; fairness of financial statement presentation; the adequacy of internal controls; the efficiency and effectiveness of an entity's operations and systems; and compliance with laws, regulations, contracts, and grant agreements.

Location

Investigative internship opportunities are based in Nashville, Tennessee. Depending on the assignment, interns may have the opportunity for limited travel during the summer. Typical travel opportunities are in the Middle, Tennessee area; however, some may allow for travel to other parts of Tennessee.

Who We're Looking For

We are looking for rising juniors, seniors, or graduate accounting students who are interested in applying what they've learned in the classroom to governmental auditing.  To be considered for the internship program, candidates should have successfully completed at least 6 hours of accounting coursework.

Successful interns are those who are adaptable, able to think critically, work well both individually and as part of a team, and are willing to learn and grow. Candidates should exhibit interpersonal and communication skills to communicate tactfully with auditees, coworkers, and others. Interns are expected to apply their classroom accounting knowledge to meaningful audit work.

About Our Office

The Office of the Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury is responsible for the audit of state and local governmental entities and participates in the general financial and administrative management and oversight of state government. In the Comptroller’s Office, we strive to deliver on our mission to make government work better. Through dedicated hard work and commitment, every Comptroller’s Office employee accepts personal responsibility to accomplish our mission and uphold it.

The Division of Investigations supports the Comptroller's mission of making government work better by investigating allegations of fraud, waste, and abuse in government and publicly funded entities and by working closely with law enforcement and prosecutors on criminal allegations.  The Division of Investigations has teams in four regions - West, Middle, Mid East, and Upper East - based on geography and judicial districts. For more information about the Division of Investigations, please visit our website https://www.comptroller.tn.gov/office-functions/investigations.html .

Compensation

Interns are paid $24 per hour via a third-party company. This position may require in-state day travel to investigative sites. Investigative-related travel will be reimbursed.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Pursuant to the Comptroller of the Treasury’s Workplace Discrimination and Harassment policy, the Office is firmly committed to the principle of fair and equal employment opportunities for its citizens and strives to protect the rights and opportunities of all people to seek, obtain, and hold employment without being subjected to illegal discrimination and harassment in the workplace. It is the Comptroller’s policy to provide an environment free of discrimination and harassment of an individual because of that person’s race, color, national origin, age (40 and over), sex, sexual orientation, transgender and gender identity status, pregnancy, religion, creed, disability, veteran’s status, or any other category protected by state and/or federal civil rights laws.

•​NOTICE: This position requires a criminal background check. Therefore, you may be required to provide information about your criminal history in order to be considered for this position.

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