Tax Accounting Specialist - Internship

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The Tax Accounting Alternative Investments team prepares tax work papers, returns, and necessary tax filings for our alternative investment fund clients. Most of this team’s clients are also fund accounting clients who come to UMB to get our full service offering. This group is a growing team that continues to add to our client portfolio.

The Tax Accounting Specialist role supports UMB by handling an increasing level of responsibility within our Tax Accounting Alternative Investments team, all surrounding the gathering and tracking of client tax documents, creating of initial tax returns, and corresponding with clients as needed.

This role is designed to be a full-time internship where you will gain real world experience and contribute valuable work. This role can run for a full year from January through December, or if a full year internship is not possible UMB may consider candidates for the spring time of January through April.

In this role you can expect to learn and master many different tax accounting functions and principles all while working with an experienced and fun team! Working in the Tax Accounting team at UMB can be fun, challenging, interesting and empowering. We are very team oriented and have a lot of fun together. We challenge one another and celebrate each other’s successes.

Our focus is on the well-being of our associates and the satisfaction of our clients. There are deadlines we rally around as a team and we rely on our shared expertise to accomplish our goals. We enjoy being part of a work family and many of our associates get together for intermural sports and various community service projects throughout the year.

• You will communicate with clients through phone and e‑mail to ensure all necessary tax documents have been received.
• You will operate Excel and UMB Systems to input tax documents and prepare tax returns.
• You will distribute tax documents to client investors for their use in individual tax return preparations.

• You have completed at least two years in an undergraduate program in a business related field.
• You are an organized individual who works well as part of a team and thrives in a detailed and deadline driven environment.

This position was posted on 09/16/2026. The Final date to receive applications for this position is 45 days from the posting date unless filled earlier.

Compensation Range: $33,786 - $49,698 The posted compensation range on this listing represents UMB’s good faith and reasonable estimate based on its budget and what it expects to be the starting pay for this role, but the actual compensation may vary by geographic location, experience level, and other job-related factors.

Please see the description of benefits included with this job posting for additional information. UMB offers competitive and varied benefits to eligible associates, such as:

• Paid Time Off
• a 401(k) matching program
• annual incentive pay
• paid holidays
• a comprehensive company sponsored benefit plan including medical, dental, vision, and other insurance coverage
• health savings, flexible spending, and dependent care accounts
• adoption assistance
• an employee assistance…