Tax Intern

Total Energies is looking for a Tax Intern in the Spring of 2027. The Tax Intern will join a collaborative, fast-paced U.S. Tax team and gain foundational experience across tax accounting, direct and indirect tax compliance, tax planning, data analytics, and technology-enabled process improvement. The internship is designed for students who are still completing their undergraduate degree or a combined bachelor’s and master’s program and are exploring a career in tax.

This internship provides rising juniors and seniors with practical exposure to a U.S. tax function. Interns will support tax accounting, compliance, tax planning, data analysis, and process-improvement activities while learning how tax information flows through returns, financial reporting, and business operations. Assignments will be appropriately scoped for an intern and completed with guidance from tax professionals.

This position runs from January 11 through April 30, 2027.

• How corporate tax data is gathered, validated, reconciled, and used in compliance and financial reporting.
• Foundational U.S. federal, state, and indirect tax concepts and their connection to business transactions.
• How Excel, analytics tools, automation, and emerging technology can improve tax processes and data quality.
• How tax planning contributes to business value across the organization, including cash tax optimization and improved financial statement outcomes.
• How Tax creates value in business transactions and helps identify, evaluate, and manage tax risks related to acquisitions.
• How Tax collaborates with Finance, Accounting, IT, business teams, and external service providers.
• Professional skills in communication, organization, documentation, teamwork, and managing deadlines.

• Assist with gathering, organizing, and validating data used in income tax provision, federal and state compliance, and indirect tax activities.
• Support reconciliations, roll-forwards, work papers, schedules, and other tax documentation under the guidance of team members.
• Analyze tax-related datasets to identify missing information, inconsistencies, trends, and opportunities to improve data quality.
• Use Excel and available analytics tools to prepare summaries, organize data, and support recurring tax processes.
• Assist with data extraction, cleansing, transformation, and reporting for tax and management needs.
• Support process documentation and help identify practical opportunities for standardization, automation, and reduced manual effort.
• Conduct basic tax or accounting research and summarize findings for review.
• Assist with tax planning and transaction-related projects through data gathering, basic research, analysis, and preparation of supporting documentation
• Help track deliverables and coordinate information requests with internal partners and external advisors.
• Participate in team meetings, training, knowledge-sharing, and special projects appropriate to the internship.
• Escalate questions, data issues, and potential risks promptly to the assigned team member.

• Rising junior or senior pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Accounting, or enrolled in a combined bachelor’s and master’s program that includes Taxation.
• Foundational understanding of accounting principles through completed coursework. Exposure to some tax coursework preferred.
• Proficiency in Excel, including organizing data, formulas, and basic analysis; exposure to pivot tables is helpful.
• Interest in corporate tax, tax accounting, data analytics, automation, or technology-enabled process improvement.
• Strong attention to detail, analytical thinking, organization, and commitment to accurate work.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills, a…