Shape trust and confidence across regulated financial services.
Programme overview
On the Extended Assurance Summer Internship, you’ll shape the future with confidence by helping financial services organisations manage risk, strengthen governance and meet regulatory expectations. You’ll work in collaborative, high‑performing teams across a range of assurance and advisory engagements, using data, technology and professional judgement to deliver insights clients can rely on. As a Shaper of the future, you’ll build future‑ready skills while making real‑world impact in a highly regulated environment.
Core skills for success
- Analytical thinking – interpreting data, evidence controls to understand risk and deliver trusted assurance outcomes to clients.
- Integrity – acting with accountability and judgement in regulated environments where trust matters.
- Communication and relationship building – working in inclusive teams and engaging clearly with colleagues and clients.
- Learning agility and curiosity – building regulatory, industry and technical knowledge to develop future ready assurance skills.
- Adaptable and resilient – responding confidently to changing regulation, priorities and client needs.
What you will be doing
- Work on assurance and advisory engagements, understanding client challenges and regulatory requirements.
- Analyse risks and controls using data, technology and professional judgement to deliver meaningful insights.
- Collaborate with EY teams and clients across financial services.
- Develop your skills through hands‑on experience, coaching and structured learning on real projects.
Eligibility for applying
You will need to be working towards an honours degree in any subject, have a minimum of grade 4/C GCSE (or equivalent) in English Language and Maths, or in your home language if you do not hold English Language GCSE, and three A-levels/Five Highers (or equivalent) to be eligible to apply.
While we welcome applications from candidates of all academic backgrounds, we are looking to recruit individuals who will succeed at EY in the role and future qualifications. We have completed several studies on academic attainment at A-level (or equivalents), candidate performance in the online assessments in the EY recruitment process, and how that predicts future performance at EY.
Throughout the recruitment process, we therefore assess your suitability for the EY role you have applied to by considering your scores in the online assessments and your academic attainment at A-level or equivalent. This approach is designed to ensure our joiners are successful in role and, where relevant, in the achievement of their professional qualifications. It is important to EY, and we have a duty of care which we take very seriously, to ensure our joiners are set up for long-term success.
We are also proud to partner with RARE recruitment, so that your application can be processed in the context of your socio-economic background. This allows us to give you the maximum credit for your achievements, assessing whether you have overachieved in light of your personal circumstances.