2026 Summer Corporate Tax Internship

Your Role 

The Corporate tax team oversees tax compliance, tax provision, and tax reporting functions at Blue Shield of California. The Corporate Tax Intern will report to a Tax team leader. In this role you will play function as part of the Tax team in delivering and collaborating on all tax aspects of operational expense, quality improvement, and health transformation initiatives.

Our leadership model is about developing great leaders at all levels and creating opportunities for our people to grow – personally, professionally, and financially. We are looking for leaders that are energized by creative and critical thinking, building and sustaining high-performing teams, getting results the right way, and fostering continuous learning.

Your Work 

In this role, you will: 

• Work within the Corporate tax organization to further automate the tax compliance process
• Support the tax compliance, tax provision and tax reporting process at the legal entity level
• Support the determination of tax reporting for more than 20 legal entities within the Federal Consolidated Return
• Focus on the automation of tax data sets for use in preparing corporate tax filings
• Support the translation of Consolidated Financial statement data into the 20+ unique reporting legal entities
• Develop an understanding of member program operations and assist in day-to-day operations and program improvements

Your Knowledge and Experience 

Required Qualifications: 

• Currently pursuing an undergraduate degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration with an emphasis or interest in taxation
• Must reside in the state of California 
• Strong Accounting knowledge with working understanding of financial statements - income statement and balance sheet
• A robust analytical skill set (Microsoft Excel proficiency)

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Completed an undergraduate degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration and pursuing a graduate degree with an emphasis in taxation
• Knowledge of healthcare ecosystem; health plan and payer economics 
• Consulting and/or managerial experience

Pay:

$25.00 per hour for Undergraduate 

$30.00 per hour for Graduate 

About Our Internships

Our paid internship program is thoughtfully curated to provide students with experience and exposure to the health professional industry. Interns will be given the opportunity to get hands-on experience with real work projects, build meaningful relationships and connections within the organization, and experience our mission and enterprise goals through our program curriculum centered on our leadership model (Personal, People, Thought, and Results Leadership). To see more about our internship program, check out this video.

Our Summer 2026 Internship is June 8th or June 15th through August 14th, 2026. 

Application Process and Timeline:

• Now: Actively accepting applications
• November: If you meet the requirements, you will receive an invitation to complete Pre-Recorded Video Interview
• November - January: 2nd round interviews & offers extended

As an intern at Blue Shield of California, you will:

• Participate in impactful projects during a 10-week internship program
• Undertake a 10-week curriculum designed to familiarize interns with BSC, leadership development, exposure to the healthcare industry, and more
• Be invited to participate in BSC employee events and networking opportunities such as Employee Resource Groups, employee volunteer activities, and more