New York City Legal, Risk and Compliance Intern - 2027

Location: New York City, United States; hybrid work with in-person work in local hirify.global offices and on client sites. Interns must be available to work in the designated location during business hours for the entire internship; local or out-of-state travel may be required.

Salary: $28–$38 per hour, based on a full-time equivalent schedule. Eligible for an annual discretionary bonus.

Company

hirify.global is a consulting firm delivering client-focused business, legal, risk, compliance, technology, and operational solutions across multiple industries.

What you will do

• Collaborate with teams to deliver solutions to complex client business problems.
• Develop process flows, work programs, reports, and control summaries.
• Review transactions and recommend process improvements.
• Work with internal control and risk frameworks, regulatory and compliance methodologies, and legal consulting engagements.
• Address challenges involving financial crime, anti-money laundering, risk management, credit services, regulatory compliance, consumer protection, and analytics.
• Build knowledge across financial services, technology, and healthcare industries through project work and training.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s, Master’s, or Juris Doctor degree in a relevant discipline, including accounting, applied mathematics, criminal justice, data analytics, economics, finance, law and policy, legal studies, management, management information systems, mathematics, pre-law, political science, or statistics.
• Must be within one year of final graduation at the time of the internship.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States for hirify.global without sponsorship now or in the future.
• Experience solving problems with AI-powered productivity and collaboration tools such as Microsoft Copilot or GenAI.
• Advanced verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to apply critical thinking and innovation to client engagements across industries.
• Technical proficiency aligned with the assigned capability area.
• Ability to work effectively both independently and in teams, think creatively and analytically, and evaluate, synthesize, organize, and interpret data and information.
• Familiarity with banking, compliance, insurance, legal processes, and asset-management processes and issues.
• Ability to convey complex concepts to technical and non-technical audiences and use technology tools to create finished products and analyze large data sets.

Nice to have

• Drive toward professional certifications and a strong academic background.
• Growth mindset, willingness to seek feedback and guidance, and commitment to meaningful outcomes.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work combining purposeful in-person collaboration with remote work; requirements vary by client, project, team, and business factors.
• Hands-on training, coaching, mentoring, onboarding through Liftoff with hirify.global, and the Intern Challenge learning course.
• Opportunities to work across industries, participate in internal initiatives, committees, employee network groups, and networking activities.
• Full-time U.S. employees may receive medical, dental, and vision coverage, FSA and HSA accounts, insurance, parental leave, disability coverage, a 401(k) match, paid holidays, and Choice Time Off; interns do not accrue company-paid Choice Time Off.
• Employment offers are contingent upon successful completion of a background check.

Hiring process

• Apply through hirify.global careers; students may apply for only one location or capability, and duplicate applications will not be accepted.
• Applicants must be at least 18 years old at the time of the internship.