2027 College Job Shadow Program

Job Description

Job Description

College Job Shadow

Explore a workplace with vast opportunity, where your ambitions become a reality! Join us at Redpath and Company for a day in Summer 2026 to learn more about the life of an accountant. Our team is committed to providing you a unique hands-on experience. As you job-shadow, you’ll see the ins and outs of the accounting world by encountering the daily tasks of a tax or audit accountant, and learn about Redpath and Company, our clients, and culture. This will be an awesome day to expand your network, while learning what you wouldn’t in your accounting classes.

Dates:

Thursday, June 24th, 2027

OR 

Thursday, July 22nd, 2027

Agenda:

Welcome and Introductions: 9:30am to 10:00am

Job Shadow: 10:00am to 11:30am

Lunch: 11:30am to 12:30pm

Job Shadow: 12:30pm to 2:00pm

Wrap up and Opportunities: 2:00pm to 2:30pm

Qualifications:

• Must be enrolled in a Bachelor’s degree program in Accounting, or thinking of switching to an Accounting major
• Maintaining a GPA of 3.0 or higher is preferred
• Demonstrate strong communication and organizational skills

Why Job-Shadow at Redpath?

• Culture - Voted by our employees “Top 150 Workplace” by Star Tribune and the #5 midsize company out of 50 other honorees
• Size and fit - Not too big, not too small! 200+ people strong means the best of both worlds, a close-knit feel with a ton of career opportunity
• Growth - Top 12 CPA firm in the Minneapolis/St. Paul metro (and growing quickly!) with two offices, located in downtown St. Paul and White Bear Lake

More about Redpath and Company - Who We Are: 

• Caring - We show genuine care for our clients and colleagues through meaningful relationships, collaboration, and a constant commitment to adding value in everything we do.
• Proactive - We take initiative, resolve potential obstacles, and are intentional with solutions provided to stay ahead of challenges and opportunities for our clients.
• Positive - We cultivate a solution-oriented culture that embraces change, encourages collaboration, and thrives in the face of challenges.
• Driven - We maintain an unwavering focus on excellence, consistently improving and delivering beyond expectations across all our projects.

Redpath and Company helps clients make more informed decisions that contribute to their financial well-being by providing proactive, innovative, and value-driven CPA and advisory services for closely-held businesses, private equity, government entities, and nonprofit organizations. Core commercial industries served include manufacturing and distribution; construction, real estate, and engineering; and technology.

Areas of service expertise include audit and assurance; personal, business, and international tax; state and local tax; sales and use tax; and succession and estate planning. Redpath also guides clients throughout the entire business life cycle with performance optimization and process improvement; M&A advisory, including corporate and deal strategy, due diligence (financial, tax, operations, and IT), financial modeling, and M&A integration; accounting and management outsourcing; and valuations.

The firm was founded in 1971. With offices located in St. Paul and White Bear Lake, MN the firm ranks as one of the top CPA and advisory firms in Minnesota.

Redpath is a member of HLB International, a global network of independent advisory and accounting firms. For more information, visit

Redpath and Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of their race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, or status with regard to public assistance.