Finance Intern (Accounting)

Finance Intern (Accounting)

Location: San Jose, California, United States

Employment type: Internship

About the role

We are looking for a Finance Intern to join the accounting team and gain hands-on experience supporting accurate, timely, and well-controlled financial operations. You will learn how accounting processes connect across the general ledger, period close, reconciliations, payables, financial reporting, and internal controls.

This is a project-based opportunity for someone who is curious about how financial information is recorded, reviewed, and communicated. You will work with accounting and cross-functional partners to organize data, investigate questions, document processes, support recurring activities, and deliver a defined project outcome.

What you'll do

- Support month-end and quarter-end close activities by preparing schedules, gathering support, tracking open items, and documenting completion. - Assist with account, balance-sheet, bank, and other reconciliations; investigate differences and escalate questions with appropriate context. - Help prepare and document journal entries, ledger activity, account analyses, and financial-reporting support materials. - Support accounts-payable and procure-to-pay activities by organizing invoice, vendor, payment, and approval information. - Collect, validate, and organize financial data from multiple sources while maintaining accuracy, completeness, and appropriate documentation. - Help prepare trial-balance, income-statement, balance-sheet, and other financial reports or analysis used by Accounting and Finance stakeholders. - Maintain process documentation, workpapers, checklists, and audit-support materials in accordance with team standards. - Support internal-control activities by organizing evidence, tracking requests, and following established review and approval procedures. - Use Excel and other business tools to analyze information, maintain trackers, identify trends, and communicate findings clearly. - Partner with Accounting, FP&A, Procurement, Finance Operations, and other teams to clarify requirements and resolve data or process questions. - Identify opportunities to improve repeatable accounting workflows, data quality, documentation, and reporting. - Own defined project deliverables with mentor support, provide progress updates, ask questions when blocked, and present project results and next steps.

What you bring

- Currently pursuing a bachelor's or master's degree in accounting, finance, business, economics, or a related field. - Coursework or foundational knowledge in financial accounting, managerial accounting, corporate finance, or related topics. - Strong analytical and quantitative skills, with careful attention to detail and data accuracy. - Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, including the ability to organize data and communicate analysis clearly. - Ability to follow a process, investigate discrepancies, maintain organized documentation, and protect business-sensitive information. - Strong written and verbal communication skills and comfort collaborating with cross-functional partners. - Organization, ownership, flexibility, and willingness to learn in a dynamic environment. - Ability to manage milestones and deadlines, follow through reliably, and stay engaged when project scope or priorities change. - A positive, coachable, learning-oriented attitude and sound judgment.