Accounting Intern

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This is a 12-week internship during summer 2027.

As an Accounting Intern, you'll join the Accounting team within Finance and get hands‑on experience across a wide range of accounting operations. You'll collaborate with teams like Tax, FP&A, Treasury, and Source-to-Pay to support day‑to‑day processes, month/quarter‑end close, and accounting transformation projects. You'll contribute real work from balance sheet reconciliations to system implementations, gaining exposure across multiple accounting functions and international stakeholders.

What you'll do:

• Prepare assigned balance sheet reconciliations, journal entries, and supporting schedules for month‑end close cycles with guidance and review from Accounting team members
• Collaborate across Global GL Operations, Revenue Accounting, Digital Asset Inventory Accounting, and Capital Markets/Prime Financing Accounting, working with US and international stakeholders
• Contribute to critical accounting projects such as new system logic implementations, process enhancements, or product launches
• Support internal and external audits by preparing documentation, including non‑US subsidiary statutory financial statements
• Maintain process documentation and ensure adherence to internal controls, policies, and procedures throughout all assigned workstreams

Required Skills and Experience:

• Currently pursuing a BA/BS degree in Accounting or a related field with foundational knowledge of US GAAP
• Demonstrated analytical ability applied to accounting or finance contexts, such as reconciliations, variance analysis, or financial modeling through coursework, projects, or prior experience
• Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent tasks and meet deadlines, including prioritizing across competing workstreams
• Familiarity with SQL, Snowflake, Looker, or similar analytics tools, or experience with digital assets and the crypto economy
• Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business‑ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality

Position ID: P78074

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Pay Transparency Notice: Depending on your work location, the target hourly rate for this position can range as detailed below.

Hourly Rate:

$40 — $40 USD

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