Corporate Accounting Intern

At Panduit, we don't just offer a job - we offer a career where your contributions directly impact our customers, the environment and our company's success. You'll have the opportunity to grow, innovate, and be a part of an inclusive team that celebrates both individual and collective achievements.

In this internship you will support the Corporate Accounting team with key financial processes including month-end close activities, account reconciliations, journal entry preparation, and financial analysis. While working with subject matter experts, you will gain a strong understanding of corporate accounting practices, internal controls, and financial systems.

• Support month-end close activities, including observing and assisting with journal entries, close meetings, supporting documentation, and
  -close-calendar tracking.
• Assist with account reconciliations by tying prior-month reconciliations to the trial balance and preparing draft reconciliations for assigned cash or prepaid accounts.
• Support variance analysis by reviewing month-over-month account changes and preparing draft explanations for review.
• Assist with intercompany accounting, including high-level intercompany tie-outs and matching balances with counter parties.
• Review fixed asset support, including documentation supporting additions and depreciation.
• Assist with prepaid accounting by updating schedules and refreshing amortization calculations using established templates.
• Review journal-entry support for completeness and learn expectations for well-documented accounting entries.
• Review financial statements and help identify opportunities to improve formatting, consistency, readability, and presentation.
• Help create and improve accounting process documentation, including concise reference materials covering reconciliations, intercompany tie-outs, month-end close, and journal-entry support.
• Participate in project work that requires gathering source information, developing analyses or presentations, incorporating review feedback, and communicating progress to stakeholders.
• Develop an understanding of Panduit's business and how accounting and financial reporting support business decision-making.

• At least a sophomore in a 4-year degree program Business, Accounting, or Finance major
• Experience with general ledger and spreadsheet tools
• Good communication skills (both written and verbal)
• Willingness to ask questions
• Be a team player and have a strong desire to contribute and learn

Our program consists of not only working with your functional area but getting to know the entire summer cohort of interns across Panduit. You can also expect to get to know leaders at Panduit through special presentation sessions. Pay rates for this role start at $19.50/hr making the connections that matter. We believe great ideas thrive when every voice is welcomed, valued, and empowered.

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Panduit will not sponsor applicants for work visas now or in the future.

Panduit's University Relations Program offers college-level students with the opportunity to gain hands‑on experience in a professional environment. As a University Relations Program participant, you work directly with Panduit experts solving complex industry challenges, applying the concepts learned from coursework, and using your knowledge to make a difference. We take great pride in our University Relations Program and great care in selecting individuals who are a part of it.

By taking the important steps of becoming a part of our team, you will join engineers, researchers, and innovators who create winning technology and give us the edge to lead in a highly competitive marketplace.