2027 Summer Corporate Intern - Accounting

Caterpillar Brazil; Morton (IL); In loco; USD 30.000 - 55.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Comprehensive internship orientation

Travel Reimbursement

Tours of facilities

Product Demonstrations

Networking with leadership

Resume and Interview workshop

Paid holidays

Housing Stipend and Relocation Support

Descrizione del lavoro

Caterpillar Inc. is offering a Corporate Accounting Internship Program for Summer 2027. You will gain hands-on experience in Financial, Cost, Tax, and Global Tax accounting, and participate in budget forecasting, monthly reporting, and tax compliance.

You will perform tasks similar to entry-level accountants, including data extraction, balance sheet maintenance, and financial reporting. The program runs 12 weeks, onsite with multiple locations and relocation is possible.

Competenze

• Must be currently pursuing a degree at a 4-year accredited university/college in an Accounting degree program, at the time of application and throughout the internship program.
• Minimum 3.0/4.0 GPA (both Accounting GPA & Cumulative GPA).
• 12 completed semester hours at a 4-year university before the start of the internship. If a transfer student must have 12 semester hours completed at a 4-year university.
• Previous accounting internship and/or relevant work experience.
• Completed Intermediate Accounting or first 300-level accounting course by the start of the internship.
• Strong initiative, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Leadership involvement in student associations.
• Intermediate user of Microsoft Excel.

Mansioni

• Creating reports on financial performance for internal and external use.
• Take part in special projects and ad hoc reporting requests.
• Estimate various forecast and budget scenarios.
• Specifies, builds, maintains, and runs data extracts from various subsystems that contain account-level information.
• Produces a daily balance sheet to assist the trading desk.
• Posting entries, verifying, and reconciling input to financial reporting systems.
• Entering transactions and reconciling various reports.

Conoscenze

Analytical Thinking

Effective Communications

Microsoft Excel

Leadership involvement

Formazione

Accounting degree program

GPA 3.0/4.0

12 completed semester hours

Strumenti

Microsoft Excel

Descrizione del lavoro

Career Area: Students and Graduates Job Description: Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc. When you join Caterpillar, you're joining a global team who cares not just about the work we do – but also about each other. We are the makers, problem solvers, and future world builders who are creating stronger, more sustainable communities. We don't just talk about progress and innovation here – we make it happen, with our customers, where we work and live. Together, we are building a better world, so we can all enjoy living in it.

Internship Program Details:

During the Corporate Accounting Internship Program, you will have the opportunity to gain valuable on-the-job experience and contribute to real-world projects in one or more of the following areas including Financial Accounting, Cost Accounting, Tax Accounting, Global Tax, Financial Systems, Auditing, and Research & Development Accounting.

As an accounting intern, you will perform the same tasks as our entry-level accountants including budgeting, forecasting, monthly reporting, tax compliance, analysis, and other special projects.

Session Dates: Summer 2027: 5/17/2027 - 8/06/2027 This is a 40-hour-per-week onsite work assignment, Monday through Friday, lasting 12 weeks in the summer.

What you will get:

• Comprehensive internship orientation


• Travel Reimbursement


• Tours of state-of-the-art manufacturing and research facilities


• Product Demonstrations


• Various social events


• Networking with leadership


• Intern round table discussions


• Business skill building


• Career discussion with leaders and experts


• Resume and Interview workshop


• Paid holidays


• And more!

Thousands of Caterpillar employees come to work every day. While they perform their daily tasks, they’re contributing to the work of a powerful global team. At Caterpillar, we know that innovation happens step-by-step, piece-by-piece, person-by-person. Everyone has a vital role to play in our organization. Modest, small projects can grow and evolve into groundbreaking, world-changing technologies, machines, services, and more through collaboration and teamwork in a diverse and inclusive work environment. Caterpillar couldn’t be the company it is today without the men and women who shape it by producing their best work.

What You Will Do:

• Creating reports on financial performance for internal and external use.


• Take part in special projects and ad hoc reporting requests.


• Estimate various forecast and budget scenarios.


• Specifies, builds, maintains, and runs data extracts from various subsystems that contain account-level information.


• Produces a daily balance sheet to assist the trading desk.


• Posting entries, verifying, and reconciling input to financial reporting systems.


• Entering transactions and reconciling various reports.

Internship Program Qualifications:

Must be currently pursuing a degree at a 4-year accredited university/college in an Accounting degree program, at the time of application and throughout the internship program.

Minimum 3.0/4.0 GPA (both Accounting GPA & Cumulative GPA).

12 completed semester hours at a 4-year university before the start of the internship. If a transfer student must have 12 semester hours completed at a 4-year university.

Top Candidates Will Also Have:

• Previous accounting internship and/or relevant work experience.


• Completed Intermediate Accounting or first 300-level accounting course by the start of the internship.


• Strong initiative, communication, and interpersonal skills.


• Leadership involvement in student associations.


• Intermediate user of Microsoft Excel.

Additional Details:

Locations: Peoria, IL, East Peoria, IL, Mossville, IL, Morton, IL, Mapleton, IL, Seguin, TX, Irving, TX, FT. Worth, TX, Houston, TX, Lafayette, IN, Franklin, IN, and Cary, NC. Candidates must be willing to relocate if necessary for the duration of the internship, and complete daily work commute using reliable transportation. Domestic relocation is available for those who qualify. Candidates must be willing to travel as needed. Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position.

Housing Stipend and Relocation Assistance (if eligible) 5-day weekly onsite assignment.

What You Have - Skills Needed for Success in Role:

• Accuracy and Attention to Detail: Understanding the necessity and value of accuracy; ability to complete tasks with high levels of precision.


• Analytical Thinking: Knowledge of techniques and tools that promote effective analysis; ability to determine the root cause of organizational problems and create alternative solutions that resolve these problems.


• Effective Communications: Understanding of effective communication concepts, tools and techniques; ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors.


• Managing Multiple Priorities: Knowledge of effective self-management practices; ability to manage multiple concurrent objectives, projects, groups, or activities, making effective judgments as to prioritizing and time allocation.


• Problem Solving: Knowledge of approaches, tools, techniques for recognizing, anticipating, and resolving organizational, operational or process problems; ability to apply knowledge of problem solving appropriately to diverse situations.

Summary Pay Range:

$22.50 - $40.25

Intern Hourly Rate:

An intern's hourly rate is based on the major/degree being pursued and the number of completed academic hours achieved before the start of the internship.

Intern Benefits:

• Accrued Paid Time Off (PTO)


• Paid Holidays


• Paid Volunteer Day


• Housing Stipend


• Relocation Assistance


• Medical coverage


• Voluntary benefits

This position requires working onsite five days a week. Relocation is available for this position. Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position.

Posting Dates:

September 1, 2026 - October 12, 2026

Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen. Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer, Including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply.

There’s more to work at Caterpillar than just the work itself. We hire smart, friendly people and it shows in our culture. We hold ourselves to high standards and make sure our values of integrity, excellence, teamwork, commitment and sustainability come to life in the way we work. We make sure our employees feel continuously challenged while also supported. We provide professional growth opportunities, including leadership programs. We celebrate the diversity of our team, while also working together as one Caterpillar. Our culture, like everything at our company, is made possible by each employee’s contribution. Person by person, we create the environment we work in, and we are proud of the Caterpillar we’ve built.