Accounting AI Innovation Intern

Advantage Solutions; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 26,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

Advantage Solutions seeks an Accounting AI Innovation Intern in St. Louis for a 10-week program (May 24–Aug 6, 2027). The role blends accounting fundamentals with AI, process improvement, and automation.

The intern will learn core accounting tasks, document processes, and identify AI-enabled efficiencies under the Chief Accounting Officer’s guidance. The ideal candidate intends an accounting career and will design proofs-of-concept prompts and workflows while collaborating with accounting

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Enrolled in an accredited four-year college or MBA program in the United States.
• Rising juniors, seniors, or graduate students pursuing Business, Business-related, or IT majors. GPA minimum 3.0.

Responsibilities

• Learn accounting processes and requirements by observing and documenting with the team.
• Break recurring tasks into steps and suggest opportunities for simplification or automation.
• Assist with analyses, reconciliations, schedules, and project work as needed.
• Apply structured problem-solving to determine AI opportunities.
• Help design and test AI prompts, workflows, or agents for accounting use cases.
• Document inputs, decisions, exceptions, controls, and required human review.

Skills

Prioritization

Written communication

Verbal communication

Team building

Detail-oriented

Education

High school diploma or GED

Pursuing accredited four-year or MBA program in the United States

Job description

The Company is one of North America’s leading sales and marketing agencies specializing in outsourced sales, merchandising, category management and marketing services to manufacturers, suppliers and producers of food products and consumer packaged goods. The Company services a variety of trade channels including grocery, mass merchandise, specialty, convenience, drug, dollar, club, hardware, consumer electronics and home centers. We bridge the gap between manufacturers and retailers, providing consumers access to the best products available in the marketplace today.

Advantage Solutions is hiring for our 2027 Summer Internship Program. This individual will be with us for 10 weeks (May 24th- August 6th, 2027). Internships provide students with challenging, relevant work experience in their field of interest as well as introduce them to additional career opportunities. Internships may lead to future opportunities within the Company, although there are no guarantees for full-time employment. We are seeking and enthusiastic intern to join our team and provide invaluable support to various business areas that include but not limited to:

• Marketing
• Communications
• Branded Services

Position Summary

The Accounting AI Innovation Intern will support the Accounting organization by combining a strong foundation in accounting with curiosity about artificial intelligence, process improvement, and automation. Working in the St. Louis office with the organization led by the Chief Accounting Officer, the intern will learn how core accounting work is performed, break repeatable activities into clear process steps, and explore responsible ways AI-enabled tools and agents may improve efficiency, consistency, documentation, and problem-solving.

The ideal candidate clearly intends to pursue an accounting career and can connect AI skills to practical accounting problems. This is not a software engineering internship and is not intended for a candidate whose primary interest is technology rather than accounting.

Responsibilities:

• Learn selected accounting processes, business requirements, controls, and expected outputs through observation, documentation, and collaboration with accounting teammates.
• Break recurring accounting activities into logical steps, identify manual handoffs or repetitive work, and help evaluate opportunities for simplification or automation.
• Assist with accounting analyses, reconciliations, schedules, documentation, and project work based on business needs.
• Apply structured problem-solving to determine where AI may help organize information, summarize documentation, support research, draft process materials, or improve workflow consistency.
• Help design and test proof-of-concept AI prompts, workflows, or agents for appropriate accounting use cases under team guidance.
• Document inputs, decision points, exceptions, controls, required human review, and expected outputs for proposed automated processes.
• Validate AI-assisted outputs against source information, investigate discrepancies, and clearly communicate limitations or risks.
• Prepare presentations and recommendations that explain the accounting problem, proposed approach, expected value, controls, and lessons learned.
• Own a meaningful summer project and present the work during the internship capstone experience.
• Participate in team meetings, manager check-ins, internship programming, and other development experiences.
• Perform other duties and project work as assigned based on evolving business needs.

Internship Criteria:

• High School Diploma or GED
• Applicants must be attending any accredited four-year degree-granting institution or an accredited Graduate Master’s or MBA program, in the United States
• Applicants must be rising juniors, rising seniors, or working toward a graduate degree.
• Applicants must be working towards a Business, Business related, or IT major. Some applicable majors are (not an exhaustive list):
• Accounting
• AI
• Applicants need to have a minimum 3.0 GPA

The salary range for this role is $23.00 per hour

Supervisory Responsibilities

Direct Reports

This position does not have supervisory responsibilities for direct reports

Indirect Reports

This position does not have guidance or mentoring responsibilities for indirect reports

Travel and/or Driving Requirements

• Travel to St. Louis is required for two specific weeks:
• Kickoff Week: The week of May 24th.
• Closing Week: The week of August 3rd
• Transportation and lodging for these trips will be provided by Advantage Solutions.

Skills, Knowledge and Abilities

• Strong prioritization skills
• Excellent written communication and verbal communication skills
• Team building Skills
• Well-organized, detail-oriented, and able to handle a fast-paced work environment
• Ability to interact in a courteous, helpful, and professional manner

Environmental & Physical Requirements

Office / Sedentary Requirements

Incumbent must be able to perform the essential functions of the job. Work is performed primarily in an office environment. Typically requires the ability to sit for extended periods of time (66%+ each day), ability to hear the telephone, ability to enter data on a computer and may also require the ability to lift up to 10 pounds.

Additional Information Regarding The Company Job Duties and Job Descriptions

Job duties include additional responsibilities as assigned by one’s supervisor or other manager related to the position/department. This job description is meant to describe the general nature and level of work being performed; it is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required for the position. The Company reserves the right at any time with or without notice to alter or change job responsibilities, reassign or transfer job position or assign additional job responsibilities, subject to applicable law. The Company shall provide reasonable accommodations of known disabilities to enable a qualified applicant or employee to apply for employment, perform the essential functions of the job, or enjoy the benefits and privileges of employment as required by the law.

Any estimate, schedule, or guideline provided to associates in this job description or elsewhere in connection with their jobs is only intended to help describe job duties and for planning purposes. Regardless of any such estimate, schedule, or guideline, associates must always record all time worked for our company (which includes but is not limited to on-site work time in an assigned store, office, or other work location; required waiting time; administrative time; and work-related travel time).