Accounting Intern

Echo Global Logistics; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hands-on internship experience

Hybrid work model

Casual dress

Networking opportunities

Job summary

Echo Global Logistics offers an Accounting Intern position in Chicago, working with the Accounting Manager on forecasts, reporting, and cross‑department analysis. You’ll learn Echo’s business units, support critical financial decisions, and gain exposure to client and carrier operations during the 10-week program.

Required: rising university senior, 3.5 GPA, ability to start May 24, 2027, and work in the Chicago office 3 days and hybrid 2 days weekly.

Qualifications

• Passion for logistics with willingness to learn.
• Cooperative, coachable, and professional demeanor.
• Strong problem solving, communication, and time management.
• Team player who supports colleagues across teams.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Accounting team on capstone project.
• Research and assist with accounting project requests.
• Support analysis, reporting, and statements in the accounting space.
• Shadow individuals in different departments.
• Present experiences and goals to leadership at program end.

Skills

Logistics passion

Team player

Problem solving

Communication

Time management

Education

Rising senior student

Job description

The world of transportation has never been more dynamic. If you're the type of person who craves opportunity and challenge in a supportive and collaborative setting, you belong here.

The Echo Trailblazers internship gives you the confidence, community, and communication skills needed to forge a new path. As a member of the Echo Global Logistics team, you'll work on real-world projects, learn from logistics legends, and work toward a common goal: simplifying transportation for our clients and carriers. You will be on the road to success as an Echo Trailblazer!

The Accounting Intern will work closely with an Accounting Manager. This will be a key role that will add value across our entire organization. The position of Accounting Intern will involve helping gathering financial information and providing analysis and guidance to managers, department heads, and executives across the organization, in order to assist them in weighing the financial impact of certain business decisions. The role will assist the Manager of Accounting Planning in forecasting, reporting, and distributing financial reports to all departments within Echo.

The intern will develop a knowledge of all of Echo's business units, and the customers and sales reps that make these up. This position will also have insight to various projects and roles the compose the Echo Accounting team.

What We're Looking for

• Passion for Logistics: A keen interest and willingness to learn and try new things
• Possess a can-do attitude and believes anything is possible with the right focus
• Be organized, professional, and coachable with strong problem solving, communication, time management, and project management skills
• Team Player: Willingness to collaborate and support the team in various ways

What You'll Gain

• Hands-On Experience: Work on impactful opportunities related to our clients and company
• Career Development: Enhance your skills and build a strong work ethic
• Network Opportunities: Connect with industry professionals and attend company events

Responsibilities & Job Duties

• Partner with the specified Accounting team on a capstone project
• Research and assist with requests related to Accounting projects
• Projects may include assisting with analysis, reporting, statements, and much more in the accounting and financial space.
• Opportunity to shadow individuals within different departments
• Give a presentation to all leadership detailing experiences and goals met during internship, and a project

What's in it for You?

• 10-week paid internship working alongside various teams at Echo
• Join a vibrant team with casual dress in a collaborative, can-do environment
• Enjoy a hybrid working model
• Learning resources outside your day-to-day roles
• Exposure to real-business experiences
• Potential for full-time employment

Requirements

• Must be able to start May 24th, 2027 and complete the entire 10 week program
• Currently enrolled at a university as a rising senior, with at least one semester remaining after completion of internship
• Able to work in our Chicago office 3 days and hybrid 2 days a week
• 3.5 GPA requirement.

Echo Global Logistics is a leading provider of technology-enabled solutions and supply chain management. We utilize technology to simplify transportation management for our clients and carriers by handling the critical tasks on their behalf so they can focus on what they do best. From coast to coast, dock to dock, and across all major transportation modes, Echo connects businesses that ship their products with carriers who transport those goods quickly, securely, and cost-effectively.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, status as a qualified individual with a disability, or Vietnam era or other protected veteran.

Benefits

For more information about our benefit offerings, please visit our careers page at https://www.echo.com/company/careers.

Compensation

$35,223.00-50,166.00 per year