Corporate Accounting Intern: Finance & Reporting

Caterpillar; Morton (IL); On-site; USD 30,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive internship orientation

Travel Reimbursement

Tours of facilities

Product Demonstrations

Networking with leadership

Resume and Interview workshop

Paid holidays

Housing Stipend and Relocation Support

Job summary

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.

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.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Analytical Thinking

Effective Communications

Microsoft Excel

Leadership involvement

Education

Accounting degree program

GPA 3.0/4.0

12 completed semester hours

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

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.