Corporate Accounting Intern - Onsite Growth & Relocation

Caterpillar Inc.; Peoria (IL); On-site; USD 30,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Housing stipend

Relocation assistance

Medical coverage

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Volunteer day

Relocation assistance

Voluntary benefits

Job summary

Caterpillar Inc. invites students and graduates to join the Corporate Accounting Internship Program, gaining hands-on experience in Financial Accounting, Cost Accounting, Tax Accounting, and more.

As an accounting intern you will perform tasks similar to entry-level accountants—budgeting, forecasting, monthly reporting, tax compliance, and special projects—on a 40-hour week, onsite, for 12 weeks during Summer 2027 (5/17/2027–8/06/2027).

Qualifications

• Pursuing a 4-year accounting degree during the internship.
• Minimum 3.0/4.0 GPA (Accounting GPA & Cumulative GPA).
• 12 completed semester hours before the start of the internship.
• If a transfer student, 12 semester hours completed at a 4-year university.

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

Attention to detail

Analytical thinking

Effective communications

Managing priorities

Problem solving

Education

Accounting degree program

GPA 3.0/4.0

12 completed semester hours

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Caterpillar Inc. invites students and graduates to join the Corporate Accounting Internship Program, gaining hands-on experience in Financial Accounting, Cost Accounting, Tax Accounting, and more.

As an accounting intern you will perform tasks similar to entry-level accountants—budgeting, forecasting, monthly reporting, tax compliance, and special projects—on a 40-hour week, onsite, for 12 weeks during Summer 2027 (5/17/2027–8/06/2027).