Finance & Accounting Intern: Real-World Team Experience

Performance Food Group; La Crosse (WI); On-site; USD 30,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Performance Food Group’s Accounting/Finance Intern will join the Accounting and Finance departments in La Crosse, WI, contributing as a full team member. You’ll gain broad-based experience across Revenue Management, FP&A and General Ledger tasks while collaborating with experienced professionals.

The internship emphasizes understanding internal BI tools, customer profitability, monthly forecasting, and month-end close activities.

Qualifications

• College junior graduating in May 2028 or before.
• High School diploma, working towards Accounting or Finance degree with required minimum GPA of 3.0.
• Proficient with all Microsoft Office programs.
• This position must pass a post-offer background and drug test.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to interact with customers & internal staff.
• Must present a highly professional image & attitude.
• Highly organized, detail orientated & capable of multi-tasking.
• Self motivated individual with great initiative & ability to work independently.
• Strong work ethic & the ability to meet deadlines.
• Strong analytical skills & attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Understand internal business intelligence tools used for Revenue Management/FP&A.
• Analyze customer profitability and identify opportunities to influence margin.
• Review Performance Food Group financial statements.
• Participate on weekly Revenue Management calls.
• Create KPI materials and identify drivers of divisional margin performance.
• Participate in monthly forecasting process.
• Perform customer profitability analysis.
• Participate in divisional fiscal period financial statement review.
• Understand account reconciliation and journal entry creation.
• Understand G/L software and navigation.
• Understand monthly tax filings.
• Participate in month end close process.
• Prepare and upload manual journal entries.
• Prepare account reconciliations.
• Prepare monthly tax filings.

Skills

Microsoft Office

Education

College junior graduating May 2028 or before

High school diploma; pursuing Accounting/Finance degree; GPA 3.0

Job description

Performance Food Group’s Accounting/Finance Intern will join the Accounting and Finance departments in La Crosse, WI, contributing as a full team member. You’ll gain broad-based experience across Revenue Management, FP&A and General Ledger tasks while collaborating with experienced professionals.

The internship emphasizes understanding internal BI tools, customer profitability, monthly forecasting, and month-end close activities.