Finance Intern

Masco Corporation; Livonia (MI); On-site; USD 25,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

Masco Corporation is offering a four-month Finance Rotational Internship in Livonia, MI. Participants rotate through Tax, Internal Audit, Financial Reporting, and Internal Controls to see how financial transactions are recorded, controlled, reviewed, and reported.

You'll work with experienced professionals on meaningful projects and develop technical, analytical, and professional skills, including exposure to tax accounting versus financial reporting and risk assessment.

Qualifications

• Pursuing an undergraduate degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related discipline.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Office applications.
• Demonstrated leadership through academic, extracurricular, or work experiences.
• Curiosity and willingness to learn across multiple disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Assist with tax compliance and reporting projects.
• Support tax provision and tax accounting activities.
• Participate in process improvement and tax technology projects.
• Prepare documentation and research on technical tax issues.
• Assist with audit planning and execution activities.
• Conduct financial statement analysis.
• Perform data analysis and testing procedures.
• Document audit observations and findings.
• Participate in interviews and process walkthroughs.
• Prepare work papers that support journal entries and disclosures and financial statement balances.
• Perform variance analysis and research fluctuations in financial results.
• Participate in accounting research and special projects.
• Help identify opportunities to enhance reporting processes through automation and artificial intelligence tools.
• Assist with documentation of business processes and controls.
• Participate in control testing and monitoring efforts.
• Help identify process improvement opportunities.
• Maintain control and risk documentation.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Leadership

Curiosity

Education

Undergraduate degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration or related discipline

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Office

Job description

Position Overview

The Finance Rotational Internship provides undergraduate and graduate students with a unique opportunity to gain experience across four critical corporate functions: Tax, Internal Audit, Financial Reporting, and Internal Controls.

Over a four-month period, participants complete structured rotations that demonstrate how financial transactions are recorded, controlled, reviewed, and reported. Interns will work alongside experienced professionals on meaningful business projects while developing technical, analytical, and professional skills. Participants will gain exposure to corporate accounting and financial reporting, tax accounting versus financial accounting, internal control frameworks, risk assessment methodologies, audit procedures and testing, and business process improvement techniques.

This program is ideal for students interested in accounting, finance, audit, risk management, governance, and taxation.

Responsibilities

Tax

• Assist with tax compliance and reporting projects.
• Support tax provision and tax accounting activities.
• Participate in process improvement and tax technology projects.
• Prepare documentation and research on technical tax issues.

Internal Audit

• Assist with audit planning and execution activities
• Conduct financial statement analysis.
• Perform data analysis and testing procedures.
• Document audit observations and findings.
• Participate in interviews and process walkthroughs.

Financial Reporting

• Prepare work papers that support journal entries and disclosures and financial statement balances.
• Perform variance analysis and research fluctuations in financial results.
• Participate in accounting research and special projects.
• Help identify opportunities to enhance reporting processes through automation and artificial intelligence tools.

Internal Controls

• Assist with documentation of business processes and controls.
• Participate in control testing and monitoring efforts.
• Help identify process improvement opportunities.
• Maintain control and risk documentation.

Qualifications

• Pursuing an undergraduate degree in: Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a Related discipline
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Office applications
• Demonstrated leadership through academic, extracurricular, or work experiences
• Curiosity and willingness to learn across multiple disciplines

Company: Masco

Part time

Masco Corporation (the "Company") is an equal opportunity employer and we strive to employ the most qualified individuals for every position. The Company makes employment decisions only based on merit. It is the Company's policy to prohibit discrimination in any employment opportunity (including but not limited to recruitment, employment, promotion, salary increases, benefits, termination and all other terms and conditions of employment) based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, pregnancy, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, age, physical/mental disability, medical condition, marital/domestic partner status, military and veteran status, height, weight or any other such characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. The Company is committed to complying with all applicable laws providing equal employment opportunities. This commitment applies to all people involved in the operations of the Company regardless of where the employee is located and prohibits unlawful discrimination by any employee of the Company.

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