Accounting Intern

Pacific Life • Newport Beach, CA

3d • Onsite

About The Position

Pacific Life is recruiting Accounting Summer 2027 Interns to support its financial operations at the Newport Beach, California office. Interns will gain hands-on exposure to accounting processes in a complex, highly regulated environment at a Fortune 500 financial services company. The internship includes training from experienced accounting professionals on how policyholder cash inflows are recorded, reconciled, and passed to downstream actuarial models, and how investments in public and private bonds are accounted for, monitored, and reported throughout their lifecycle.

Interns will work on projects that contribute to team and company goals and will receive guidance from an assigned executive mentor and peer mentor. The program also offers interactive presentations on departments such as General Accounting, Financial Reporting, and Corporate Finance, along with networking, leadership exposure, community service events, and social activities. Interns will gain exposure to a large corporate accounting and finance organization and learn how accounting supports financial reporting, business operations, controls, and strategic decision-making. Pacific Life describes its Summer Internship Program as a talent pipeline for full-time early-career opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Support Pacific Life’s financial operations through accounting work and projects.
• Participate in projects that contribute to team and company goals.
• Gain exposure to accounting for policyholder cash inflows, including recording and reconciling deposits and feeding information to downstream actuarial models.
• Gain exposure to the accounting, monitoring, and reporting of investments in public and private bonds throughout their lifecycle.
• Participate in training, mentorship, rotational presentations, networking, and other internship program activities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: No Education Listed