Accounting Intern

Axos Bank•San Diego, CA

3d•$20 - $23

About The Position

Join Axos Bank’s immersive 12-week Summer Internship Program to gain hands-on experience, contribute to enterprise initiatives, and develop professional skills in a fast-paced, technology-driven financial environment. In addition to day-to-day duties, interns participate in a capstone project, sessions with business leaders, financial literacy training, Corporate Finance Institute trainings, and a volunteer day. Interns choose between two sessions: May 25–August 13 or June 14–September 3. The Accounting Intern gains experience and working knowledge of accounting and financial reporting rules and best practices. The role develops the ability to analyze and interpret accounting guidance, manage multiple priorities, solve problems, and produce accurate, professional work under time constraints. Process-improvement work includes gathering data, conducting analyses, developing and presenting recommendations, creating process and system flows, learning new tools and software, and supporting administrative activities.

Responsibilities

Gain exposure to Sarbanes–Oxley (SOX) documentation for accounting and other business units; learn best practices and help maintain and update documented accounting policies, procedures, and process documents.
Prepare periodic, month-end, and quarter-end journal entries; execute the month-end close process; and perform month-end general ledger account reconciliations and month-end roll-forward schedules.
Gain exposure to and assist with preparing financial reporting schedules to U.S. GAAP standards for U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and federal regulator filings.
Prepare support for independent public accounting auditors, federal regulators, and internal auditors.
Improve efficiency by implementing reports that reduce manual reporting and reconciliations and by improving organization and coordination processes.
For process-improvement projects, gather data, conduct analyses, develop and present recommendations, create process and system flows, learn new tools and software, and support administrative activities.
Participate in the internship capstone project, business-leader sessions, financial literacy training, Corporate Finance Institute trainings, and a volunteer day.