Internal Controls Intern
About The Position
The Internal Controls Intern will play a key role in supporting Keenova’s initiatives to harmonize and standardize the company’s control environment and core business processes. This role offers hands-on experience working within a controls-focused function, providing exposure to compliance, risk assessment, business process documentation, and stakeholder engagement across multiple departments. Additionally, the intern will assist in Keenova’s annual outside service provider review process, helping evaluate third‑party controls and ensuring alignment with internal and external compliance requirements. This is an excellent opportunity for a student interested in internal audit, internal controls, business process improvement, risk management, or corporate governance.
Requirements
- Education Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, Business Administration, or a related field.
- Rising junior or senior preferred.
- Skills & Competencies Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication abilities.
- Detail-oriented with strong organizational skills.
- Ability to work independently and collaborate across teams.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word; experience with process mapping tools is a plus.
- Interest in internal controls, auditing, risk management, or process improvement.
Responsibilities
- Control Environment Harmonization Assist in documenting and mapping existing business processes across functional areas.
- Help identify opportunities to standardize processes and reduce control redundancies.
- Support updates to process narratives, flowcharts, risk and control matrices (RCMs), and other key documentation.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather information, validate controls, and ensure consistency in control design.
- Business Process Improvement Participate in control walkthroughs to understand end-to-end operational workflows.
- Conduct benchmarking and gap analyses to identify control design improvements.
- Assist in developing recommendations to enhance efficiency, transparency, and compliance within business processes.
- Outside Service Provider Review Process Support the annual review of Keenova’s third-party service providers, including collecting and organizing SOC 1/SOC 2 reports and related documentation.
- Help perform high-level analysis of service provider control exceptions and complementary user entity controls (CUECs).
- Assist in tracking remediation activities and communicating required follow‑ups with internal stakeholders.
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Intern
