Tax Accountant Internship, Summer

General Dynamics Information Technology•Herndon, VA

10d•$19 - $26•Hybrid

About The Position

GDIT’s Summer Internship Program is designed with you in mind! Our internship provides you the opportunity to be a part of a collaborative team that is helping to solve our clients’ most challenging matters. Throughout GDIT’s 10-week Summer Internship Program, you will have the opportunity to do the following: Work side-by-side with GDIT professionals delivering work for clients. Collaborate with a team of peers to research and propose solutions to a current business challenge. Participate in a mentoring circle led by an early career champion. Interact with GDIT leaders. Participate in professional development. Our Tax Accountant Internship is designed to make a direct impact on a broad variety of projects and help to co-create and deliver successful solutions to GDIT’s internal and external clients. As a Tax Account Intern, you’ll play a key part in driving company success by providing support to the GDIT Tax Department. You will be trusted to support tax department strategy, planning and compliance functions.

Requirements

Currently enrolled in an associate's, bachelor's or master's degree program economics, finance, statistics, accounting, or related discipline from a United States-based college or university
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
Strong planning and organizational skills
Basic understanding of Microsoft Office products (e.g., Word, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Excel, and Teams)
Strong interpersonal and written communication skills
Experience using Excel, specifically data analysis, pivot tables, VLOOKUP’s, and charts
Ability to build meaningful relationships with manager and members of your team in a remote environment
Intuitiveness with an ability to identify and solve complex problems related to rapidly changing technology
A sense of genuine, intellectual curiosity and a nimble mindset
Basic understanding of Microsoft Office products (e.g., Word, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Excel, and Teams)

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of tax accounting principles, interpreting financial statements, and exposure to quantitative financial analysis
Proficiency in VBA
Knowledge of project management and data analytics
Analytical and quantitative skills: working with and synthesizing big data into actionable insights
Comfortable using data software to conduct analyses and synthesize findings

Responsibilities

Participates in tax forecasts including liability, cash tax and effective tax rate
Identify/Support tax saving or risk mitigating opportunities
Implement/Manage tax saving or risk mitigating opportunities
Analyze and support tax ramifications of contract proposals
Research jurisdictional tax law and maintains current knowledge of tax laws affecting the company
Analyze and prepare journal entries including income and transactional taxes
Learn how to leverage new tools and technologies
Participates/Assists in business unit financial statement internal and external audit inquiries
Identify/Support process improvements, systems enhancements, and process automation
Various duties that enhance the productivity and procedures of the company