Accounting Internships for Students in Kentucky and Beyond

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While you are working toward earning your online accounting degree, you’re gaining the knowledge and skills you need to be successful in the business world. However, you might also want to consider getting some experience outside of your accounting education. That’s where internships come in. For accounting students in particular, internships are a great way to practice what you’re learning .

Because accountants have a wide variety of professional duties within a business, as an intern you’ll find a lot of ways to gain experience— from account management to Quickbooks. At Bresica University Online, we understand that you want to have an accounting career near your family and community. That’s why we’ve put together this list of local and regional accounting internships that can help you gain on-the-job experience while you complete your degree. All of the internship opportunities featured in this post can be accessed through InternMatch.

Financial Representative Internship

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Louisville, KY
This internship, offered by Northwestern Mutual, allows you to gain real-world experience as a financial representative intern. You will be trained by industry professionals and learn how to run a practice. Your main objectives will be to identify target markets, pursue and attain clients and maintain client relationships. All interns in this role must prepare for and pass a state-licensing exam, and 33% of interns are offered a full-time position after graduation.

HCS Planning and Analysis Internship

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Louisville, KY
The HCS planning and analysis internship is available through Humana, one of the nation’s largest traded health benefits companies. They are seeking an intern who will rotate though various areas and be responsible for tasks including creating financial transactions, analyzing financial data and communicating with associates regarding financial information.

Accounting Internship

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Louisville, KY
Kindred Healthcare is seeking an accounting intern who can handle a wide variety of day-to-day tasks, all of which are associated with the maintenance of their financial ERP system, SAP. Your responsibilities will include maintenance of GL master data, reviewing operational reports, assisting with daily balancing of the FI adjustment process and assisting with the loading and correction of interfaces in SAP.

Corporate Accounting, Tax and Audit Internship

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Chattanooga, TN
This internship, offered by Unum, requires you to work in the areas of corporate accounting, tax, internal controls, auditing and research. Unum is a leading employee benefits provider and Fortune 500 company. As a finance intern, you’ll participate in a program that provides access to senior leaders and social networking events. Your responsibilities will include fundamentals of accounting, corporate tax, corporate expense management, financial reporting, internal controls, investment accounting and internal auditing.

Controller Group Internship

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Evansville, IN
Vectren is looking for an intern to assist the controller group departments in monthly financial close processes and complying with GAAP standards, regulatory rules or tax law. This internship could include corporate accounting, utility accounting, corporate tax, plant accounting, management reporting, external reporting and regulatory analysis. You’ll provide support to management, internal customers, internal and external auditors and government entities while applying the principles of accounting to analyze financial information and prepare financial reports.

Business Management and Leadership Internship

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Benton, KY
Mediacom Communications Corporation is offering an internship that would allow you to gain practical experience in a professional environment. You’ll be under the supervision of a department supervisor, and responsibilities include analyzing data, compiling and distributing reports, conducting research and assisting in developing ideas to improve processes.

Associate Tax Analyst Internship

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Memphis, TN
FedEx delivers a variety of transportation, e-commerce and business solutions to customers around the world. In this internship, you’ll work with a supervisor on return preparation, tax accruals, audits, tax planning and research. Your duties will be related to the application of U.S., foreign, state and local tax laws. Interns should be available in the case of employment within 6-12 months after completing the program.

Associate Auditor Internship

Memphis, TN
FedEx is also looking for an audit intern. In this position, you’ll work under supervision on worldwide integrated financial, operational, information systems audits and special projects. You will also execute audit programs, design and program audit software, assist in the preparation of formal reports and presentations for audit results and participate in the development of customer/supplier alignment agreements.

Tax Internship

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Nashville, TN
Asurion is looking for an intern to assist tax analysts in preparing quarterly Tennessee headquarter credit submissions to the state. You’ll also analyze, copy and scan invoices to support headquarter credit submissions and handle administrative tasks for members of the tax team.

Tax Analyst Internship

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Evansville, IN
Springleaf Financial Services is seeking an intern in their tax department. You’ll prepare state and local tax returns, extensions and estimates, as well as perform state and local tax research. Additional responsibilities include providing analytical support and documentation to the provision team, assisting in process improvements and documentation and staying current on tax laws and filing deadlines.

Treasury Analyst Internship

Evansville, IN
Springleaf is also looking for an intern in their treasury department. This internship is intended to increase your training in a variety of areas including funding, securitization, capital markets, cash management, investor reporting, liquidity planning and rating agency management. You’ll also provide daily balances for all bank accounts, determine and prepare daily account fundings and drawdowns, review daily securitization escrow wire requests and provide support to assistant treasurers.

Any of these options would be a great way to enhance your accounting education with real-world skills that are directly applicable to your future career.