Financial Assurance Intern

About the role

Get an insider view of the fast-changing grocery retail industry while developing relevant business, technical and leadership skills geared towards enhancing your career. This paid internship experience is an opportunity to help drive business results in an environment designed to promote and reward diversity, innovation and leadership. Our mission is to create impactful early talent programs that provide cohorts with meaningful project work, learning and development sessions, and mentorship opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Ensure business processes are designed and operate in alignment with Internal Control framework requirements.
• Support the US Risk & Control function by rationalizing assurance for more complete end-to-end monitoring methods.
• Develop and establish business process testing efforts, track defects and fixes in business systems/applications, including SAP-related processes.
• Analyze business process/system requirements to formulate and define testing scope and objectives.
• Devise improvements to current testing and review procedures.
• Work as a member of the Control Assurance team to ensure standard quality practices/processes are followed, resulting in reasonable assurance over the control framework.
• Participate in special projects and ensure internal controls are built into new processes.
• Recommend process improvements reflective of an in-depth understanding of the supported companies' processes, procedures, and workflow.
• Evaluate financial and IT control procedures, end-to-end assessments, and overall internal control design.
• Work independently and collaborate with a diverse group of professionals to deliver conclusions that serve as assurance support (control process design & performance).
• Use data analytics, data visualizations, and process flow tools to identify control deficiencies, unusual trends, operating deviations, and monitoring methods that provide more complete compliance insight.
• Work as a team member on cross-functional engagements including accounting/finance, supply chain, merchandise services, and information technology (general controls).
• Improve monitoring reporting using data visualization capabilities.
• Suggest control enhancements to remediate identified gaps.

Qualifications

• Pursuing a degree in Accounting, Finance, IT, Process Improvement, or a similar field.
• Action oriented: initiating action with a drive to achieve and be successful.
• High energy with a desire to stay effective and engaged.
• Collaborative: understanding the importance of relationships to enable effective teamwork; modifying personal style to meet the needs of others.
• Strong communication skills: interacting effectively through verbal and non-verbal means to present information clearly.
• Proficient with Excel and the Microsoft suite.
• Ability to prioritize tasks and work on multiple assignments.
• Ability to work both independently and in a team environment with professionals of all levels.

Pay

Individual cohort pay rates vary based on location, academic year, and position.

• ME/NC/PA/SC Salary Range: $18.10 - $34.20
• IL/MA/MD Salary Range: $20.00 - $37.80