An 11-week Finance and Accounting internship offering placements in corporate accounting, fund and broker-dealer accounting, or financial reporting. Responsibilities include auditing expense reports, supporting cash receipts and journal entries, assisting with regulatory and financial reporting, monitoring compliance, overseeing accounting records and NAV calculations, supporting audits, and researching U.S. GAAP and IFRS questions. Interns also identify process improvements and collaborate with stakeholders.
Job Description
If you aspire to:
If you've got an interest in:
If you've proven you have/are:
Placement Opportunities for Our 11-Week Program:
Corporate Accounting
Fund & Broker-Dealer Accounting
Financial Reporting
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In accordance with applicable law, the base salary range for this role is $2,200 to $2,300 per week.
About Citadel
Citadel is one of the world's leading alternative investment managers. We manage capital on behalf of many of the world's preeminent private, public and nonprofit institutions. We seek the highest and best use of investor capital in order to deliver market leading results and contribute to broader economic growth. For over 30 years, Citadel has cultivated a culture of learning and collaboration among some of the most talented and accomplished investment professionals, researchers and engineers in the world. Our colleagues are empowered to test their ideas and develop commercial solutions that accelerate their growth and drive real impact.
If you aspire to:
- Work on a fast-paced, dynamic, and intellectually challenging team
- Develop your skills and solve some of the most complex business problems in our industry
- Add value by identifying and implementing technology and process-improvement opportunities, while demonstrating an intellectual curiosity and passion for innovation
If you've got an interest in:
- Learning about financial markets and products
- Working in a dynamic, fast-paced, and highly rewarding environment
- Gaining exposure to best-in-class systems and processes
If you've proven you have/are:
- Seeking a degree in Accounting or Finance
- Willingness to work part-time in conjunction with academic quarters
- Advanced knowledge of Excel
- High energy level and a strong work ethic
- Extremely detail and process-oriented
- Intellectually curious
- Adaptive, flexible style - able to work in a dynamic, fast-paced environment
- Demonstrated high level of initiative
- Impeccable integrity
Placement Opportunities for Our 11-Week Program:
Corporate Accounting
- Perform audits of Travel and Expense reports through Concur in accordance with Citadel's Expense Reimbursement policy
- Support the accounting team on various cash receipt and disbursement related tasks
- Assist the team with the close process and various monthly journal entries
Fund & Broker-Dealer Accounting
- Assist with regulatory reporting for broker-dealer entities
- Assist with monthly closes and periodic financial reporting
- Assist with counterparty compliance monitoring and reporting
- Drive process improvements, among other projects
- Assist with overseeing the accounting books and records
- Oversee the calculation of fund and investor level NAVs and returns
Financial Reporting
- Support the Financial Reporting team in the preparation and review of quarterly and year-end financial statements
- Assist the team in the management of the external audits
- Support the financial statement publication process
- Engage with stakeholders throughout the financial statement process
- Research accounting questions under U.S. GAAP and IFRS
For our privacy policy, go to https://www.citadel.com/privacy/
In accordance with applicable law, the base salary range for this role is $2,200 to $2,300 per week.
About Citadel
Citadel is one of the world's leading alternative investment managers. We manage capital on behalf of many of the world's preeminent private, public and nonprofit institutions. We seek the highest and best use of investor capital in order to deliver market leading results and contribute to broader economic growth. For over 30 years, Citadel has cultivated a culture of learning and collaboration among some of the most talented and accomplished investment professionals, researchers and engineers in the world. Our colleagues are empowered to test their ideas and develop commercial solutions that accelerate their growth and drive real impact.
Citadel Boston, Massachusetts, USA Office
680 Atlantic Avenue, 34th Floor , Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02110
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