Accounting Intern

The Accounting Summer Intern supports department managers across various functional areas, including Accounts Payable, General Accounting, and Accounts Receivable. This role offers hands-on experience through special projects, providing a broad understanding of accounting operations and insight into the diverse responsibilities within the department.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• General Accounting: Assist with month-end close activities, including preparation of manual and automated journal entries and performing balance sheet account reconciliations
• Accounts Payable: Support invoice processing (voucher entry), vendor setup and maintenance, data quality analysis, and document management tasks such as file rotation
• Accounts Receivable: Perform customer account reconciliations, apply cash receipts, and assist with processing customer claims
• Data Analysis & Reporting: Assist in compiling financial data and preparing standard reports for internal stakeholders to support decision-making
• Fixed Assets Accounting: Support fixed asset tagging, tracking, and reconciliation to the general ledger
• Cross-Functional Support: Collaborate with other Finance teams, including Financial Planning & Analysis, Tax, and Financial Systems, to support ongoing projects and initiatives
• Process Improvement: Participate in identifying opportunities to streamline accounting processes and improve efficiency
• Provide ad hoc assistance to the Director of U.S. Accounting on special assignments and high-priority tasks

QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION

This may include, but is not limited to, the following:

• Pursuing a Bachelor’s degree
• Current coursework in Accounting or Finance
• Ability to work independently and achieve high quality output and accuracy
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline-conscious environment with rapidly changing priorities
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications including Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook

If you have a disability and you need any support during the application process, please contact hr.resume@sagepub.com All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply.

Pay Transparency & Benefits Package:

Sage Publishing is committed to being an inclusive employer where all individuals are treated with fairness and respect. Sage is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer.

Compensation at Sage is influenced by several factors, including but not limited to skill set, nature and level of experience, qualifications, and other relevant considerations.  Please note that the compensation details listed in U.S. role postings reflect the base salary only and do not include bonuses or benefits. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range and additional aspects of the compensation/benefits package for this position during the hiring process. If your desired salary falls outside of this range, we hope you'll still apply as there may be other positions that better align.

Sage offers freedom and autonomy in your day-to-day with hybrid or remote work, depending on the role. Join the nearly 2,000 Sage employees worldwide who deliver products and services that serve to fulfill our noble goal of education and dissemination of knowledge globally. We’d love to meet you!

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Sage Publishing is committed to being an inclusive employer where all individuals are treated with fairness and respect, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, marriage and partnership status, pregnancy and parental responsibilities, race, religion and belief, sex, or sexual orientation.

We believe that diversity is a cornerstone of a vibrant culture. We want Sage to be an organization where the most talented staff and high-potential staff are recruited, have the opportunity to grow, and want to work. We strive to achieve a better representation of diverse talent at all levels, including leadership, across our workforce.