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July 2, 2026
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2027 Summer Corporate Intern - Accounting

Peoria, Illinois, US
Internship
Onsite
$22.50/hr - $40.25/hr
Intern
Caterpillar Inc. is a global team focused on building sustainable communities and innovation. The Corporate Accounting Internship Program offers valuable on-the-job experience in areas such as Financial Accounting and Tax Accounting, where interns will perform tasks similar to entry-level accountants.

Responsibilities

  • Creating reports on financial performance for internal and external use
  • Take part in special projects and ad hoc reporting requests
  • Estimate various forecast and budget scenarios
  • Specifies, builds, maintains, and runs data extracts from various subsystems that contain account-level information
  • Produces a daily balance sheet to assist the trading desk
  • Posting entries, verifying, and reconciling input to financial reporting systems
  • Entering transactions and reconciling various reports

Qualification

Required

  • Must be currently pursuing a degree at a 4-year accredited university/college in an Accounting degree program, at the time of application and throughout the internship program
  • Minimum 3.0/4.0 GPA (both Accounting GPA & Cumulative GPA)
  • 12 completed semester hours at a 4-year university before the start of the internship
  • If a transfer student must have 12 semester hours completed at a 4-year university

Preferred

  • Previous accounting internship and/or relevant work experience
  • Completed Intermediate Accounting or first 300-level accounting course by the start of the internship
  • Strong initiative, communication, and interpersonal skills
  • Leadership involvement in student associations
  • Intermediate user of Microsoft Excel
  • Comprehensive internship orientation
  • Travel Reimbursement
  • Tours of state-of-the-art manufacturing and research facilities
  • Product Demonstrations
  • Various social events
  • Networking with leadership
  • Intern round table discussions
  • Business skill building
  • Career discussion with leaders and experts
  • Resume and Interview workshop
  • Paid holidays
  • Domestic relocation is available for those who qualify
  • Housing Stipend and Relocation Assistance (if eligible)
  • Accrued Paid Time Off (PTO)
  • Paid Holidays
  • Paid Volunteer Day
  • Housing Stipend
  • Relocation Assistance
  • Medical coverage
  • Voluntary benefits
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