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Finance Intern

Lamb Weston
Kennewick, WA Intern
POSTED ON 1/17/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 4/1/2025

Title : Finance Intern

Location : Kennewick, WA

About Lamb Weston

We love making fries almost as much as you like eating them! Since the 1950's, Lamb Weston has inspired customers with food they love, trust, and share with families and friends. As a leading global manufacturer of quality frozen potato products with over 10,000 team members around the world, it's our business to see the possibilities in potatoes and people.

We are looking for team members with an appetite for a challenge! People who are hungry to join a winning team and help us make a difference in the world. When you join Lamb Weston, you join a community with a strong support network and training programs designed to nurture, inspire, and help you grow.

We are driven by a relentless pursuit of results and by people who think creatively and embrace our values of : Integrity, Teamwork, Inclusion, Drive for Results, and Empowerment. Exactly what you'd expect from the most inventive potato company in the world!

Join Lamb Weston! We bring the world together with our fries.

Job Description Summary

Participate in a paid internship program built around your career goals and hands-on projects that impact the organization. As part of the Lamb Weston University Recruiting Internship Program, Interns work towards completing a Capstone project and are assigned a mentor who will guide and evaluate performance. Whether you are interested in Agricultural Science, Data Science, Finance, Supply Chain, IT, Manufacturing, Food Science, Marketing, or Engineering, our highly selective summer intern program has projects that will help you build the next stage in your career.

  • Paid internship, May - August (actual dates may vary)
  • Gain real-world working experience through dynamic projects assigned by your mentor and assigned department
  • Network and learn from executives, department leaders, high performers, and fellow interns across the business
  • Receive guidance and feedback from your assigned mentor throughout the program
  • Professional development events providing tools that will help after the internship and after graduation

Job Description

Support the Lamb Weston Finance Team with several projects related to the Finance function. Learn how to work as part of the Finance team to compile and analyze data, track information, and support the company or clients. Skilled mentors within the team will be assigned for the duration of the program. Work experience will be built around projects and duties may include but are not limited to :

  • Assist with financial analysis and modeling for various requests (develop reporting, customer analysis, competitive analysis, pricing, etc.)
  • Leverage data analytics to perform projects
  • Review process and controls, make recommendations for improvements and support implementation
  • Gather and assess the appropriateness of management corrective actions
  • Assist with research, filing, data entry, and recording / maintaining accurate and complete financial records
  • Work with bookkeeping software and handle sensitive or confidential information with honesty and integrity
  • Support Plant Leadership team with financial analysis in costs, capital projects, continuous improvements and other financial drivers
  • Assist with month-end close process and journal entries
  • Monitor and track key financial operational benchmarks
  • Basic & Preferred Qualifications

  • Must be a current Junior, Senior, or Master's student enrolled in a related program : Finance, Accounting, Audit, Economics, MIS, Business, or related field
  • Minimum GPA 3.0 preferred
  • This is a full-time position with 8-hour shifts Monday-Friday but a successful candidate may need to occasionally flex to other shifts (example : 2nd shift, night shift) as part of your capstone project
  • Valid U.S. driver's license and ability to meet the Lamb Weston Authorized Driver standards
  • Excellent verbal and oral communication skills
  • Ability and willingness to work independently
  • Strong analytical skills
  • Strong computer competency and experience using a tablet and / or iPhone
  • Experience with MS suite of products desirable
  • Industry-Competitive Benefits

    Coupled with our compensation and bonus incentive programs, our benefits deliver rewards that are market competitive. Some of the most attractive elements of our benefit programs include :

  • Health Insurance Benefits - Medical, Dental, Vision
  • Flexible Spending Accounts for Health and Dependent Care, and Health Reimbursement Accounts
  • Well-being programs including companywide events and a wellness incentive program
  • Paid Time Off
  • Financial Wellness - Industry leading 401(k) plan with generous company contributions, Financial Planning Services, Employee Stock purchase program, and Health Savings Accounts, Life and Accident insurance
  • Family-Friendly Employee events
  • Employee Assistance Program services - mental health and other concierge type services
  • Benefits may vary based on location, job role / level, job status, and / or the terms of any applicable collective bargaining agreements.

    Job Requisition ID : Req-256326

    Time Type : Full time

    Anticipated Close Date : 02 / 28 / 2025

    In compliance with applicable state and local laws, Lamb Weston has opted to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation for this role. This compensation is specific to this position and takes into account a number of variables. Actual compensation may be higher or lower in the range posted based on various factors, including, but not limited to, job duties, experience and expertise. A candidate's work location could also impact the actual compensation being outside of the range to reflect local cost of labor. A reasonable hourly estimate for this role based on the variables previously mentioned is : $22.00

    Lamb Weston is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law

    Salary : $22

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