What are the responsibilities and job description for the Finance & Accounting Intern position at legendcareers?
Role Overview
Legend Biotech is seeking two Finance & Accounting Interns to join us our Accounting Team based in Somerset, NJ for our 2025 Summer Internship Program, which will run from June 9th, 2025, to August 15th, 2025.
Key Responsibilities
Interns will rotate on a weekly or bi-weekly basis to the different Finance & Accounting groups covering:
- US Accounting
- RoW (Ireland, Belgium, Cayman) Accounting
- Accounts Payable
- External Reporting & Technical Accounting
- Internal Audit
- Financial, Planning, and Analysis
- Master Data Governance
Key responsibilities will include, but are not limited to, supporting the following activities:
- Month-end close of accounting books including all month-end activities like accruals, account reconciliations, processing invoices, manual journal entries, et
- Post-close financial analysis of actual results
- Ingesting and processing third-party and intercompany invoices
- Consolidation of quarter-end financial statements and disclosures and preparation of external SEC filings
- Technical Accounting research and analyses of business transactions and events
- Internal audits including operational audits against company policies and compliance and exposure to internal audit support of the external audit
- Forecasting, budgeting, and variances analysis of actual results against budgeted/forecast targets
- Master data governance within ERP systems for Finance & Accounting
- Leveraging automation, technology, and GenAI for process efficiency and enhanced task performance
Requirements
- In process bachelor’s or master’s degree of accounting, finance, or professional business degree
- Junior year or higher for undergraduate students) with all introduction coursework completed in fundamental accounting principles (ideally intermediate accounting), Finance, and/or Economics
- Interest in becoming a CPA or FP&A professional
- Basic skills with Microsoft 365 applications, especially excel
- Familiarity with automation concepts and GenAI tools
- Strong ownership of task completion
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
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Legend Biotech is a proud equal opportunity/affirmative action employer committed to attracting, retaining, and maximizing the performance of a diverse and inclusive workforce. It is Legend’s policy to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, national origin, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, genetic information, citizenship status, uniformed service member or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Legend Biotech maintains a drug-free workplace.
