Finance Operations Intern
Salesforce
internship
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Atlanta • United States
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About the role
- Work directly with global teams to impact the present and future of Salesforce.
- Assist managers within one of the Salesforce Finance functions: Controllership, Revenue Operations, Finance & Strategy, Treasury, Compliance, Procurement, Internal Audit, and the Office of the CFO.
- Responsibilities will range from financial statement review and analytics, business compliance audits, and accounting, to operational process improvements and driving team connection within the organization.
- Contribute to finance transformation by exploring, experimenting with, and applying technologies to enhance efficiency and decision support.
- Produce technology capabilities, such as building simple automations for processes or tasks.
- Design analytical models (e.g., descriptive, diagnostic, predictive, or prescriptive models) to support better decision-making.
- Integrate data flows across multiple systems to streamline data retrieval and analysis.
- Assist in the creation and refinement of digital decision support tools.
- Learn to design, build, or maintain dashboards in business intelligence software (e.g., Tableau, PowerBI) to automate financial reporting and track key performance indicators (KPIs).
- Contribute to initiatives involving advanced analytics, machine learning (ML), and artificial intelligence (AI), to solve complex financial problems and enhance decision-making.
- Help in communicating data-driven insights through compelling storytelling and visualizations to various stakeholders.
Requirements
- Currently studying Business, Finance, Economics, Accounting, Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, or a similar field.
- Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal, with the willingness to speak in front of senior leaders and large groups.
- Strong Excel and/or Google Sheets modeling and data analytics skills, with a foundational understanding of how to apply data insights.
- Intellectual curiosity, fueled by a proactive approach to continuously expand one’s skillset, particularly in digital technologies, data, and AI.
- Highly motivated, self-aware, collaborative, and responsive.
- PowerPoint/Google Suite presentation building skills, with an aptitude for data storytelling and visualization to convey financial insights effectively.
- Complex and creative problem-solving abilities, including translating business requirements into data-driven or AI solutions.
- Must be comfortable with changing requirements and priorities.
- Passion for process improvement and challenging the status quo through technological innovation and automation.
- Detail-oriented to ensure accuracy in completion of tasks.
- Must be results and service oriented and have a strong ability to make and communicate progress with incomplete information.
- Ability to multitask effectively in a fast-paced, quickly changing environment.
- Ability to work cross-functionally (in person/virtually) and an ability to influence at all levels within the organization, collaborating with finance and technology teams.
- A team player, with a willingness to go above and beyond to deliver excellence, and to do whatever is required to get the job done.
- A fun, curious, and open-minded personality, with an eagerness to learn new things and is not afraid to ask questions.
- Familiarity or foundational knowledge in programming languages (e.g., Python), data manipulation libraries (e.g., Pandas), machine learning concepts, or AI tools.
- Interest in data governance, data quality frameworks, and data architecture principles.
Benefits
- time off programs
- medical
- dental
- vision
- mental health support
- paid parental leave
- life and disability insurance
- 401(k)
- employee stock purchasing program
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
financial statement reviewdata analyticsExcelGoogle Sheetsdata modelingmachine learningartificial intelligencedata visualizationanalytical modelsautomation
Soft Skills
communication skillsintellectual curiosityproblem-solvingdetail-orientedresults-orientedcollaborativemotivatedadaptabilityteam playercuriosity