2022 Summer Associate Internship: Finance, Accounting, Tax and Procurement

The 10-week 2022 summer internship program is designed to challenge students by providing opportunities to provide hand-on experiences, skills training and valuable professional networking to assist students with identifying and building on their career interests. This role gains experience and an overall feel for the company and the financial services industry by attending meetings, delivering presentations, exploring business-specific tasks, and working closely with cross-functional groups to better understand the TIAA Office of the Chief Finance Officer businesses. 

The program includes a robust training and onboarding program followed by our ongoing speaker series, lunch-and-learns, and cohort engagement activities, as well as direct access to executive and senior leadership, mentors and previous interns.

Eligible interns may receive a full-time offer to join our Early Talent Rotational Program or various open positions within the organization.

You will have the opportunity to work in one of the below exciting business areas including but not limited to:

You will work exclusively within one of the following accounting functions during your internship: Regulatory Reporting, Governance, Investment Reporting & Oversight, Fund Administration and Investment Accounting, Financial Planning & Analysis and Corporate Tax. Through these diverse experiences, you will get an understanding of the various dimensions of TIAA accounting operations such as Statutory Reporting, Internal Controls over Financial Reporting, Corporate Tax, Financial Reporting Systems, Corporate Accounting and Financial Performance Management including:

The BFO provides the Executive Committee (EC) and Business Areas with decision support through the use of management reporting, future-focused analytics, predictive modeling capabilities, decision tools and problem-solving support to help drive our businesses financial planning, budgeting and forecasting requirements; and supports the Corporate Financial Planning & Analysis (CFP&A) team to achieve accurate allocation of expenses and revenue alignment to corporate entities and product lines. This is an exciting opportunity for potential candidates to apply their knowledge to a strategically aligned initiative within the Finance organization including:

Two possible tracks for our interns in the Office of the Chief Procurement Office: The first role will support special projects and continuous improvement initiatives within the Strategy and Operations area of the Procurement Office; project areas include: cycle time analysis, expiring contract reporting, predictive modeling, and savings optimization. Intern will act as project coordinator for all aspects of the project(s), including the engagement of subject matter experts, business partners, metrics team, and other control groups. Associate will have the opportunity to make recommendations and provide effective input to accomplish project objectives. As well as manage projects to timelines, and produce deliverables for presentation to Procurement Office leadership.

 

Responsibilities and Duties

The second track offers the opportunity to work in the Vendor Management function within the Office of the Chief Procurement Officer. Intern will learn how to enhance their communication and presentation skills, build consensus among different teams with competing priorities, and how to thrive in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment. The responsibilities and duties associated with this opportunity are: