Summer 2025 Accounting/Finance Internship

Houston, Texas


Employer: Koch Industries
Industry: Accounting & Finance
Salary: Competitive
Job type: Full-Time







Summer 2025 Accounting & Finance Analyst Internship

Your Job

Koch Inc. is seeking a Summer 2025 Accounting and Finance Analyst Intern who is excited about discovering their passions and potential while gaining real experience within our companies that creates value for our customers.

This posting is specifically for our Koch Resource Companies with the opportunity located in Houston/Katy, TX OR Scottsdale, AZ.

Who We Are

Koch Inc. creates and innovates a wide spectrum of products and services that make life better. Our work spans a vast number of industries across the world, including engineered technology, refining, chemicals and polymers, pulp and paper, glass, electronics and many more. Headquartered in Wichita, Kansas, Koch employs 120,000+ employees across the globe.

At Koch, interns gain real-world, hands-on experience, with the opportunity to tackle significant projects, problem-solve, and take ownership of their work. Alongside your day-to-day role, the Koch Intern Program offers an opportunity to learn more about Koch, our people, Principle Based Management, and the local community you will be working in, all while growing your network. Through weekly learning sessions, location-specific programming, and professional development, we aim to help every individual grow and learn how they can best contribute. This 12-week program will allow you to experience Life at Koch , as you start your career and go anywhere within our network of companies.

Our Team

At Koch Inc., our mission is to help people improve their lives by making and innovating valuable products and services. We have a variety of companies that work in many industries and create thousands of essential products that you use every day.

This posting is specifically for our Koch Resource Companies with the opportunity located in Wichita, Kansas. Depending on performance and business needs, our entry-level position will also be based in Wichita, Kansas.

What You Will Do

As a global company spanning multiple industries, Koch Inc. continues to transform the way we do business. In one of our many business roles, you will be right in the middle of finding new ways to move the world forward. Choosing the right place to start a successful accounting, analyst, or tax career is challenging. Koch Inc. stands apart, providing a combination of diverse roles, abundant resources, personalized development, and a work/life balance that encourages less burnout and greater satisfaction.

Our interns work alongside experienced accountants and analysts to solve real problems and offer insights that benefit society through improving our products and services. In addition to being a contributor on their team, interns at Koch Companies explore our unique Principle-Based Management culture, partner with interns from other disciplines on case studies, learn key business concepts and Koch mental models, and engage with leaders to learn more about business transformation, our work in society, and more. These are just a few key aspects of our internship program.

Selected candidates may be placed in one of the following (but not limited to) areas of concentration:
  • Traditional Accounting
    • Gain hands-on experience in traditional accounting practices, including general ledger management, financial statement preparation, and account reconciliation.
  • Transactional & Financial Accounting/Analysis
    • Gain exposure to transactional systems and analytical reporting tools while supporting business operations and decision making. Take initiative and ownership over balance sheet reconciliations and journal entry activities.
  • Financial Planning and Analysis
    • Planning, forecasting, budgeting, and analytical activities that support our company's major business decisions and overall financial health. Analyze operating costs of manufacturing sites or capabilities. Build trend analysis to depict planned spend versus actual spend. Recommend optimization points of view.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
  • Eligible for full-time employment no later than summer 2026
  • Enrolled in a degree program related to Accounting, Finance, Tax, Economics, or Data Analytics
  • Able to work in the US without sponsorship

What will Put You Ahead
  • Strong Microsoft Excel skills
  • Strong critical and entrepreneurial thinking skills
  • Initiative, natural curiosity, strong communication skills, and an aptitude for fast-paced learning
  • Experience with data analytics platforms, business process technology, and basic coding skills such as PowerBI, Alteryx, or Tableau

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information.

Created: 2024-08-22
Reference: 160989
Country: United States
State: Texas
City: Houston
ZIP: 77069