Early Careers: Accounting/Finance - Internship Summer 2024 -Philadelphia

Job Description

Employment-based non-immigrant visa sponsorship and/or assistance is not offered for this specific job opportunity.

The Business

Create your future. The Finance function serves both internal and external customers: Colleagues within our Company, client organizations, shareholders, financial institutions, vendors and regulatory agencies around the world. We focus on the following:

Managing shareholder and Wall Street relationships in support of the Company’s stock. Coordinating forecasting, budgeting, and consolidated financial analytics; supporting business leaders in meeting financial objectives.Ensuring effective global governance over financial matters and compliance with various regulatory bodies around the world, including the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s financial reporting requirements and the financial control requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Act of 2002. Supporting the request for proposal (RFP) process for the businesses by overseeing contract language and financial thresholds for investments, pricing, and profitability.Supporting the businesses’ daily transaction activity, particularly related to payroll, time and expense recording, billing and cash collection, revenue recognition, and accounts payable.Ensuring tax efficiency and appropriate statutory compliance with government agencies. Managing banking and insurance relationships to ensure adequate liquidity and risk management for the continuing support and growth of the Company.Managing all global business processes on an effective and efficient basis with a mindset of continuous improvement.

Explore An Opportunity. As a Finance Associate, You Will Be Part Of a Collaborative Team In One Of Our Five Domains Of Finance Which Include

Business PartnershipsControllershipCenters of ExpertiseGlobal Process OwnersFinance Operations Network

Skills

Love your work. WTW Finance offers a range of career paths to suit individual skills and interests. You will provide support on projects in one or more of the following teams:

Controllership/Accounting - This role will support the WTW Controllership team in the planning, execution, and monitoring of audit related tasks relating to 2024 SOX Program and Transformation Initiatives with SOX impact. Key responsibilities include SOX controls identification, process/controls walkthroughs, testing of controls, drafting of test conclusion summary, and working/liaising with external and internal auditors. In addition, there are ad hoc tasks relating to monitoring of Finance Management Action Plans resulting from internal audit findings.Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) - This role will support the WTW FP&A team by taking on reporting and analytical projects to assist in business and corporate function financial management. Key responsibilities include the following: analyzing P&L trends, preparing key business metrics reports for use by management and functional leads, and collaborating on ways to improve process/efficiency of work product.

We support graduates to develop a broad range of technical and soft skills. This breadth of knowledge across the finance function will allow you to identify which topics you find most interesting and explore them further. There are also opportunities to contribute to extra-curricular projects.

As part of a forward-thinking organization, you will work in an inclusive environment that recognizes the importance of diversity of thought in achieving success. Our aim is to attract talent who love to work collaboratively; who value differences; who are willing to move fast even in uncertainty; and who learn and adapt as they move forward.