Financial Systems & Solutions Intern (Summer 2027)

About the Role

The Financial Systems & Solutions Intern will support the Accounting organization by assisting with ERP configurations, process enhancements, and system-driven issue resolution across the Americas region. This role provides exposure to accounting operations, financial systems, process improvement initiatives, and cross-functional collaboration with Accounting, Finance, IT, and business stakeholders. The intern will help identify opportunities to improve efficiency, data integrity, reporting, and system controls while gaining hands-on experience with enterprise financial systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Support ERP system configuration activities, testing efforts, and documentation updates.
• Assist in identifying, troubleshooting, and resolving accounting and financial system issues.
• Analyze business processes and recommend system or process enhancements to improve efficiency and effectiveness.
• Support user acceptance testing (UAT) for system enhancements, upgrades, and new functionality.
• Assist in maintaining process documentation, standard operating procedures, and training materials.
• Partner with Accounting, Finance, and IT teams to gather business requirements and support solution development.
• Help monitor and validate financial data integrity within ERP and reporting systems.
• Support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end activities as needed through system and reporting analysis.
• Develop reports, dashboards, and data analyses to support business and accounting needs.
• Participate in continuous improvement initiatives focused on automation, standardization, and process optimization.
• Assist with special projects and ad hoc analyses as assigned.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, Business Analytics, or a related field.
• Completed at least two years of undergraduate coursework.
• Basic understanding of accounting principles and financial processes.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel.
• Rising Junior or Senior preferred.
• Minimum GPA of 3.0 preferred.
• No special physical requirements.
• No specific environmental demands.
• No travel required or minimal travel (<5%) as needed.

Qualifications

• Interest in financial systems, ERP platforms, accounting technology, or process improvement.
• Experience with data analysis, reporting, or business process mapping.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to organize and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
• Self-starter with a continuous improvement mindset and strong attention to detail.
• Exposure to ERP systems such as Oracle, SAP, JD Edwards, or similar platforms is a plus.

About Vertiv

Vertiv (NYSE: VRT) brings together hardware, software, analytics and ongoing services to enable its customers’ vital applications to run continuously, perform optimally and grow with their business needs. Vertiv solves the most important challenges facing today’s data centers, communication networks, and commercial and industrial facilities with a portfolio of power, cooling and IT infrastructure solutions and services that extend from the cloud to the edge of the network. Headquartered in Westerville, Ohio, USA, Vertiv employs around 34,000 people and does business in more than 130 countries.