Internal Audit Intern
Have you ever wanted to intern inside the cloud?
Based in New York, DigitalOcean is a dynamic, high-growth technology company that serves a robust and passionate community of developers, teams, and businesses around the world. We believe that today’s entrepreneurs are changing the world through software. Our mission is to empower these entrepreneurs by bringing modern app development within reach for any developer, anywhere in the world.
We want an intern who is passionate about creating products that you and your peers would love.
As an intern at DO, you will have the opportunity to work on multiple projects leveraging your business or technology related degree to help DO identify areas of automation, mature business processes, internal controls and enhance financial systems.
What You’ll Be Doing:
- Assist with the documentation of the design of internal control documentation including risk & control matrices, process & system flowcharts to support compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX).
- Assist with an audit over our software spend guided by the Internal Audit Manager to identify savings for the company.
- Conduct a feasibility study on how Robotic Process Automation (RPA) can assist with the new hire and employee terminations audit procedures.
- Contribute in a meaningful way to DO’s implementation of a new Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system by working with the Financial Systems Manager and business users on data migration, security design and other aspects of the project.
- Map ERP design decisions to the mitigation of key control risks identified by Internal Audit.
- Complete ERP training relevant to the areas where you’ll assist (i.e., security, data migration, etc.)
- Report to the Director of Internal Audit and work alongside the Manager of Internal Audit and the Financial Systems Manager.
What We’ll Expect From You:
- Ability to keep track of assigned tasks and report on status
- Be comfortable to ask questions to better understand the work at hand
- High degree of attention to detail
- Ability to work independently on assigned tasks in a fast-paced environment
- Problem-solving and critical thinking skills
- Ability to quickly and concisely research and collect data from unique places
- Ability to synthesize data and convey information in a meaningful way
- A flexible attitude with respect to work assignments and new learning
- Experience with software such as MS Word, MS Excel (bonus: advanced skills), PowerPoint, G-Suite (Docs, Sheets, Presentation) and Visio or Lucid Charts
- Accounting or related degree. A concentration in management information systems, business analytics or other business technology related areas is a plus
- Other majors will be considered with a concentration in accounting or a related area
- No travel
Why You’ll Like Being An Intern At DigitalOcean:
- We have amazing people. We can promise you will work with some of the smartest and most interesting people in the industry. We work hard but we always have fun doing it. We care deeply about each other and take our “no jerks” rule very seriously.
- We value development. We are a high-performance organization that is always challenging ourselves to continuously grow. That means we maintain a growth mindset in everything we do and invest deeply in employee development. You’ll need to be great to be an intern here, and we promise you’ll get even better.
- We want you to love where you work. We have a great office space located in the heart of SoHo NYC and offer daily catered lunches to keep your hunger at bay. We will offer intern meetups and outings throughout the program to connect you with your fellow interns and the DO community.
- We value diversity and inclusivity. We are an equal opportunity employer and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
This role is a summer 2020 internship located in our NYC office.
Department: Finance
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