At Walmart, you’ll combine massive number crunching with a healthy dose of strategy to analyze new products, evaluate operations in emerging markets, and mitigate risk. You can guide financial decisions with analytics, performance management, forecasting, insights, and financial modeling—all at the world’s largest retailer.
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While maneuvering through large, complex collections of data, you don’t lose sight of even the tiniest detail.
Know your stuff
Your deep understanding of complex business problems allows you to quickly implement solutions.
Don't back down
You like a good challenge and don’t back down from large, complex problems. You dive right in.
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- Demonstrates up-to-date expertise and applies this to the development, execution, and improvement of action plans
- Manages complex tax and compliance projects
- Models compliance with company policies and procedures and supports company mission, values, and standards of ethics and integrity
- Provides and supports the implementation of business solutions
- Supports and maintains company tax payment and collection policies and processes (for example, compliance, audit)
- Supports and maintains tax compliance and procedural documentation
- Supports department training and mentoring initiatives
- Demonstrates up-to-date expertise and applies this to the development, execution, and improvement of action plans
- Executing processes in area of expertise across different areas of the Company to ensure efficiency and compliance by, establishing timelines, workflows, and requirements (for example, internal and external audits, third-party vendor audits); supporting and developing training and creating, verifying, and distributing necessary documentation in compliance with regulatory requirements (for example, Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) or Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)) for auditing and reviewing results; managing and verifying functioning of key process and controls; and loading appropriate financial information.
- Models compliance with company policies and procedures and supports company mission, values, and standards of ethics and integrity
- Performing analysis and ensures accuracy of information and compliance with regulatory requirements (for example, Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), payroll, HPPA) in area of expertise by, creating, maintaining, and ensuring accuracy of system queries; comparing data with third-party information, budgets, or actual results; analyzing and researching risks or compliance concerns; analyzing financial data, key performance indicators (KPI), and metrics; evaluating trends and reviewing results for accuracy(for example, reviewing actual performance to plan, identifying gaps, updating forecasts, and recommending actions to correct course of performance, fraud or risk areas, correcting unusual or unexpected balances, remediating noted deficiencies, balance sheet reconciliations, balance sheet account variances); utilizing financial models, plans, and tools; and conducting analyses for special and recurring projects (for example, regulatory changes, segregation of duties for fraud prevention, testing and maintaining process controls).
- Provides and supports the implementation of business solutions
- Provides customer service and reporting in area of responsibility by, providing reports and communicating results (for example, monthly executive summaries, month-end close, budget updates, plans, progress updates on programs and initiatives, reconciliation results, and key metrics) preparing financial information and supporting documentation in accordance with regulatory requirements and audits; supporting key business processes (for example, budgeting and planning), serves as an information resource, providing guidance, and recommendations based on defined policies and practices; supporting relationships with key stakeholders (for example, the leadership of Shared Services, third-party vendors, Finance, Operations, People, Information Systems Divisions, Compliance and Legal departments) to deliver solutions and support; and resolving issues, answering questions, obtaining information, and providing documentation (for example, explaining and resolving variances and anomalies in account balances, representing the business for external audits).
- Supports projects or process improvements in area of expertise by, identifying, recommending, and supporting the implementation of process improvements and action plans (for example, financial statement closing process, internal and external business factors and risks); participating in the development of key initiatives and objectives across different areas of the company to resolve operational and process issues (for example, audit testing, audit plans); executing processes to ensure efficiency and compliance; and communicating with external departments (for example, Walmart Technology) to resolve process issues
- The Walmart Corporate Global Audit Services Internship is a highly visible 10-week program designed to provide experiential learning and development opportunities for undergraduates. All internships are located at the Walmart Corporate office in Bentonville, Arkansas.
As an intern, you will have an opportunity to work on challenging and innovative projects that will drive our business forward. Each intern will work on one or multiple strategically relevant projects that impact not only our business, but our customers. You will put classroom theory to the test by working on real business issues, as they relate to finance, accounting and business processes at the world’s largest retailer.
Throughout your internship, you will receive leadership development, professional mentorship and technical training via cohort-based learning environments. The Audit interns also have exclusive exposure to the CFO and Senior Finance Leadership through the Finance Leadership Speaker series. In addition, you will gain valuable insight into all aspects of the Audit department, through direct interaction with current associates, and have an opportunity to see their career paths first-hand.
There are many events for all interns company-wide which are sponsored by the Corporate Intern Program, i.e. Executive Speaker Series, Community Volunteering, Intern/Executive Softball Game, Distribution Center tour, and Naturals Baseball game. These events allow you to learn more about Walmart and socialize with interns from across the company.
Within Global Audit Services, it is expected that you participate in the full life cycle of an audit project. You will be given specific project responsibilities, which range from planning the audit engagement to writing the audit report. Through the audit project, you will develop a thorough understanding of how to evaluate and control risk. You will deliver the results of the audit to senior Audit and Business leadership and help to recommend actions plans to resolve issues. Learn More - The Opportunity
Endless opportunities abound at the Fortune 1 company to jump start your post-college career via the Finance Rotational Program summer Accounting & Finance Development Program (AFDP) internship. We are searching for exceptional leader-potential students, to not only participate in the internship, but who also have an interest in a full-time position in the exclusive two-year Accounting & Finance Development Program (AFDP), upon graduation. Each year, only 14 candidates are selected for the AFDP Program, to launch their career in an accelerated development program that places them on a career fast track at the world’s largest retailer. Program participants also have the opportunity to be selected for an in-market international rotation. Opportunities also exist for rotations at our Global eCommerce complex in Silicon Valley.
The Internship
The opportunity begins with the internship. During the fast-paced 10-week internship, opportunities will exist to work on challenging and innovative strategically-relevant projects that will drive our business forward, and impact not only the business, but our customers. Through hands-on experience, you’ll learn how to immediately navigate and own a project, while working in a dynamic team environment. Accounting and finance experience can be gained through an internship on a team in Strategy, Operations, Merchandising, Treasury, Tax, Controller’s Office, Supply Chain, Marketing, Real Estate and Forecasting, Planning & Analysis (FP&A).
The Experience
There is no substitute for feet-on-the-ground experience. You will experience culture-in-action by participating in the Walmart Annual Shareholders’ Meeting and other events with Walmart associates from around the world. You’ll also benefit from leadership development, professional mentorship and technical training. Finance and accounting interns also have exclusive exposure to the Senior Walmart Leaders, including CEO/CFO-level executives. One highlight of the summer is the intern lunch hosted by the CFO. Life-long relationships will be developed with other interns through company-wide events sponsored by the Corporate Intern Program. i.e. Community Volunteering, Distribution Center Tours, Store Tours, Community Events. These activities allow you to learn more about Walmart and socialize with interns from across the company. All internships are paid, with housing and relocation benefits as well. Learn More - Demonstrates up-to-date expertise and applies this to the development, execution, and improvement of action plans
- Drives and ensures accuracy and integrity of tax returns, forms, and audits
- Drives support for the global income tax department
- Manages highly complex federal and state income tax returns, forms, and United States reporting of international operations)
- Models compliance with company policies and procedures and supports company mission, values, and standards of ethics and integrity
- Provides and supports the implementation of business solutions
