
Intern - Corporate Accounting & Financial Reporting
Part-timeDes Moines, IATemporary / Full-time / Part-time$20–25/hrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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Job overview
The internship supports Berkshire Hathaway Energy’s corporate accounting group while providing guided development for college students pursuing a bachelor’s degree in accounting or a related field. Interns work across external and internal reporting, financial planning and analysis, and information technology. The position is temporary and full-time from May through August 2027, with summer events and opportunities to apply college learning to company objectives.
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JOB DESCRIPTION
The purpose of the internship position is to support the Berkshire Hathaway Energy (BHE) corporate accounting group and cultivate college students that are pursuing a bachelor’s degree in accounting or related field by providing experience and guided development. Interns will provide support on a variety of work assignments from External Reporting, Internal Reporting, Financial Planning and Analysis and Information Technology. The intern will have the opportunity to apply knowledge and skills learned in college to help achieve the company’s objectives. The position is temporary, nonexempt, and full-time from May-August 2027.
Internship Program Overview
Interns will have the opportunity to participate in the annual three-day summer intern event in Des Moines, Iowa where they will have the opportunity to tour state-of-the-art facilities, network with leadership, and gain a broader understanding of MidAmerican Energy Company. Other panels, lunch and learns, and events will be happening throughout the summer to give our interns the best experience.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Primary Job Duties and Responsibilities
Report, analyze and interpret financial, regulatory and operating data for management and corporate accounting functions.
Support the accounting close deadlines by analyzing financial data, completing journal documentation and preparing and distributing various reports.
Research, analyze and interpret financial statistics, variances and accounting reports for management.
Present results of research and analyses and provide recommendations in written and verbal presentation formats. Use computer-based systems and software to compile and prepare reports, graphs and charts of data developed to include in the presentations.
Prepare various work papers, schedules and responses to information and data requests in support of BHE’s United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reports.
Assist in the review of BHE’s non-registrant subsidiaries’ financial statements.
Participate in the research, resolution and documentation of accounting and SEC reporting issues.
Act as a resource for technical accountants in preparing and reviewing work and providing information to enhance co-worker’s knowledge and skills.
Assist in the coordination and management of the BHE annual consolidated 10-year financial plan development.
Assist with monitoring monthly financial transactional IT general accounting operations and processing, ensuring consistent general ledger coding and accounting, financial reporting and financial analysis.
Assist in the execution of the BHE corporate accounting group’s annual improvement initiatives.
Perform any additional responsibilities as requested or assigned.
Performance Expectations
Participate on teams that result in achievement of team goals and objectives.
Perform responsibilities in support of the departments and BHE’s goals.
Perform responsibilities as directed within determined time frames and with a high degree of accuracy.
Establish and maintain effective work relationships within the department and the BHE organization.
Maintain sensitive and confidential information.
Support BHE’s employee policies and procedures, including workplace safety rules.
Monitor and enforce all compliance requirements for areas of responsibility.
QUALIFICATIONS
Skills for Success
Strong personal computer skills; proficiency in Word, Excel and PowerPoint; demonstrated ability to understand and utilize computer systems and applications as tools for analysis.
Excellent oral and written communication skills, including presentation skills.
Effective interpersonal and teamwork skills, along with leadership qualities.
Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills.
Effective analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills to interpret economic, financial and accounting information, understanding of accounting practices and principles, interpretation and development of financial statements, and financial analysis methods and tools.
Project management skills, ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks and projects concurrently.
Qualifications
Pursuing a bachelor’s degree in accounting or related field.
Must be available to work summer 2027.
JOB INFO
Job Identification: 10005971
Job Category: Internship
Job Schedule: Part time
Job Shift: Day
Pay Range: $20.00 - $25.00
Sponsorship: No - Must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future sponsorship.
Business: Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company
How this job compares
Set against the 1,460 open Financial Reporting jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 29, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$20–25/hr
- US median$36–42/hr52 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $22.50/hr, is 42% below the US median midpoint ($39/hr) — in the lowest quarter of Financial Reporting hourly ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 11 open Financial Reporting jobs in Iowa and 1,460 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most across the US
- Deloitte199 open
- Robert Half Finance & Accounting130 open
- Grant Thornton41 open
- Experience
- Financial Reporting postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 6 years (1,277 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 920 of the 1,460 open Financial Reporting jobs (63%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 29, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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