Finance/Accounting Summer Intern

FINANCE/ACCOUNTING SUMMER INTERN

DAIKIN

Daikin is the world’s #1 indoor comfort provider and a leading innovator and worldwide provider of advanced, high-quality air conditioning and heating solutions for residential, commercial and industrial applications. Located just outside of Houston, Texas, the Daikin Texas Technology Park allows Daikin to consolidate manufacturing, engineering, logistics, marketing and sales for Goodman®, Amana® and Daikin brand unitary heating and air conditioning products in a 4.2 million square foot state-of-the-art manufacturing and business campus. The facility is designed from the ground up to encourage collaboration and innovation.

WORK WITH A LEADER

Daikin has a robust and established internship program. Our 10 to 12-week summer program provides students with the opportunity to work individually and in groups. Our interns make an impact on real projects that help our businesses succeed and achieve their goals. The success of our employees is what helps define our success as an organization. That’s why we instill a culture of training, mentorship, and opportunity. Here, our work runs on collaboration, and our people have the confidence to ask questions, challenge ideas, and solve problems in unexpected ways. As part of Daikin, our team members have immense opportunities to grow—and the confidence of working in a strong and expanding industry.  

SUMMER INTERNSHIP

During the internship, college students will:

● Work on an individual project with your direct team

● Work with other interns on a group project

● Interact with leadership in the company, including VPs

● Network across functions and teams

● Participate in social and team-building activities

JOB REQUIREMENTS

● Must not require sponsorship now or in the future 

● Graduation Dates:  December 2025 - May 2027

JOB REQUIREMENTS

Finance and accounting professionals at Daikin are responsible for budgeting, forecasting, analyzing and reporting the company’s financial and operational performance. The company employs well over 100 finance and accounting professionals in various disciplines. Thorough planning and reporting are an integral part of Daikin’s culture, so it is important that we continue to bring in talented professionals with this skill set. It is important that candidates are detail-oriented, enjoy problem solving, are energetic and excellent communicators.  

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES

● Participate and support the planning team in forecasting for various business segments; Roles are available in sales, manufacturing, corporate planning, accounting, logistics, procurement and engineering. 

● Participate in business re-engineering process and continuously identify workflow efficiency-improvement and cost-savings opportunities

● Provide support in ad hoc business analysis and projects, providing useful recommendations to streamline the organization

● Work on the new/existing business and special projects focusing on the business plans, models, industry comparable including review/preparation of multi-year P&L

● Assist with analysis of macro-economic conditions used to provide advice to company leadership before they make financial decisions

● Organize data into accessible reports and perform various types of analysis using key metrics

● Study past financial reports and future investment forecasts

● Prepare visual models of financial information and present them to the company management to discuss investment strategies and budgetary needs

● Create various Excel and Anaplan reports to provide analysis per management requests

● Developing an understanding of key business drivers

● Perform additional projects/duties to support ongoing business needs

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:

During the internship, college students will gain the below skills:

● Work with Excel, PowerPoint and Anaplan and other finance tools 

● Demonstrate analytical, quantitative & creative problem-solving skills

● Effective written & verbal communication skills

● Effective organizational & time management skills including prioritizing skills

● Solid collaboration abilities; professional & diplomatic team builder

● Ability to work independently on multiple tasks and projects

● Ability to apply good judgment, decision-making skills including strong work ethics & integrity on the job