Finance & Accounting Analyst Intern

ABOUT THE ROLE

Scientech Research is looking for Finance & Fund Accounting Interns to join our team.

This is a project-based internship for students interested in the intersection of fund accounting, finance, investment operations, and automation. Rather than focusing primarily on routine accounting tasks, you will work on real-world projects involving financial reconciliation, controls, public-market data, fund operations, and finance technology.

The goal is to give you hands-on exposure to how Finance operates within a quantitative trading firm while developing the analytical judgment and attention to detail required in a buy-side environment.

WHAT YOU'LL WORK ON

- Reconciliation & Financial Analysis: Rebuild and reconcile financial or holdings data, investigate breaks, and identify the underlying drivers of differences.

- Financial Controls: Develop tools to identify potential errors in financial workbooks, such as inconsistent formulas, hardcoded values, broken links, and other control issues.

- Finance Technology: Evaluate reconciliation, close management, AP automation, document extraction, and other finance technology solutions.

- Fund Tax & Operations Research: Research how investment managers approach tax screening, operational controls, exception management, and coordination with fund administrators, prime brokers, and tax advisers.

- Turn your analysis into clear workpapers, process maps, control frameworks, and recommendations that can be reviewed and used by the team.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

- Currently pursuing a Bachelor's, Master's, or other advanced degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field

- Strong interest in fund accounting, asset management finance, financial operations, or financial controls

- Strong attention to detail and a willingness to investigate when numbers don't tie or something doesn't make sense

- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including comfort with open-ended problems

- Proficiency in Excel

- Ability to independently organize your work and communicate findings clearly

- Strong written and verbal communication skills

NICE TO HAVE

- Knowledge of US GAAP, partnership accounting, auditing, investment funds, or fund structures

- Previous experience in accounting, audit, asset management, fund administration, or financial operations

- Experience with Python, VBA, Power Query, or other data/automation tools

- CPA or CFA coursework/candidacy

WHAT YOU'LL GAIN

- Buy-side exposure: Learn how fund accounting, financial controls, and operations work within a quantitative trading firm.

- Project ownership: Work on substantive projects with real deliverables rather than primarily administrative tasks.

- Finance × Technology: Gain experience applying data and automation to traditional finance and accounting problems.

- Independent problem-solving: Learn how to investigate discrepancies, challenge assumptions, and turn ambiguous problems into structured solutions.