Finance Intern - Accounting & Finance Transformation

The community you will join:

Airbnb is seeking an intern to join the Accounting and Finance Transformation teams for our 2025 Summer Intern Program from May 19 2025 - August 8 2025 .

If hired you’ll have the opportunity to work with both the Accounting team and Finance Transformation team. The Accounting team maintains accurate financial data by executing a timely global accounting close to support Airbnb's strive to be a 21st century company.  The Finance Transformation team is a strategic initiative that  aims to align an organization’s finance function with its overall goals. Finance transformation can take place in optimizing accounting and finance processes organizational change financial capabilities (i.e. new technology) training and analysis. The purpose of the finance transformation team is to lead and improve efficiency and effectiveness across finance cost savings and ultimately support the company’s strategic initiatives/goals.

Both teams provide an opportunity to collaborate cross-functionally with other Finance teams to support the business.

The difference you will make:

You’ll work with the Accounting team on on ad hoc projects as part of our accounting roadmap to maintain a 3 day OPEX close update our Smartsheets dashboard/webpage for the general ledger team reconcile and book our travel transactions help with month-end accruals ARCS reconciliation automations SOX controls month-close metrics and journal entry completeness. You can expect to assist in optimizing and standardizing current processes by building reports analyze data and leverage automation tools to improve efficiency and drive performance.

On the Finance Transformation team you’ll have the opportunity to focus on understanding the cross functional collaboration between the finance and system teams. You’ll work alongside the team to learn about process optimization and new tools. You’ll build metrics around finance optimization initiatives and month end close metrics. You can expect to project manage finance transformation initiatives assist with communication to the finance organization work cross functionally with the Alteryx program and attend project meetings.

A typical day:

As an intern you’ll be integrated into the Accounting and Finance Transformation team where you’ll contribute to impactful projects. Your manager team and our incredible employee community will strive to be Superhosts to you during the summer. We provide the support mentorship fun and real world experience needed to accelerate your learning and make a real impact on our product as Airbnb revolutionizes connection belonging and travel. You can expect to:

• Collaborate with multiple team members to achieve project milestones

• Communicate with stakeholders across different teams to provide project updates

• Seek and provide feedback throughout the internship

• Actively participate in and contribute to the Finance team and broader Airbnb community

Your expertise:

This opportunity is for first-year Masters in Accounting students (preferred) and Masters in Finance students with the following background:

• You are a full-time student graduating between December 2025 - Spring 2026

• Proficient in Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets including advanced knowledge of formulas pivot tables and data analysis tools

• Excellent communication and analytical skills with the ability to clearly articulate thoughts insights and problem-solving approaches

• Strong attention to detail with a focus on accuracy and precision in work

• Strong organizational skills and excellent time management with the ability to manage multiple projects and tasks simultaneously

• Passion for the Airbnb mission and product; experience with the platform is a plus!

• Work authorization for employment in the United States is required (CPT/OPT is accepted) - visa sponsorship and relocation to the US is unavailable

Preferred but not expected:

• Previous experience internship or full-time experience in accounting

• Experience with productivity and project management tools such as SmartSheets and Asana as well as Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems like Oracle and NetSuite

Your location:

This position is US - Remote Eligible. The role may include occasional work at an Airbnb office or attendance at offsites as agreed to with your manager. While the position is Remote Eligible you must live in a state where Airbnb Inc. has a registered entity. Click here for the up-to-date list of excluded states. This list is continuously evolving so please check back with us if the state you live in is on the exclusion list. If your position is employed by another Airbnb entity your recruiter will inform you what states you are eligible to work from.

How to apply:

Submit your resume and a cover letter that addresses the questions below by Friday February 14 2025 (11:59pm PST) :

• Which Airbnb Core Value most resonates with you and why?

• What do you hope to gain from this internship with the Strategic Finance & Analytics Team?

• Select one of the experiences/projects listed on your resume and expand on why it makes you a strong candidate for this role.

Our commitment to inclusion & belonging:

Airbnb is committed to working with the broadest talent pool possible. We believe diverse ideas foster innovation and engagement and allow us to attract creatively-led people and to develop the best products services and solutions. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply.

We strive to also provide a disability inclusive application and interview process. If you are a candidate with a disability and require reasonable accommodation in order to submit an application please contact us at: [email protected] . Please include your full name the role you’re applying for and the accommodation necessary to assist you with the recruiting process.

We ask that you only reach out to us if you are a candidate whose disability prevents you from being able to complete our online application.

How we’ll take care of you:

Our job titles may span more than one career or degree level. This role may also be eligible for benefits and Employee Travel Credits.

Currency: USD Pay rate: $32.00