Finance & Accounting Intern at Legend Biotech in Somerset, NJ

Summary: Legend Biotech is a global biotechnology company dedicated to treating life-threatening diseases. They are seeking a Finance & Accounting Intern to join their Accounting Team for the 2026 Summer Internship Program, where the intern will rotate through various Finance & Accounting groups and support key financial activities. Responsibilities: - Intern will rotate on a weekly or bi-weekly basis to the different Finance & Accounting groups covering: US Accounting, RoW (Ireland, Belgium, Cayman) Accounting, Accounts Payable, External Reporting & Technical Accounting, Internal Audit, Master Data Governance - Key responsibilities will include, but are not limited to, supporting the following activities: Month-end close of accounting books including all month-end activities like accruals, account reconciliations, processing invoices, manual journal entries, etc - Post-close financial analysis of actual results - Ingesting and processing third-party and intercompany invoices - Consolidation of quarter-end financial statements and disclosures and preparation of external SEC filings - Technical Accounting research and analyses of business transactions and events - Internal audits including operational audits against company policies and compliance and exposure to internal audit support of the external audit - Master data governance within ERP systems for Finance & Accounting - Leveraging automation, technology, and GenAI for process efficiency and enhanced task performance - Support decision-making by analyzing financial data and summarizing key insights Required Qualifications: - In process bachelor's or master's degree of accounting, finance, or professional business degree - Junior year or higher for undergraduate students with all introduction coursework completed in fundamental accounting principles (ideally intermediate accounting), Finance, and/or Economics - Interest in becoming a CPA or FP&A professional - Basic skills with Microsoft 365 applications, especially excel - Familiarity with automation concepts and GenAI tools - Strong ownership of task completion - Strong analytical and problem-solving skills Required Skills: Accounting, Finance Important Skills: Microsoft 365 Nice-to-Have Skills: Analytical skills, Automation concepts, GenAI tools