Finance and Operations Intern (Remote)

About Lakeshore Academy

Students take core academics, AP courses, arts, music and career and technical education. Athletics, robotics, FFA, theater and band fill the after-school schedule. Founded in 1964, we now have 80 employees. Teachers work 187 days a year, with summers off.

About the role

Help the Strategy and Finance build budgets, track spend against plan and prepare investor-ready reports. Remote position. Most of the team is in McKinney, but nobody is required to come in. You can set your own hours around a daily morning check-in. We talk mostly in Slack and hop on quick calls when something needs discussing.

Day to day

• Maintain the monthly closing checklist and chase pending items.
• Assist with investor data requests and keep the data room folder organised.
• Collect expense data from department heads and reconcile it with the books.
• Research industry benchmarks and competitor financials from annual reports.
• Track vendor payments and upcoming dues in a cash flow sheet.

Requirements

• Based in the US for the duration of the internship.
• Authorized to work in the US. CPT and OPT candidates are welcome to apply.
• Available 40 hours a week for the full internship.
• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's program, graduating 2027 or 2028.
• Clear written English for reports and emails.
• Able to keep financial information confidential.
• Strong MS Excel: VLOOKUP or XLOOKUP, SUMIFS, pivot tables and basic charts.

Bonus points

• Knowledge of startup metrics like ARR, burn rate and runway.

What you get out of it

• You will present a short finance update to the founders at least once.
• How a growing company budgets, forecasts and reports to investors.
• Building financial models that are used for real decisions.
• Month-end close and variance analysis in practice.

Duration: 5 months

Start date: Jan 2027

Stipend: $23.50 to $29.50/hr

Perks

• Final presentation to leadership.
• Intern events and speaker sessions (virtual)
• Learning and development stipend.
• Flexible hours.

Duration: 5 months. Start: Jan 2027.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Lakeshore Academy, LLC.