Internships
Internships are academic course where students work 10 hours without pay and simultaneously attend a three hour course with Dr. Birnbaum. The following companies generally participate in our Internship Program:
Deloitte & Touche, Accounting: Assist with public accounting functions. Must have completed intermediate accounting. 3.0+ GPA required
Ducks Unlimited, Accounting: Assist with preparation for year-end audit; assist with general ledger work; prepare Federal Form 990s; assist with state filings.
Ernst & Young, Accounting: Must have completed intermediate accounting. 3.0+ GPA required.
First Tennessee Bank, Finance/Accounting: Analyze productivity and profitability statements. Intern will also work on a specific project pending individual interests. Work requires 9 hours of business classes; knowledge of Lotus 1-2-3 helpful.
First Tennessee Bank, Marketing: Assist in competitive analysis of products to assist with pricing and appropriate marketing. Assist in completing consumer product reports.
First Tennessee Bank, Lender Support: Assist with industry reports; requires strong analytical skills.
Gyrus ENT, (formerly Smith & Nephew ENT) Market Research: Conduct market research for ENT products. Conduct phase interviews and formal research of market information and statistical data to help division establish priorities for new market entry. Must have entry-level statistics/market research background; basic spreadsheet skills.
Gyrus ENT, Human Resources: Assist with job description updates to reflect new or modified job functions; prepare a position training requirements analysis for positions to be attached to all job descriptions to assist in compliance of ISO standards; update employee training records for ISO compliance.
Gyrus ENT, Finance: Assist with fixed asset physical and reconciliation; assist with AR sales tax audit and reconciliation.
KMPG, Accounting: Public accounting. Must have completed intermediate accounting. 3.0+ GPA required.
Lancaster Financial Services of Memphis, Financial Planning: Use financial planning software to prepare financial plans; research mutual funds using Morningstar; assist in life and disability analysis.
Medtronic Sofamor Danek, Marketing: Assist in the day to day product sales analysis to document trends, sales potential, and seasonality of products to be used in forecasting process.
Mercer Capital Management, Financial Analyst: Assist with preparation and delivery of business valuation opinions, transaction advisory services, and related analysis and consulting. May also assist with research department. Must have a 3.0+ GPA overall and in major.
Morgan Keegan & Co., Corporate Finance: Assist Investment banker in evaluating companies′ financial strategy and determine best course of action; assist with financial modeling and analysis, presentation creation and assembly, due diligence and document drafting. Overall/major GPA of 3.5+ strongly preferred.
Morgan Keegan & Co., Accounting: Must have completed intermediate accounting. 3.0+ GPA required.
Morgan Keegan & Co., Investment Banking: Details to follow. Must have
strong interest in investment banking. Overall/major GPA of 3.5+ strongly preferred.
Morgan Keegan & Co., Financial Product: Assist the Financial Products Group in supporting the Public Finance Bankers to identify, price and close derivative transactions throughout the Southeast. Assist in prospecting forward bond derivative candidates by analyzing the outstanding debt of a Municipality. Overall/major GPA of 3.5+ strongly preferred.
Morgan Stanley, Finance: Develop programs to monitor clients’ asset growth including asset allocations and management style analysis; perform financial analysis of individual stock’s performances; perform market research. Strongly prefers someone who is interested in an academic capacity in the spring and continuing in a paid capacity in the summer. 3.0+ GPA. Preferred.
National Bank of Commerce, Commercial Lending: Spread and analyze Bank customer′s financial statements and tax returns including balance sheet, income statement, and statement of cash flows; design and contribute to special projects within Commercial Lending division.
PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP Tax: Assisting tax department staff with (1) preparation of tax returns, (2) tax consulting, and (3) other tax department job related duties. Must be majoring in Business with emphasis in accounting. 3.0+ GPA required.
Public Financial Management, Finance: (PFM is the leading provider of financial advisory services for the state and local governments) Analyze and update debt profiles for clients, including comparing static refunding analyses to option value analyses. Intern will learn bond pricing routines, municipal bond structures, and option value analysis.
Rhea & Ivy, Accounting: Public accounting responsibilities. Must have completed intermediate accounting. Paid and academic internships available.
Smith & Nephew, Marketing: description to follow.
Smith & Nephew, Human Resources: Implements human resources operational team strategic plan; implements organizational effectiveness process; manages HR project plans; champions company initiatives; monitors HR performance.
Vining Sparks, Finance Investment Banking: Analyze spreadsheets; research of state tax and regulatory issues; Use proprietary systems such as Vport portfolio management system, Bond Swap, etc.
Please contact Professor Birnbaum (birnbaum@rhodes.edu) for information.
