Accounting Specialist - 2024 Intern

The Programme

Atlassian is seeking a summer intern to join an awesome Accounting team to help drive Atlassian’s continued success.  
 
You will be supporting a diverse team with a mix of industry and operational experience.  
 
We empower decision-making at every level, value new insights, and promote open communication.  
 
Do you consider yourself someone who's driven, adaptable, analytical and execution-focused?  
 
If so, read on!  
 
Our interns will provide thought leadership and add value through a wide range of project delivery, operational improvement and management reporting. 
 
In this role, you'll get to:

• Learn about the business and gain hands-on experience using our top-notch Atlassian products 
• Work in a fast-paced, high growth and dynamic environment. 
• Assist in monthly/quarterly worldwide accounting close activities. 
• Provide support in preparing audit requests for the Company’s external and internal auditors. 
• Assist with the daily transactional activities of the team as well as on some clean-up tasks. 
• Collaborate with key leaders across the organization and support them to drive strategic projects. 
• Engage in continuous process improvement efforts to streamline business processes for efficiency and accuracy. 
• Participate in driving projects to completion as needed by the accounting operations which includes but not limited to UAT and cross-functional projects.

Required Skills and Abilities

• Strong desire to execute, drive impact, and demonstrate vitality with projects big and small. Be a problem solver. 
• Comfort operating independently in a constantly evolving environment and with multiple teams relying on your work. 
• An owner mentality: You take pride in your work and view what you do as a part-owner and builder of Atlassian. 
• You love partnering: You understand that organizations are made up of very different parts. You relish influencing others and co-piloting cross-team initiatives. 
• Enrolled in a finance or accounting degree program. 
• Be able to commit to at least 300 hours full time to the internship program starting June 2024. 
• Having experience in an accounting system is nice to have.

About Us: 
 
We're a team of 7000+ Atlassians supporting an international group of 250,000+ customers.  
 
We build tools like Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, and Trello to help teams across the world become more nimble, creative, and aligned.