Accounting Internship, Year-Round

This is a year-long internship starting in Fall 2026. Internship candidates can expect to start part-time during the school year and full-time onsite during the summer.

Carefully selected from universities across the country, our interns bring distinctive ideas and perspectives to our organization. Our employees are passionate about building our emerging talent and future leaders. In addition to their day-to-day tasks, interns participate in professional development workshops, senior leadership Q&A's, volunteer initiatives, networking/social events, and more! 

Accounting Internship 

As an Accounting Intern, you will work alongside your hiring manager, mentor, and team to complete tasks critical for Northwestern Mutual's success. We are here to help you both identify and continue to develop your future career goals and passions.

See below for our current list of Accounting internship opportunities available in our departments: 

• Investment Accounting: Assures that all financial activity related to the investment portfolios is accounted for in the general ledger.  Monitors the financial results of the investments and prepares financial and compliance reports, analysis and disclosures to meet all reporting requirements.

• Centralized Accounting: Assists Centralized Accounting Services team in accounts payable, period close processes, commission processing, and more. Supports creation of standardizing and scaling onboarding documentation and training documentation. Provides support to daily, transactional work and assists with special projects. 

• Wealth Accounting: Assists with the accounting related to the Company’s Wealth subsidiaries, the Wealth Management Company (WMC) and Northwestern Mutual Investment Services (NMIS). Prepares financial and compliance reports, analysis and disclosures to meet all reporting requirements.

Bring Your Best! What this role needs. Minimum qualifications 

• Pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Accounting from an accredited college or university with a graduation date of December 2027 or later

• Cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher 

• Previous work or classroom experience in one or more of the following: Accounting or Finance

• Completion of Intermediate Accounting course

• Employer immigration sponsorship is not available for this role 

Preferred skills and proficiencies 

• Previous Accounting internship and/or relevant project experience 

• Effective oral and written communication skills 

• Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving ability 

• High degree of self-motivation, passion, and a drive to learn 

• Ability to balance multiple priorities 

Next steps 

We encourage you to apply! Once your application is reviewed, if selected to move forward, our Emerging Talent team member will reach out for a call, where we will learn more about you and share internship opportunities aligning to your interests and skillsets and share any next steps of our recruiting process. 

Who we are 

Northwestern Mutual has been helping families and businesses achieve financial security for over 160 years through a distinctive planning approach that integrates risk management with wealth accumulation, preservation, and distribution. With more than $290 billion in assets, $30 billion in revenues and more than $1.9 trillion worth of life insurance protection in force, Northwestern Mutual delivers financial security to more than 4.6 million clients. People are the power behind Northwestern Mutual, and diversity makes us better. We are committed to reflecting and serving the marketplace. We do so by attracting and improving the engagement of those who bring their outstanding perspectives, ideas, and beliefs. At Northwestern Mutual, people matter. And you’ll be working for a company that’s consistently voted among the “most admired” in the nation. We invite you to explore your career interests with us. 

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We believe in fairness and transparency. It’s why we share the salary range for most of our roles. Internship salaries are determined based on academic tenure and major. The standard pay structure is listed.

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Northwestern Mutual is an equal opportunity employer that welcomes talented individuals of all backgrounds. We are committed to creating and maintaining an environment in which each employee can contribute creative ideas, seek challenges, assume leadership and continue to focus on meeting and exceeding business and personal objectives.