Accounting Intern - Summer 2026
Axos Bank
Target Range:
$20.00 - $20.00
Actual starting pay will vary based on factors including, but not limited to, geographic location, experience, skills, specialty, and education.
About This Job
10 Accounting Intern positions available in San Diego!
Join Axos Bank's immersive 12-week Summer Internship Program to gain hands-on experience, contribute to enterprise initiatives, and develop professional skills in a fast-paced, technology-driven financial environment. Along with your day-to-day job duties, you will take part in a capstone project, sessions with our business leaders, financial literacy training courses, Corporate Finance Institute trainings, and a volunteer day. Interns choose between one of two sessions.
Session 1: May 27 - August 14
Session 2: June 17 - September 4
We are looking for an Accounting Intern to acquire experience and a working knowledge of various accounting and financial reporting rules and best practices. The candidate will develop their ability to analyze and interpret accounting guidance, manage multiple priorities, problem-solve, and produce professional and accurate work under time constraints.
• Gain exposure to Sarbanes-Oxley ("SOX") documentation for accounting and other business units, learn best practice and assist in maintaining and updating a documented system of accounting policies, procedures and process documents
• Prepare periodic, month-end, and quarter-end journal entries, execute the month-end close process and perform month-end reconciliations for general ledger accounts and month-end roll forward schedules
• Gain exposure to and assist in the preparation of financial reporting schedules to U.S. GAAP standards to populate U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") and Federal Regulator filings
• Prepare support for independent public accounting auditors, federal regulators and internal auditors
• Improve efficiency through implementation of reports that minimize manual reporting processes and manual reconciliations, organization and coordination processes
• Protect the Bank from unauthorized expenditure - responsibility for key deliverable that has a direct impact on Bank results
• Protect the Bank from interrupted operations - ensure authorized vendors are paid timely so that key business functions run smoothly and vendor relationships are maintained
• Utilize optical character recognition technology to streamline invoice analysis and red-flag potential exceptions
• Inform and educate approvers on proper coding; interact with business units throughout the Bank and the Bank's vendors; service internal and vendor inquiries with professionalism and efficiency
Axos Intern Benefits May Include:
• Sick Leave
• 401(k) Retirement Saving Plan with Employer Match Program
• Free Access to Self-Directed Trading
• Networking with Executives
• Corporate Finance Institute Courses
• Access to Onsite Gym and Walking Distance from UTC for San Diego Interns
About Axos
Born digital-first, Axos delivers financial tools and services that allow individuals, small businesses, and companies to access and manage their money how, when, and where they want. We're a diverse team of dynamic, insightful, and independent innovators who are excited to provide technology-driven solutions that offer unbeatable value to our customers.
Axos Financial is our holding company and is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "AX" (NYSE: AX).
Learn more about working at Axos
Pre-Employment Background Check and Drug Test:
All offers are contingent upon the candidate successfully passing a credit check, criminal background check, and pre-employment drug screening, which includes screening for marijuana. Axos Bank is a federally regulated banking institution. At the federal level, marijuana is an illegal schedule 1 drug; therefore, we will not employ any person who tests positive for marijuana, regardless of state legalization.
Equal Employment Opportunity:
Axos is an Equal Opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, religious creed, color, sex (including pregnancy, breast feeding and related medical conditions), gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, military and veteran status, marital status, age, protected medical condition, genetic information, physical disability, mental disability, or any other protected status in accordance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws.
Job Functions and Work Environment:
While performing the duties of this position, the employee is required to sit for extended periods of time. Manual dexterity and coordination are required while operating standard office equipment such as computer keyboard and mouse, calculator, telephone, copiers, etc.
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee may encounter while performing the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.
