Summer 2025 Internal Audit Intern

Position: Summer 2025 Internal Audit Intern

POSITION SUMMARY:

​This internship is designed to immerse interns into the Bridgestone Americas and Bridgestone Europe, Middle East, and Africa cultures and expose them to interactions with management. The Internal Audit Intern will report to the Lead Internal Auditor and will assist the audit team in Operational, Financial, Compliance, and Technology audits covering Bridgestone West business units and functional areas. This individual will utilize audit procedures to perform effective, independent, and objective audits identifying risks, vulnerabilities, weaknesses, and recommend corrective and preventative actions.

RESPONSIBILITES:

The position will have responsibility for the following under the direction and mentorship of a Lead Internal Auditor:

• Perform internal controls test work during the mid-year testing cycle of Japanese Sarbanes-Oxley.
• Assist the audit team in the execution of risk-based audits in accordance with regulatory and corporate standards, including planning, performing control walkthroughs, control testing, documenting, and reporting results. Execution of audits include but are not limited to:
  • Review, analyze, and interpret data collected from multiple sources to aid in audit procedures, as necessary.
  • Verify that accounting records are accurate and factual and that the company's best practices are safeguarded.
  • Review IT security and governance, drive control/process optimization to assess existence, effectiveness, and efficiency of the IT control environment.
  • Identify risks, controls, and opportunities for improvement; Identifies root cause and develops recommendations for cost reduction, profit generation and operational efficiency improvements.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• May 2026 undergraduate or graduate candidate currently enrolled in a Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, Business Administration, International Business, or other business discipline
• Interest in seeking a full-time role in Internal Audit post-graduation
• Solid accounting knowledge
• Familiarity with Microsoft Office software (Word, Access, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Be available for the internship between the months of May-August
• Full-time required during internship months (approximately 40 hours per week)
• Excellent verbal and written communication, organizational and prioritization skills
• Basic analytical, critical thinking, and project management skills
• Eager to learn