AI & Automation Intern, Office of the CFO

Summary

Acumatica is a leading innovator in cloud ERP solutions for growing businesses. The AI & Automation Intern will work with the Office of the CFO to understand finance workflows, identify opportunities for simplification and automation, prototype AI-enabled solutions, and test their effectiveness in real-world scenarios.

Responsibilities

• Work with members of the Finance organization to understand recurring processes and workflows
• Interview and shadow employees to learn how work gets done in practice
• Document key steps, systems, data, handoffs, and manual activities
• Identify repetitive work, bottlenecks, duplicate effort, and unnecessary complexity
• Help quantify the time and effort required to complete different activities
• Ask questions about why existing steps and processes exist
• Help identify work that could be eliminated or simplified before introducing new technology
• Look for activities that may be good candidates for automation or AI
• Research how other companies and emerging technologies are approaching similar problem
• Work with Finance leadership to prioritize opportunities worth exploring further
• Explore potential solutions using AI, automation, and emerging agentic technologies
• Build lightweight prototypes and proofs of concept based on experience and technical ability
• Experiment with AI tools, automation platforms, or other technologies where appropriate
• Help translate what we learn about a workflow into requirements for external partners
• Work alongside those partners as solutions are developed
• Help test prototypes and solutions against real-world scenarios
• Look for edge cases, unreliable outputs, and situations where human judgment is still required
• Gather feedback from the people who perform or use the workflow
• Help measure whether changes reduce manual work, save time, or improve the process
• Document what worked, what did not, and what we should try next

Skills

• Currently pursuing an undergraduate degree
• Strong intellectual curiosity and analytical problem-solving skills
• Comfortable experimenting with AI tools and interested in how emerging technologies can change the way people work
• Naturally curious about how and why things work the way they do
• Comfortable asking questions, including when something does not make sense
• Able to work through ambiguous problems without needing every step defined in advance
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Self-motivated, organized, and comfortable working independently with guidance
• Ability to commit approximately 15–20 hours per week during Fall 2026
• Prior finance or accounting experience is not required
• Experience with Python, APIs, LLMs, AI agents, automation platforms, data analysis, or software development is helpful, but not required

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Currently pursuing an undergraduate degree
• Strong intellectual curiosity and analytical problem-solving skills
• Comfortable experimenting with AI tools and interested in how emerging technologies can change the way people work
• Naturally curious about how and why things work the way they do
• Comfortable asking questions, including when something does not make sense
• Able to work through ambiguous problems without needing every step defined in advance
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Self-motivated, organized, and comfortable working independently with guidance
• Ability to commit approximately 15–20 hours per week during Fall 2026
• Prior finance or accounting experience is not required

Nice to Haves

• Experience with Python, APIs, LLMs, AI agents, automation platforms, data analysis, or software development is helpful, but not required

Benefits

• Remote work arrangement