Accounting Intern Jobs in Wisconsin
Accounting Intern jobs in Wisconsin concentrate in corporate finance, public accounting, and financial services, with steady demand from the manufacturing sector anchored in the state's industrial heartland. Most hiring activity centers on Milwaukee, Madison, and Green Bay, where employers such as Northwestern Mutual, Kohler Co., and Fiserv have established internship programs that return cohorts each year. Tax preparation support, financial reporting, and audit assistance are the sub-areas Wisconsin employers prioritize most consistently. See the openings below and apply to the ones that match your experience.
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Open roles279+
Top employerCVS Health
Top cityMadison, WI
Cities hiring94
Work type60% On-site
Top industryAccounting
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Agrace
Accounting Manager
Madison, Wisconsin
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Accounting Specialist - Sheriff
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La Crosse County
Accounting Specialist - Sheriff
La Crosse, Wisconsin
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Accounting Systems Analyst I
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Foremost Farms
Accounting Systems Analyst I
Madison, Wisconsin
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Analyst Accounting
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Vail Resorts
Analyst Accounting
Wisconsin
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Bold and Gold Intern
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YMCA of the North
Bold and Gold Intern
Hudson, Wisconsin
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Accounting Manager
Agrace·Madison, Wisconsin
Job functions:
On-Site
Bachelor's degree
501-1,000 employees
Job Description
Location: Madison, WI (on site position)
Full-time 1.0 FTE (40 hours/week) | Day Shift | Monday-Friday | Hours 8a-4:30p
Make a lasting impact with Agrace
Join Agrace, a nationally recognized nonprofit leader in hospice and palliative care. If you are looking for a role that helps support meaningful, patient-centered care, this is your opportunity to make a difference!
How You’ll Make a Difference
The Mgr, Accounting is responsible for managing the accounting staff, systems, and operations including general accounting, accounts payable, and accounts receivable/billing. This position sets the direction (in collaboration with the Controller) for the department by enforcing and establishing policies and procedures that are efficient and have strong internal controls. The Accounting Manager assures that accounting operations are consistent with corporate policy, regulatory requirements, and specific goals.
Key Responsibilities
Accounting, Financial Management, and Reporting
- Manage month-end and year-end closing process and coordinate the interim, year-end, and other financial audits
- Serve as subject matter expert and interact with organizational leadership concerning financial information, statistics, budget variances, organizational initiatives, and finance department policies and procedures
- Manage, in collaboration with the Controller, the preparation of tax filings
- Manage financial statements, as well as special reporting requests, analysis, and reconciliations
- Keep current with regulatory requirements and ensure compliance with applicable contract and regulatory reporting requirements
- Create and maintain strong systems of internal controls.
Manage Staff
- Hire, train, engage and retain department staff.
- Assign, direct and verify the work of direct reports.
- Assess staff performance and provide feedback, coaching, correction, and development opportunities
Financial Information Systems Support
- Maintain chart of accounts and assign codes in accordance with internal and external reporting requirements, and maintain the ledger and accounting system
- Serve as reporting expert for financial and management information reporting
- Serve as administrator on paperless AP system, managing access rights and training new users
- Engage in continuous improvement and education regarding all Financial Information Systems
Budget
- Work with cost managers on their cost centers, facilitate data inputs, assure quality, and provide technical assistance
- Counsel department managers on budget strategy and meaningful presentation of complex financial information, and serve in a leadership role in the development and finalizing of the Foundation Budget
- Assist in the development of the capital budget
Other Duties
- Participate in internal work groups, meetings, and committees relative to position responsibilities.
- Ensure compliance with Agrace policies and protocols, state, federal, and other regulations.
- Develop and adhere to annual department operating budget.
You Bring (Qualifications)
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting; CPA designation or eligibility is preferred
- Five years’ experience of general accounting (financial reporting and analysis, preparation of general ledger entries, reconciling general ledger accounts)
- Prior accounting management experience
- Advanced level experience in Microsoft Office Suite and other financial industry software
- Ability to demonstrate exceptional theoretical and practical knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles and auditing standards and best practices
- Ability to work effectively and cooperatively with others
- Experience using industry specific software
- Experience working in a healthcare environment
- Ability to communicate financial/business/technical/clinical information to all levels of the organization
- Experience developing policy and procedure
- Experience in project management, strategic planning and execution, budgeting, and controlling costs
- Ability to engage staff in Agrace’s strategic and annual operating plans and LEAN projects and to ensure strategies and improvements remain in practice
- Ability to maintain confidentiality about patients, families, caregivers, staff, donors, and organizational intellectual property.
- Valid driver’s license, auto insurance, and access to a reliable vehicle
- Ability to use proper body mechanics and standard precautions
- Ability to be flexible in time and task to meet organizational needs
Benefits
- Competitive pay with free parking
- Health, dental, and vision insurance for employees who are hired for 28+ hours per week (.7 FTE +)
- Retirement plans with employer matching
- Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) and holiday paid time off
- Comprehensive onboarding, mentorship, and career development
About Agrace
For more than 45 years, Agrace has been an innovator and leader in both caring for patients and their families, and in educating others about death, dying and grief. We are the largest hospice provider in Wisconsin. Well known for end-of-life care, Agrace also serves people across southern Wisconsin who are aging, seriously ill or grieving.
At Agrace we are strengthened by the unique experiences, cultures and traditions of our staff, patients and clients.
Together, we pursue a vision in which every Agrace staff member is treated fairly, and every patient and client experiences the respectful, individualized care they need and deserve.
We foster a culture of belonging that celebrates people’s uniqueness and leads to meaningful, empathetic connections.
Agrace Health Inc is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.
Agrace
Accounting Manager
Madison, Wisconsin
New 11h ago501-1,000 employees
Job functions:
On-Site
Bachelor's degree
Job Description
Location: Madison, WI (on site position)
Full-time 1.0 FTE (40 hours/week) | Day Shift | Monday-Friday | Hours 8a-4:30p
Make a lasting impact with Agrace
Join Agrace, a nationally recognized nonprofit leader in hospice and palliative care. If you are looking for a role that helps support meaningful, patient-centered care, this is your opportunity to make a difference!
How You’ll Make a Difference
The Mgr, Accounting is responsible for managing the accounting staff, systems, and operations including general accounting, accounts payable, and accounts receivable/billing. This position sets the direction (in collaboration with the Controller) for the department by enforcing and establishing policies and procedures that are efficient and have strong internal controls. The Accounting Manager assures that accounting operations are consistent with corporate policy, regulatory requirements, and specific goals.
Key Responsibilities
Accounting, Financial Management, and Reporting
- Manage month-end and year-end closing process and coordinate the interim, year-end, and other financial audits
- Serve as subject matter expert and interact with organizational leadership concerning financial information, statistics, budget variances, organizational initiatives, and finance department policies and procedures
- Manage, in collaboration with the Controller, the preparation of tax filings
- Manage financial statements, as well as special reporting requests, analysis, and reconciliations
- Keep current with regulatory requirements and ensure compliance with applicable contract and regulatory reporting requirements
- Create and maintain strong systems of internal controls.
Manage Staff
- Hire, train, engage and retain department staff.
- Assign, direct and verify the work of direct reports.
- Assess staff performance and provide feedback, coaching, correction, and development opportunities
Financial Information Systems Support
- Maintain chart of accounts and assign codes in accordance with internal and external reporting requirements, and maintain the ledger and accounting system
- Serve as reporting expert for financial and management information reporting
- Serve as administrator on paperless AP system, managing access rights and training new users
- Engage in continuous improvement and education regarding all Financial Information Systems
Budget
- Work with cost managers on their cost centers, facilitate data inputs, assure quality, and provide technical assistance
- Counsel department managers on budget strategy and meaningful presentation of complex financial information, and serve in a leadership role in the development and finalizing of the Foundation Budget
- Assist in the development of the capital budget
Other Duties
- Participate in internal work groups, meetings, and committees relative to position responsibilities.
- Ensure compliance with Agrace policies and protocols, state, federal, and other regulations.
- Develop and adhere to annual department operating budget.
You Bring (Qualifications)
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting; CPA designation or eligibility is preferred
- Five years’ experience of general accounting (financial reporting and analysis, preparation of general ledger entries, reconciling general ledger accounts)
- Prior accounting management experience
- Advanced level experience in Microsoft Office Suite and other financial industry software
- Ability to demonstrate exceptional theoretical and practical knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles and auditing standards and best practices
- Ability to work effectively and cooperatively with others
- Experience using industry specific software
- Experience working in a healthcare environment
- Ability to communicate financial/business/technical/clinical information to all levels of the organization
- Experience developing policy and procedure
- Experience in project management, strategic planning and execution, budgeting, and controlling costs
- Ability to engage staff in Agrace’s strategic and annual operating plans and LEAN projects and to ensure strategies and improvements remain in practice
- Ability to maintain confidentiality about patients, families, caregivers, staff, donors, and organizational intellectual property.
- Valid driver’s license, auto insurance, and access to a reliable vehicle
- Ability to use proper body mechanics and standard precautions
- Ability to be flexible in time and task to meet organizational needs
Benefits
- Competitive pay with free parking
- Health, dental, and vision insurance for employees who are hired for 28+ hours per week (.7 FTE +)
- Retirement plans with employer matching
- Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) and holiday paid time off
- Comprehensive onboarding, mentorship, and career development
About Agrace
For more than 45 years, Agrace has been an innovator and leader in both caring for patients and their families, and in educating others about death, dying and grief. We are the largest hospice provider in Wisconsin. Well known for end-of-life care, Agrace also serves people across southern Wisconsin who are aging, seriously ill or grieving.
At Agrace we are strengthened by the unique experiences, cultures and traditions of our staff, patients and clients.
Together, we pursue a vision in which every Agrace staff member is treated fairly, and every patient and client experiences the respectful, individualized care they need and deserve.
We foster a culture of belonging that celebrates people’s uniqueness and leads to meaningful, empathetic connections.
Agrace Health Inc is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.
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Where Wisconsin roles are concentrated, by current openings.
Milwaukee
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7 jobsAppleton
6 jobsEau Claire
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3 jobsWest Allis
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3 jobsHudson
2 jobsVerona
2 jobsDe Pere
2 jobsDelavan
2 jobsKenosha
2 jobsPortage
2 jobsFranklin
2 jobsWestboro
2 jobsManitowoc
2 jobsMenomonie
2 jobsReedsburg
2 jobsBeaver Dam
2 jobsSturtevant
2 jobsSun Prairie
2 jobsCross Plains
2 jobsPlain
1 jobThorp
1 jobTomah
1 jobAntigo
1 jobBeloit
1 jobKohler
1 jobMonona
1 jobNeenah
1 jobOregon
1 jobSussex
1 jobAshland
1 jobHayward
1 jobJackson
1 jobMauston
1 jobSeymour
1 jobStanley
1 jobHartford
1 jobHubertus
1 jobPewaukee
1 jobSuperior
1 jobWaunakee
1 jobWoodruff
1 jobCedarburg
1 jobFitchburg
1 jobJefferson
1 jobLuxemburg
1 jobOak Creek
1 jobSauk City
1 jobSaukville
1 jobSchofield
1 jobStoughton
1 jobWatertown
1 jobWest Bend
1 jobGreenfield
1 jobLake Mills
1 jobMarshfield
1 jobOconomowoc
1 jobWest Salem
1 jobBlack Earth
1 jobEagle River
1 jobLake Geneva
1 jobRiver Falls
1 jobWrightstown
1 jobSturgeon Bay
1 jobCottage Grove
1 jobFort Atkinson
1 jobMineral Point
1 jobStevens Point
1 jobWhitefish Bay
1 jobChippewa Falls
1 jobLac du Flambeau
1 jobSheboygan Falls
1 jobWisconsin Rapids
1 jobAccounting Intern Job Market in Wisconsin
A snapshot from current Wisconsin openings, updated as new roles post.
Who's Hiring
- CVS Health26
- MBE CPAs13
- Walgreens11
- Ascension8
- SVA Certified Public Accountants, S.C.8
Top Industries Hiring
- Accounting & Auditing15
- Manufacturing7
- Retail5
- Technology & Software5
- E-Commerce & Online Marketplaces3
What Wisconsin Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in accounting intern jobs across Wisconsin.
- Currently enrolled in an accounting, finance, or business degree program at a Wisconsin university
- Completed coursework in financial accounting, managerial accounting, or introductory auditing
- Proficient in Microsoft Excel including formulas, pivot tables, and basic financial modeling
- Familiarity with accounting software such as QuickBooks, SAP, or Oracle
- Strong attention to detail with the ability to reconcile accounts accurately
- Effective written and verbal communication skills for internal reporting and client interaction
Accounting Intern Jobs in Wisconsin: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a accounting intern in Wisconsin?
You become an accounting intern in Wisconsin by enrolling in an accredited accounting or business program at a Wisconsin university or technical college, completing core coursework in financial and managerial accounting, and applying during your sophomore or junior year. Wisconsin does not require a state license for internship-level accounting work, but pursuing coursework aligned with the Certified Public Accountant pathway recognized by the Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services strengthens your candidacy significantly.
Which companies hire accounting interns in Wisconsin?
Employers hiring accounting interns in Wisconsin right now include CVS Health, MBE CPAs, and Walgreens, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of July 2026. Wisconsin's strong concentration of insurance companies, manufacturing headquarters, and regional public accounting firms makes it one of the more consistent states for structured internship programs.
Which Wisconsin cities have the most accounting intern jobs?
Madison, Milwaukee, and Green Bay post the most accounting intern openings in Wisconsin. Milwaukee dominates because of its dense cluster of financial services firms, insurance companies, and corporate headquarters, while Madison draws demand from state government agencies, the University of Wisconsin system, and a growing technology sector, and Green Bay adds volume through its manufacturing and regional banking presence.
Are there remote accounting intern jobs in Wisconsin?
Yes, though they are less common than in-person roles because most accounting internships involve document review, system access, and close supervisor interaction that employers prefer on-site. About 40% of accounting intern openings tied to Wisconsin are remote or hybrid as of July 2026, reflecting a modest but real share of flexibility. Tax season support and data reconciliation tasks are the sub-functions most likely to allow partial remote work.
How can I get hired as a accounting intern in Wisconsin with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is applying through your university's career center, where Wisconsin employers such as Northwestern Mutual, Wipfli, and Baker Tilly recruit directly for structured internship cohorts designed for students with minimal professional experience. Completing the first two years of an accounting degree and earning a relevant certification such as the Intuit QuickBooks certification gives you a competitive edge. Lateral moves from bookkeeping assistant or accounts payable clerk roles at local Wisconsin firms also open doors to full internship offers.
Where can I find and apply to accounting intern jobs in Wisconsin?
You can find and apply to accounting intern jobs in Wisconsin on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings across the state. Search the listings to find roles that match your coursework, availability, and preferred location, then apply directly to the ones that fit.
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