Accounting Internship

Overview:

Synergy Research Labs, Inc. (SRL) is a deep-tech startup pioneering the next generation of high-power electronics by commercializing gallium oxide materials and devices. Our mission is to address the global shortage of high-power semiconductors that enable energy-efficient and miniaturized electronic systems.

Job Description:

SRL is extending an opportunity to provide undergraduate and graduate accounting students with an immersive educational experience in the accounting operations of an early-stage, federally funded technology company. Accounting interns work alongside SRL leadership to gain exposure to how a growing deep-tech business tracks costs, maintains financial records, and meets the accounting requirements attached to government contracts and grants.

This internship is designed to supplement academic coursework through structured mentorship, supervised projects, and practical exposure to accounting practice in a startup manufacturing environment. Interns are assigned educational projects that connect classroom concepts in financial and managerial accounting to how those concepts are actually applied in a company with contract cost accounting, capital equipment, and federal compliance obligations. Must be a U.S. Citizen.

Learning Opportunities:

• Accounting operations and recordkeeping in an early-stage technology company

• Government contract and grant accounting fundamentals, including direct and indirect costs, allowability, and compliant timekeeping

• The month-end close process, account reconciliation, and supporting documentation

• Job cost accounting and cost tracking by contract and project in a manufacturing environment

• Accounting software and spreadsheet workflows used in practice

• Audit readiness, internal controls, and financial documentation standards

Core Responsibilities:

• Assist with supervised organization, coding, and filing of vendor invoices, purchase orders, receipts, and expense documentation

• Support account reconciliation and month-end close activities under the direction of SRL leadership

• Help maintain organized records of contract, grant, purchasing, inventory, and fixed asset documentation

• Assist with supervised preparation of schedules, spreadsheets, and summaries used in internal reporting

• Observe and assist with contract and grant invoicing and contract cost tracking processes

• Attend accounting, business operations, and commercialization meetings when appropriate

• Present project findings at the conclusion of the internship

Preferred Qualifications:

• Currently pursuing a degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Economics, or a related discipline

• Completion of introductory financial and managerial accounting coursework

• Comfortable working in Excel; exposure to QuickBooks or other accounting software is a plus

• High attention to detail, accuracy, and organization in handling financial records

• Discretion and professional judgment in handling confidential financial and contract information

• Interest in government contracting, advanced manufacturing, semiconductors, or deep-tech startups

• Working toward the credit hour requirements for CPA eligibility is a plus

Program Duration:

• 15-20(+) hours/week during academic semesters; scheduling is flexible to accommodate coursework

• 12-16 weeks during semesters, 13-15 weeks during summers

Compensation:

• This is a unpaid internship created for the development and learning opportunities for the person applying.