Paid Accounting Leadership Development Program for masters degree students

This program is available to students working towards a master’s degree and offers you the ability to gain work experience in the areas of Accounting.

Part time, paid

TX

Work Study Program

1-4 semesters

You are:

• Working toward a master’s degree in accounting (earned by June 2025).
• A results-driven self-starter who works effectively in multi-disciplinary environments.
• A lifelong learner who’s naturally curious about AT&T innovations.
• This job is located in Dallas, Texas.

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You’ll bring:

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• The ability to interface with all levels of leadership.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to work under tight deadlines.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Power BI, Teams and Outlook.

The AT&T Accounting Leadership Development Program (ALDP) sets you up for an amazing career with the healthy work-life balance you deserve. Through interactions and networking opportunities with senior accounting professionals, you’ll become part of a community of strong leaders. If you want to thrive and grow in the accounting profession then ALDP is for you!

Job Overview: Accounting Leadership Development Program

At AT&T, you’ll be empowered to create real change in an ever-expanding, connected world. Your impact will be felt no matter how your work translates to our core goal of serving customers and transforming lives. We’re fueled by a passion to provide innovative solutions and driven to connect the world in meaningful ways.

Joining our Accounting Leadership Development Program means you’re part of a team designed with your potential in mind. You’ll complete two different 12- month rotations, gaining exposure to a variety of accounting disciplines while making an impact through your work in AT&T;’s accounting and finance organizations. We’ll provide the development, mentoring, and networking opportunities you need to gain an edge, while you learn about corporate finance and accounting across our business alongside others who are just as driven as you. In fact, you’ll collaborate directly with our top financial decision makers and executives, gaining experience and insight into how they lead.

As part of our program, you’ll have the opportunity to work in teams to prepare journal entries and reconcile ledger accounts, analyze monthly financial reporting, and effectively communicate results to your managers and senior leaders. You’ll manage the legal entity monthly reporting process and collaborate with other groups (Tax, Treasury, Finance) as well as utilize your accounting and analytical knowledge to implement more effective and efficient monthly processes. In this role you’ll work through complex problems where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of various factors. In our ever-changing business and industry, you will be involved in providing accounting support for complex Merger & Acquisition activity and the implementation of new applicable ASC regulatory changes. Our organization utilizes Oracle for recording ledger activity and HFM for consolidated reporting.

Accounting Leadership Development Program

We’re seeking someone with integrity, excellent interpersonal and communication skills, and the ability to interface with all levels of leadership. We value results-driven self-starters who can work effectively in multi-disciplinary environments and throughout cross-functional teams. A lifelong learner who is naturally curious about the many innovations being fostered at AT&T; every day.

About your skills and experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Analytics, Math, or another quantitively-oriented degree
• 2+ years of relevant analytics work experience
• Experience working with extremely large datasets in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial and fluid start-up environment
• Experience leading small team and delegating responsibilities.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a demonstrable passion to dig into terabytes of data and quickly construct tools
• Experience with data visualization and using data to tell a story
• Preferred: Mastery of SQL and Python (NumPy, Pandas);
• Proven excellence at formulating, understanding, and solving complex, non-routine problems
• Outstanding organization and presentation skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

More about you

• You are passionate about a culture of learning and teaching. You love challenging yourself to constantly improve, and sharing your knowledge to empower others
• You like to take risks when looking for novel solutions to complex problems. If faced with roadblocks, you continue to reach higher to make greatness happen
• You care about solving big, systemic problems. You look beyond the surface to understand root causes so that you can build long-term solutions for the whole ecosystem
• You believe in not only serving customers, but also empowering them by providing knowledge and tools