Financial Compliance Intern

About the team + role

We are building an elite team, applying frontier technologies to the world’s biggest financial problems. We’re looking for bold thinkers. Sharp problem-solvers. Builders who are wired to make an impact. Robinhood isn’t a place for complacency, it’s where ambitious people do the best work of their careers. We’re a high-performing, fast-moving team with ethics at the center of everything we do. Expectations are high, and so are the rewards. 

The Financial Compliance team’s mission is to establish and maintain Robinhood's financial and other regulatory compliance, including requirements over the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 requiring public companies to establish effective internal controls over financial reporting (SOX 404 framework), certify the adequacy and efficiency of internal controls and ensure the accuracy of information in financial documents accompanying periodic reports. To do this, the team is responsible for 1) evaluating risks, processes and controls, 2) identifying and mitigating control gaps, 3) partnering with business and engineering teams to support the company’s growth and expansion, and 4) managing the quarterly SOX 302 certification process.

As a Financial Compliance Intern, you will be working closely with both the business and engineering process teams to gain valuable skills in ensuring our financial compliance requirements as a public company’s SOX program function. You will gain insight to meetings with external auditors to conduct transactional end-to-end process walkthroughs, own projects to evaluate control design effectiveness to address key risks, coordinate the company-wide quarterly certifications process, and understand our unique IT infrastructure.

This role is based in our Menlo Park or New York offices, with in-person attendance expected at least 3 days per week. 

At Robinhood, we believe in the power of in-person work to accelerate progress, spark innovation, and strengthen community. Our office experience is intentional, energizing, and designed to fully support high-performing teams. 

What you’ll do

• Participate in the initiative to support our SOX compliance framework including engaging in walkthroughs, refreshing process documentation and conducting tests of design for key business process and engineering controls
• Understand our IT infrastructure and how it fits into the overall engineering controls environment
• Coordinate the quarterly SOX certification process across the company
• Establish active and effective communication with departments across Robinhood
• Evaluate process improvement opportunities in our system of internal controls and SOX program

What you bring

• Currently enrolled in a full-time, degree-seeking program in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, or a related field with an expected graduation date in Winter 2026/Spring 2027
• Interest in learning more about Internal Controls over Financial Reporting, Financial Statement audits, and Disclosure Procedures in a public company function
• Ability to handle simultaneous projects and adapt to a fast-paced, changing environment
• Highly motivated, independent and proactive with strong end-to-end project management, organizational and interpersonal skills
• Maintains a positive, professional relationship with all levels
• Strong digital literacy including Microsoft Office & Google suite 

What we offer

• Market competitive compensation structure
• Quarterly lifestyle wallet for personal wellness, learning and development, and more!
• Time away including company holidays, paid time off, and sick time!
• Lively office environment with catered meals, fully stocked kitchens, and geo-specific commuter benefits