USD student accepts international internship
With summer internships just around the corner, one USD student is planning on taking her talents all the way to Ireland.
Senior Carrie Wintle is double majoring in mathematics and accounting with a minor in finance.
“Accounting, while in demand, is a very competitive industry,” Wintle said. “I am constantly looking for opportunities to get experience in a professional career.
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This experience will set me apart from other applicants when it comes to employment or graduate schools.”
Wintle said she got her first interview with KPMG, an international accounting firm, when the Beacom School of Business hosted “Meet the Firms” last spring.
Wintle has accepted two internship positions with KPMG: one with their auditing department in Dublin, Ireland, and one with their Omaha, N.E. division. Wintle will be in Dublin for four weeks starting next August and will be in Omaha the following spring.
After going to Ireland on a faculty-lead trip over Christmas break, Wintle said she loved the country and decided to utilize the connections she made at USD to see if she could go back.
“I knew KPMG was an international firm, so I reached out to my contacts at the Omaha office, asking about the possibility of interning with the Dublin KPMG office,” she said.
KPMG reached out to the Dublin office on her behalf. Wintle did an interview over Skype and was offered the position the following Monday.
“If it weren’t for my connection with KPMG in Omaha, I would not have earned this opportunity,” Wintle said.
During her internship, Wintle will be working in the auditing department, helping with audits of businesses throughout Ireland. She’ll also travel to these businesses to assist in finalizing the audits.
“I am looking forward to the people I will get to meet,” she said. “This experience will push me outside of my comfort zone and help me grow as a working professional. I am excited to learn from people within the accounting profession.”
Wintle will be paid while on her internship, but still plans on applying for several scholarships through USD in order to make the expenses more manageable.
She believes working in a country that’s foreign to her will give her a unique perspective and a potential advantage over other applicants in future job searches.
“I am gaining experience working in a different country with a different economy and market,” Wintle said. “It gives me a unique perspective and insight that others may not have.”
