Internship Financial Accounting Quality (limited 6 months, 80-100%, all genders)

The SWISS Financial Accounting Team is an active part of the Lufthansa Group’s Finance Community. Join our team and drive excellence, innovation, compliance and ensure smooth operations in Global Financial Accounting.  

Starting date: October 01, 2026

You may apply in English or German.

Tasks

You will support our Financial Accounting teams and gain hands-on experience in international finance topics as well as month-end and year-end closing activities. Additionally, you will have opportunities to contribute to process improvement initiatives and make a tangible impact. 

• Collaborate with team members to ensure smooth operations, especially in General Ledger Accounting and Finance International topics (approximately 40 stations worldwide)
• Engage in various cross-functional projects, to drive process improvements
• Support dedicated month-end and year-end closing activities
• Perform fuel accounting processes
• Analyze and visualize financial data to support decision-making

Requirements

We expect an independent way of working, a passion for Accounting and willingness to design and enhance processes. Dealing positively with people from different cultures is very important to us as well as having an open-minded, communicative and reliable personality. 

• Workload Specification: For this position, a 100% workload is preferred
• HF diploma, Bachelor’s, Master’s students or graduates in business administration or related field (HF diploma & Bachelor’s students must have completed at least three semesters)
• Ability to drive and develop topics with a structured, solution-oriented mindset
• Proactive and reliable working ethic with a hands-on mentality
• A process-oriented thinking approach with an open-minded personality for working with cross-functional teams
• Very good spoken and written English and German skills  

About Swiss International Air Lines AG

Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) is Switzerland’s leading air carrier. With one of Europe’s most advanced aircraft fleets, SWISS is a premium airline that provides direct flights from Zurich and Geneva to keep Switzerland connected with Europe and the world. Its Swiss WorldCargo division offers an extensive range of airport-to-airport airfreight services for high-value, time-critical and care-intensive consignments. SWISS embodies Switzerland’s traditional values and is dedicated to delivering the highest product and service quality. The company has also set itself ambitious CO2 goals, and plans to halve its 2019 net CO2 emissions by 2030 and make its business and operations entirely carbon-neutral by 2050, particularly by promoting the use of sustainable aviation fuels. SWISS is part of the Lufthansa Group, and is also a member of Star Alliance, the world’s biggest airline network.