Corporate Tax Intern

Job Summary
Avient Corporation is seeking a Tax Intern to join our Corporate Tax Team for the 2025 summer intern season. This opportunity will give you exposure to various areas of corporate tax, including international, domestic, and transfer pricing. You will partner closely with the tax and finance team members globally to assist with corporate tax research, forecasting, and reporting. In addition to expanding your tax knowledge and work experience, you will be part of Avient Corporate Headquarters summer intern program with opportunities to develop personally, professionally, and network with other interns and corporate leaders.
Essential Functions
Work as a partner with the department team members to resolve tax related issues.
Assist with data requests, account reconciliations, reports, and documentation.
Interact and build relationships within the tax department and broader global finance team.
Education and Experience
Currently pursuing a Bachelors degree in accounting (incoming junior or senior)
Interested in taking the CPA post-graduation.
Resident of Northeast Ohio
Team player with strong organization and project management skills
Eagerness to learn and inherently curious.
Collaborative work style with ability to communicate effectively.
Action-oriented workstyle, not afraid to dig into details and accomplish the task at hand.
Enjoys a challenging, dynamic atmosphere.
Competencies
Each position at Avient focuses on eight Core Competencies as a Leader of Self. Additionally, management positions focus on Leadership Competencies as a Leader of Others and/or a Leader of the Business. These competencies are designed to drive behavior that will ultimately help our associates excel at their current roles, while supporting individual and career development.
Physical Demands
Requires standing and sitting for prolonged periods of time, talking, and listening.
Typical work is in an office environment where the noise level is low to moderate.
Environmental, Health, Safety, & Security (EH&S) Requirements
Avient integrates EHS&S into all aspects of our operations. Each position at Avient is responsible for complying with all applicable EHS&S requirements. Additionally, employees and management are responsible for reporting all EHS&S incidents immediately to ensure we keep EHS&S a priority within the organization.
Security includes physical security and cyber security.
Who We Are
Avient Corporation provides specialized and sustainable material solutions that transform customer challenges into opportunities, bringing new products to life for a better world. Examples include:
Dyneema, the worlds strongest fiber, enables unmatched levels of performance and protection for end-use applications, including ballistic personal protection, marine and sustainable infrastructure and outdoor sports
Unique technologies that improve the recyclability of products and enable recycled content to be incorporated, thus advancing a more circular economy
Light-weighting solutions that replace heavier traditional materials like metal, glass and wood, which can improve fuel efficiency in all modes of transportation and reduce carbon footprint
Sustainable infrastructure solutions that increase energy efficiency, renewable energy, natural resource conservation and fiber optic / 5G network accessibility
Avient employs approximately 10,000 associates and is certified ACC Responsible Care, a founding member of the Alliance to End Plastic Waste and certified Great Place to Work. For more information, visit www.avient.com.
Why Avient
Avient Corporation is a world-class sustainable organization built on innovation, collaboration, and employee development. We are committed to providing a suppor