The Company:
Kinter is a family business obsessed with making retail display hardware easier for our customers. We’ve been manufacturing and distributing retail display hardware for over 40 years. Our approach to business is simple — treat each other and our customers like family.

Summary/Objective:
The Sales Intern supports the Sales team with lead generation, outreach, client communication, and business development activities. This position is ideal for individuals eager to build foundational skills in sales, communication, customer engagement, and professional relationship management. This is a full-time, temporary internship, with potential to transition into a permanent full-time role based on performance and organizational needs. The pay for this role is fixed at $20 per hour.

Schedule:
May 17^th to August 13^th, 2027. Full-time, 40 hours per week, Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM, with a 1-hour unpaid lunch. No time off is permitted due to the short, structured program timeline.

Essential Functions:

Assist with outreach to prospective clients and partners through phone, email, and other communication channels. (40+ calls per day)
Support the sales team by conducting research on leads, industries, and potential business opportunities.
Shadow members of the sales team to learn the sales process, client management strategies, and book-of-business structure.
Help schedule and prepare for sales meetings, including organizing materials and updating HubSpot.
Maintain accurate customer and prospect information by regularly updating records in the HubSpot.
Participate in client follow-ups, courtesy outreach, and account touchpoints as directed by sales leadership.
Complete a Capstone Presentation at the end of the internship, summarizing projects, results, and recommendations.
Undertake any additional duties assigned by management, demonstrating flexibility and a willingness to support various operational needs.
Participate in special projects as directed, displaying initiative and commitment to team goals.

Required Skills/Abilities:

Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Highly proficient in Microsoft Office Suite.
Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
Reliable time management with a proven ability to meet deadlines.
Ability to function in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

Preferred Education and Experience:

High school diploma required.
Candidates must be enrolled in an accredited four-year college and have junior standing or higher at the start of the internship. Recent graduates up to the Class of 2026 may also apply.
Prior sales or customer service experience is a plus.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

None.

Physical Requirements:

Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer
Adjusting or moving objects up to 15 pounds
Ability to make repetitive movements, including moving of the wrists and/or fingers, bending, or squatting

Work Environment:

This position will work indoors in a temperature-controlled environment.

Travel:

None.

The Location:
Kinter is located on the outskirts of Waukegan, just minutes from Gurnee and Wadsworth. Office and warehouses are located off IL Route 41, which makes the commute easy from surrounding towns.

Why Join Our Team?

Be part of a dedicated, family-owned business with a proven track record of success and a deep commitment to its employees.
Enjoy generous Paid Time Off (PTO) and paid holidays to maintain a healthy work-life balance.
Benefit from comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance—100% covered for the employee by Kinter, with no payroll deductions.
Secure your future with our fully employer-funded pension plan (contributions start after 1 year, fully vested after 5 years, with no deductions from your paycheck).
Unlock long-term growth potential and opportunities to advance within the company.

About the company

Kinter builds AI-powered accountants to help finance teams close their books faster and more accurately. It automates mission-critical accounting workflows by turning a company’s SOPs, documents, and spreadsheets into automated, end-to-end tasks—for example, performing reconciliations and other close processes. The platform keeps a clear audit trail, showing what happened, when, and why, which supports compliance and transparency. Compared with traditional finance tools, Kinter focuses on automating the close process with AI agents that operate across multiple tasks, not just one function. Its goal is to reduce manual work, minimize errors, and free finance professionals to focus on strategic activities, serving large enterprise customers through a SaaS model.

Company Size

1-10

Company Stage

Seed

Total Funding

$130K

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

N/A

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

Kinter claims up to 70% time savings on expense management tasks for early customers.
June 2026 launch said Amazon, Mastercard, and UPS already use the platform.
Kinter’s June 2026 community work with 600 finance leaders builds a strong distribution moat.

What critics are saying

BlackLine, FloQast, Numeric, and Oracle now attack close automation directly in 2026.
Kinter still focuses on expense-side close, leaving AR, AP, and tax workflows exposed.
If ERP vendors bundle agentic close tools, Kinter becomes an integration layer, not a platform.

What makes Kinter unique

June 23, 2026 launch: Kinter runs agentic accounting inside NetSuite and QuickBooks.
Kinter targets expense-side close work, not generic chat copilots, with audit trails.
Gregg Mojica repurposed Alloy Automation’s ERP integration depth into accounting execution.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Paid Vacation

Paid Holidays

Company News

PR Newswire

Jun 23rd, 2026

Kinter.ai launches autonomous AI accountants backed by a16z, Bain, and YC

Kinter.ai, backed by a16z, Bain Capital Ventures and Y Combinator, has launched AI accountants that autonomously perform financial workflows within existing ERPs like NetSuite and QuickBooks. The AI agents prepare accruals, identify prepaid expenses, automate payroll entries and draft journal entries throughout the month, enabling continuous financial closes rather than manual end-of-month processes. The San Francisco-based company addresses a critical labour shortage, with over 300,000 accountants leaving the US workforce since 2019. Early customers report up to 70% time savings on expense management tasks. Founded by Gregg Mojica, Kinter has engaged with over 600 finance leaders and built "Closing Time", a peer community for finance professionals navigating AI adoption. The platform maintains complete audit trails and is trusted by Amazon, Mastercard and UPS.

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