Full-time, Temporary, Internship

Description

The Finance Associate will directly assist the accounting team with a range of projects related to; accounts payable, accounts receivable, entering expenses, and other entry level finance related tasks. This internship is designed to be both educational and practical.

Roles and Responsibilities/ Essential Functions:

• Assist with Accounts Payable Activities
• Assist with Accounts Receivable Activities
• Involvement in weekly and monthly inventory audits
• Work with Sales Leadership on financial analysis to help drive decisions
• Work with Operational leadership to help better understand cost drives
• Other activities as assigned by the Controller

Requirements

Competencies:

• Accountability: Accountability looks at the extent to which an individual is willing to accept responsibility.
• Accuracy: Accuracy looks at the extent to which an individual’s work is correct and error free within company policies and guidelines.
• Communication: Ability to promote understanding through exceptional written, oral, interpersonal, and presentation skills
• Detail Oriented: Detail orientation looks at the ability of the individual to pay meticulous attention to all aspects of a situation or task, no matter how small or seemingly unimportant.
• Deductive Reasoning: Deductive reasoning looks at the ability of the individual to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to a wide range of intellectual and practical problems and the ability to deal with a variety of abstract and concrete variables.
• Ethical: Ethics looks at the ability of the individual to be guided by the company’s accepted principles of moral conduct.
• Reliability: Reliability looks at the ability of the individual to be dependable and trustworthy.
• Time Management – Ability to utilize the available time to organize and complete work within given deadlines.
• Working Under Pressure – Ability to complete assigned tasks under stressful situations.

Required Experience:

• Some complete courses in the finance or accounting field

Preferred Experience:

• Position or internship in finance or accounting

Required Skills, Education and/ or Certifications:

• High School Diploma or equivalent.

Preferred Skills, Education and/ or Certifications:

• Currently a college student through a finance or accounting program (associates or bachelor’s degree)
• Proficient with Microsoft office suite; Word, Outlook, Powerpoint, Excel, etc.

Equal Opportunity Employer – Disabled/Vets

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