College Intern

Job Summary/Objective

The Accounting and Finance Intern will assist the accounting services team with a wide range of important duties, such as month-end reporting, audit and reconciliation work, forecasting efforts, and credit checks. 

Essential Functions

1.    Assist with month-end financial reporting.
2.    Help with AP, AR and bank statement reconciliation.
3.    Assist with various audits.
4.    Balance sheet reconciliation assistance.
5.    Analyze WMS accounts
6.    Reconcile internal system to client VMS systems
7.    Analyze company data and make recommendations for action.
8.    Assist with customer credit checks.
9.    Learn about bookkeeping software with hands on experience.
10.    Learn how to work as part of the accounting team to compile and analyze data, track information, and support the company and our customers.
11.    Assist with GL software conversions and testing.
12.    Assist with various additional projects to learn more about accounting operations.
13.    Performs miscellaneous duties as assigned.

Competencies

1. Culture of Heart: Provides the tools, training, and resources to focus on the impact of being a part of the team to help each other succeed.
2. Customer Service: Effectively interacts with and meets the needs of our customers to provide the best service and experience possible.
3. Client Relationships: Builds, maintains, and strengthens relationships with internal and external clients.
4. Data-Driven: Uses data to understand impacts, implications, and makes data-backed decisions to put resources where they are most impactful.
5. Curiosity and Innovation: Demonstrates curiosity, develops new insights, considers creative approaches and applies novel solutions.
6. Communication: Uses effective written and oral communication with internal staff, teams, clients, talent, and communities served. Demonstrates empathy and listening.
7. Story Telling: Uses narratives and available resources, such as presentations, to communicate effectively, build connections, and inspire action.
8. Detail-Oriented: Meets deadlines and produces work with few to no errors. Organizes projects, understands teams, and creates detailed plans.
9. Adaptability: Adapts and responds to change effectively. Proactively seeks opportunities to be supportive of change and serve our mission.
10. Time Management: Executes tasks within a pre-defined time limit. Can organize tasks and set realistic deadlines they follow through on. Can determine how to use time more effectively to optimize processes.
11. Continuous Improvement: Ability to proactively identify and implement improvements in processes, products, or services, fostering a culture of ongoing learning and optimization.
12. Reliability: Consistently delivering quality work on time, showing up on time and adhering to schedules. Trustworthy and dependable. Honoring commitments.

Required Education and Experience

• 1.    Understand and support the Vision and Values of Staffmark.
  2.    Current business, finance, economics, accounting or related major with a B average or better at an accredited college or university.
  3.    Flexible and willing to take on multiple, varied tasks with a high motivation to learn.
  4.    Ability to maintain a positive attitude under pressure with a resilient attitude towards challenges.
  5.    Handle sensitive or confidential information with honesty and integrity.
  6.    Excellent mathematical aptitude.
  7.    Professional demeanor.
  8.    The ability to work collaboratively with a team.
  9.    Ability to learn new technology.
  10.    Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office products.

Work Environment

This job operates remotely. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, monitors, copiers, printers/scanners, phones, and filing cabinets. If working in a remote office environment, a clean, designated workspace must be kept in a safe condition, free from hazards to both the employee and the equipment. Remote office positions also require reliable, high-speed internet.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to move, use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is required to sit or stand at a desk indoors for most of the day; and may be occasionally required to climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.  The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work

This is a part-time, fixed-duration internship: 16–18 hours per week, Monday through Friday. Schedule is flexible to accommodate school commitments but must fall within 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. local time. The internship duration is approximately one month, scheduled during the summer.

Work Authorization

Staffmark Group is an E-Verify employer. This policy is applicable to all phases of the employment relationship, including hiring, transfers, promotions, training, terminations, working conditions, compensation, benefits, and other terms and conditions of employment.

AAP/EEO Statement

Staffmark Group is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all persons regardless of race, color, religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, pregnancy, medical condition, genetic information, mental and physical disability, political affiliation, union membership, status as a parent, military or veteran status or other non-merit based factors.

Inclusion and Belonging

An equitable, inclusive, and diverse work environment are critical to the mission, vision and values of Staffmark Group, LLC. We strive to foster authentic belonging for all the lives we touch. We are committed to supporting the diversity of each of our employees, and celebrating the inclusion of all types of thought, differences, and voices. We encourage our employees to align with Staffmark Group, LLC and our client’s diversity and inclusion initiatives.

Other Duties

Please note, this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time, with or without notice.