Accounting Intern

Job title: Accounting Intern                                          Pay range: $15-$17.50/hour

Department / Team: Accounting Team                                      Reports to: Sheila Welch

Position overview: The Accounting Intern plays a pivotal role in fulfilling our mission by:

1. Quickly and precisely categorizing transactions for several different clients.
2. Supporting our accounting staff with delivering accurate financial reports.
3. Creating rules in the accounting software to help ensure that transactions are coded consistently.
4. Being constantly curious of why things are the way they are, looking for answers to challenges both internal and external that might not always fit within the box.

Here’s what you’ll be doing on a typical day:     

• Categorizing bank and credit card transactions primarily Xero and Quickbooks.
• Working in Excel to quickly identify transactional details when no software if available/provided.
• Communicating daily with assigned accounting associates and assisting with special projects and bookkeeping cleanup.
• Recategorizing unknown transactions and reconfiguring reports formatting.
• Drafting reconciliation reports and submitting them to Accounting Associate and Accounting Seniors for review and financial close.

Preferred technical skills:

• Accounting Software Proficiency: Familiarity with QuickBooks, Xero, and potentially Sage for categorizing and reconciling transactions.
• Data Entry Accuracy: Strong attention to detail and familiarity with manual and automated data entry tools to minimize errors during categorization.
• Coding and Classification: Understanding of chart of accounts and transaction coding to properly assign categories for reporting purposes.
• Microsoft Excel: Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including ability to use formular, pivot tables, and data analysis tools for organizing and reviewing transaction data.
• Accounting methods:  Familiarity of difference accounting methods (cash basis, modified accrual and full accrual accounting.)  Have a high level understanding of how transaction timing impacts this and how transactions should be recorded.

Required soft skills

We expect the typical soft skills you’d see in a professional services environment, including (but not limited) to:

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to work both independently and in a team environment
• Problem-solving aptitude
• Attention to detail and a high level of accuracy
• Strong time management and organizational skills

Education: Some college education or currently enrolled in a business related degree program

Travel: Minimal travel will be required for this position.

Location & schedule  Our team builds trust with each other by openly communicating about work schedules with each other.  Specifics include:

• Hybrid position
  • 3 days in the office, with Wednesdays a required day.  Working hours 9AM-5PM.
• 2 days work from home (or the office, if you desire).  Working hours flexible.