Intern, Finance

Job Description:

Essential Responsibilities:

• Promoting the mission of Javara with a primary guiding principle of research participant safety, research participant well-being, and doing so with integrity and excellence to those we serve.

• Working with other members of the Finance team to ensure that all functions are aligned with the organization’s strategic mission, values, and vision. Providing efficient, reliable support to finance and accounting department members, other departments, and external parties.

Specific Responsibilities:

• Prepare, verify, post and record customer payments and transactions related to accounts receivable.

• Create and submit invoices to customers.

• Maintain and update customer files.

• Identify billing discrepancies by reviewing payment details and communicating to accounting manager and other related parties.

• Communicate with customers to discuss account statuses, charges, or discrepancies.

• Collaborate with AR Manager to reconcile accounts receivable on a periodic basis.

• Assist with other accounting operations such as account reconciliations and period-close processes.

Qualifications:

• Exceptional time management, problem-solving, planning and organizational skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Able to work autonomously or as part of a team in a fast-paced environment

• Excellent interpersonal skills with proven written, presentation and verbal competencies

• Skilled at utilizing accounting, financial and related software and applications (e.g. Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook)

• Strong ability to create, use and update Excel spreadsheets and financial reports

• Organize information, perform financial calculations, draw logical conclusions, prepare financial reports, analyze and summarize data

Physical Demands: 

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of this position.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job. 

• The employee will regularly use hands to reach, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls and talk and hear. 

• The employee may frequently stand, walk and sit. 

• The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds

• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision and the ability to adjust focus 

Work Environment:

This job operates in a professional environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, laptops, tablets, phones, photocopiers, and printers.

Position Type: This is a 30-40 hour per week position.

Travel: This position may involve 5% travel.

Pre-Employment Screening:  Drug screen and background check required.  

This job description covers the most essential functions of this position and is not designed to contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee in this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice. 

Education or Equivalent Experience:

• High School completion required

Javara is an integrated research organization (IRO) that advances value by integrating clinical research within the healthcare ecosystem. Javara brings better outcomes for patient centered care, better economic results, improved access to cutting edge therapies and a more predictable research delivery model to the biopharmaceutical sector.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement: Javara provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.