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Finance & Accounting Intern

Animal Lamps LLC
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Finance & Accounting Intern — QuickBooks Online Reconciliation & Monthly Reporting (Animal Lamps)

 

Location: Iowa City, IA (hybrid - WFH + on-site at HQ as needed, Animal Lamps can arrange transportation)

Schedule: ~5–10 hrs/week (flexible, but weekly cadence is important)

 

Compensation:

$100 per weekly reconciliation (QuickBooks Online)

$200 per monthly financial report (P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash summary + notes)

$15/hr for any additional projects/tasks

 

Role summary

Animal Lamps is a fast-growing hardware startup scaling manufacturing and B2B sales. We’re looking for a finance/accounting intern to keep our books clean and current in QuickBooks Online and to produce clear monthly reporting. You’ll work closely with the founder and learn how startup finances work in the real world: cash flow, inventory impacts, COGS, margins, and operational decision-making.

Responsibilities

Weekly QBO reconciliations:

 

Reconcile bank and credit card accounts

Review/correct transaction categorization and payee/vendor naming

Maintain a short open-items list for founder follow-up

Monthly reporting package (delivered on a the last day of each month (takes ~1-2 hours to prepare):

Profit & Loss (monthly + YTD) with brief commentary on key changes

Balance Sheet snapshot (cash, inventory, payables, liabilities)

Simple cash movement summary (what changed and why)

 

Additional support tasks as needed ($15/hr), such as:

Cleanup projects (rules, chart-of-accounts consistency, classes/locations if used)

Light A/R and invoice tracking support (drafts + status lists)

Spreadsheet templates / dashboards for internal tracking

 

Preferred qualifications

UIowa student in Accounting, Finance, Business Analytics, Econ, or related.

Comfort with QuickBooks Online (or strong willingness to learn quickly (it is not complex)).

Spreadsheet skills (Apple Numbers/Excel/Google Sheets).

Detail-oriented, reliable, and able to keep a weekly rhythm.

Communicates clearly and asks good questions when something doesn’t match.

 

What you’ll learn

How to run a weekly close in QuickBooks Online

How COGS/inventory and cash flow behave in a product company

How founders use financial reports to make decisions

Practical workflow habits: repeatable processes, documentation, and issue tracking

 

How to apply

Submit:

Resume

Short note (3–6 sentences) on why you’re interested

Optional: any spreadsheet/reporting example (class project is fine)

 

Screening questions

Have you used QuickBooks Online before? If yes, in what capacity?

Are you comfortable reconciling bank/credit card accounts weekly?

What days/times can you reliably commit each week?

What’s your experience with Numbers/Excel/Google Sheets?