Accounting Internship
The ideal intern will be highly organized, detail oriented, provide exceptional customer service, an enthusiastic professional, and be able to build relationships with team members. An Accounting Intern must be able to manage multiple tasks with a high degree of efficiency and accuracy, able to positively take direction, and willing to assist with any needs of the accounting department. This internship will provide a wonderful opportunity to build experience with accounting principles, accounting tasks, and QuickBooks.
This position reports to:
Accounting Manager and COO/President of Association Management
Job Responsibilities & Duties:
Finance:
· Maintain and balance subsidiary accounts by verifying, allocating, posting transactions, and reconciling entries
· Ability to reconcile general ledger accounts and make journal entries as required
· Accounts Payable
· Accounts Receivable
· Reconcile bank statements
· Reconcile credit card statements
· File sales tax reports monthly
· Review monthly expense reports for errors in posting
Administrative:
· Answering phones with a multi-line extension system
· Send correspondence to vendors and clients regarding collections and follow-up phone calls.
· Ability to use office equipment; copier, fax machine, 10-key calculator, and scanner
· Become familiar with the company server files system
· Filing
Qualifications:
· QuickBooks Desktop and Online Certification a plus
· Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, Outlook, Powerpoint)
Requirements:
· Honest, trustworthy, and dependable
· Ethical behavior and tact when dealing with sensitive financial information
· Detail oriented, and provide a thorough and accurate work product
· High Level of accuracy and efficiency
· Highly responsive and takes initiative
· Highly organized
· Excellent written and verbal communication skills with high attention to proper grammar and spelling
· Courteous, professional manner, strong customer service skills
· Must be a team player, self-starter, motivated
· Ability to work well under pressure
· Ability to be flexible and adapt to spontaneous requests or needs that may arise
· Able to multi-task and prioritize and provide a timely work product
· Ability to work both independently and in a team environment
· Professional, flexible personality
· Understand the importance of wardrobe, uniform requirements
· Professionally represent Paragon Events when dealing with staff, customers, and vendors.
The marginal functions of this position have not been included. This job description in no way implies that these are the only duties to be performed. An employee will be required to follow any other job-related duties required by the manager.