Accounting-Internship-(Spring-2021)
- Recruiter
- Transamerica
- Location
- Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States
- Salary
- Competitive salary
- Posted
- 16 Oct 2020
- Closes
- 20 Oct 2020
- Ref
- R20030958_AS21
- Job role
- Accountant
- Sector
- Accounting - Public practice
- Experience level
- Entry level, Internship
Internships are short-term work experiences for a designated period of time that allow college students the opportunity to observe and participate in the professional work environment, to explore how his/her interests relate to possible careers, and to gain practical experience in an industry relating to their field of study.
Job Description
In this internship, you will have the opportunity to be part of the Transamerica team working on real business problems. Opportunities are available within Financial Reporting, Management Reporting & Analytics, Internal Audit, Corporate Tax, and Internal Controls and more! This position allows you to take your classroom knowledge and apply it to the real world. If you're self-driven and able to see opportunity in change, you can make a real difference within our business. You will build relationships with key leaders and team members in all areas of finance and accounting.
Responsibilities
Qualifications
This job description is not a contract of employment nor for any specific job responsibilities. The Company may change, add to, remove, or revoke the terms of this job description at its discretion. Managers may assign other duties and responsibilities as needed. In the event an employee or applicant requests or requires an accommodation in order to perform job functions, the applicable HR Business Partner should be contacted to evaluate the accommodation request.
Job Description
In this internship, you will have the opportunity to be part of the Transamerica team working on real business problems. Opportunities are available within Financial Reporting, Management Reporting & Analytics, Internal Audit, Corporate Tax, and Internal Controls and more! This position allows you to take your classroom knowledge and apply it to the real world. If you're self-driven and able to see opportunity in change, you can make a real difference within our business. You will build relationships with key leaders and team members in all areas of finance and accounting.
Responsibilities
- Work collaboratively with other interns, team members, and across teams and departments.
- Perform professional finance/accounting work involving compilation, consolidation, and analysis of financial data.
- Reconciles, investigates, corrects and adjusts financial information in accordance with aggressive deadlines.
- Prepares financial statements and/or work papers for multiple accounting bases.
- Uses multiple financial systems and/or sophisticated reporting tools to produce a variety of analyses.
- Proactively identifies unique problems and seeks help to resolve, if necessary.
- Project work as needed in other multiple bases of accounting and financial reporting.
- Responsible for adherence to the company's framework of internal controls
- Due to the nature of the role, work outside of normal business hours may be required as needed
Qualifications
- To qualify for internship, applicants must be currently enrolled full-time at a college or university pursuing a specific degree program. Internships are not available for students who have completed their college education or who will graduate prior to the conclusion of the internship.
- Strong written & verbal communications communication skills
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Detailed-oriented
- Reliable, dependable
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel
This job description is not a contract of employment nor for any specific job responsibilities. The Company may change, add to, remove, or revoke the terms of this job description at its discretion. Managers may assign other duties and responsibilities as needed. In the event an employee or applicant requests or requires an accommodation in order to perform job functions, the applicable HR Business Partner should be contacted to evaluate the accommodation request.