This is a part-time paid intern position, 15 to 25 hours/week, with a flexible work week. Full-time position during academic breaks. Firm hours are 8:45-5:15pm with a one-hour unpaid lunch break. The full work week is 37.5 hours.
Position Summary:
The Intern within the accounting and finance team will over project support on tasks as needed by department managers. The Intern will be able to work independently as well as alongside other accounting professionals and have the opportunity to add value to one of the Firm's busiest support departments.
Essential Functions:
1. Assist with the inventory of Firm assets.
2. Participate in the updating of vendor files with current information. Will make necessary changes as new information comes in.
3. Aid the accounting team with assigning default accounts to the Firm's regular vendors in order to make coding of expenses more accurate.
4. Determine the owner of remaining funds in an IOLTA (Interest on Lawyer Trust Accounts) Summary from our former Indiana office that should have been returned to clients. Will investigate and determine to which clients the remaining funds will be returned.
5. Support the transition of moving the Firm to an automatic upload of ACH payments by assisting in loading all receivers in the system.
Additional Responsibilities:
1. Performs other duties and assist on other projects as assigned.
Qualifications:
The Accounting Intern must be pursuing a degree in accounting, finance, or closely related field. They must be adaptable and have the ability to learn and embrace new skills. Must have completed some intermediate accounting coursework and have a broad base knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel. A GPA of at least 3.0 is strongly preferred.
The hired Intern must be willing to come into the office daily. Our Firm has a Pandemic Management Plan in place to minimize exposure and to ensure necessary protocols are followed.