Financial Analyst Intern

Job Summary:

This position is responsible for providing moderate level accounting and finance support to various internal departments, including the preparation of forecast, financial reports, reconciliations and financial analysis for various departments / LOBs / service lines at the national level.

Essential Duties:

• Reporting duties may include but are not limited to:
  Designs, reviews, maintains, and deploys business reports using analysis tools (Excel & BI).
• Coordinates with users to ensure satisfaction and appropriate use of reports and data tools.
• Monitors and manages the volume of new reports/scorecards/analyses to maximize
  user-friendliness and efficiency of the reporting system.
• Performs data mining to analyze key business issues.
• Assists Sr. Finance members with data collection and data analysis.
• Supports the development of new reports as well as the maintenance of current reports.
• Ensure financial statements reconcile to accounting systems and subsidiary ledger detail

Forecasting & Analysis duties may include but are not limited to:

• Investigate and resolve balance discrepancies and internal inquiries by researching and
  interpreting data
• Assist in preparation of forecasts and provide variance analysis of actual performance
  against forecasts
• Calculate and process employee commissions, billing rates, hours goals and related journal
  entries
• Ability to work autonomously and part of a team
• Effective organization and time management skills

Basic Qualifications:

• Working towards B.A. / B.S. degree or equivalent from accredited university
• Computer Science, Information Systems, Accounting, or Finance major - Required
• Travel to assigned client locations is required. Must have access to and ability to arrange for use of reliable modes of transportation to those locations
• A minimum 3.0 GPA is preferred.

Preferred Experience:

• Strong computer skills, including Microsoft Office skills (Excel, Word and PowerPoint
  a must)
• Previous experience with SQL and Visual Basic are preferred
• Solid understanding of general accounting principles - Preferred
• Basic knowledge of financial analysis, forecasting and planning - Preferred