Finance-Accounting- Intern
At Salas O’Brien we tell our clients that we’re engineered for impact. This passion for making a difference applies just as much to our team as it does to our projects. That’s why we’re committed to living our values every day: inspiring, achieving, and connecting as shared owners of our success with a focus on a sustainable future.
Building for the long-term means that all of our team members can expect to work on amazing projects with a people-first approach to problem solving. It also means that each member of our team has truly limitless potential to build a unique, meaningful, and high-impact career—and they’ll receive great total rewards along the way.
About Us:
Founded in 1975, Salas O’Brien is an employee-owned engineering and professional services firm focused on achieving impact for our clients, our team, and the world. We know that tomorrow’s requirements are today’s opportunities, and we are here to design lasting solutions for pressing challenges.
We work across a variety of industries providing integrated engineering and consulting services. Our specialized experience includes design for data centers, healthcare, science and technology, high-rise buildings, clean energy, education, and other building types as well as structural and building sciences, infrastructure asset management, advanced robotics, and more.
Our technical expertise is paired with an exceptional team of business development, human resources, finance and accounting, information technology, and marketing professionals, all of whom play a key role in bringing our commitments to life every day.
Job Summary:
We are looking for an enthusiastic intern to join our finance team and provide creative ideas to help achieve our goals.
This internship will help you acquire skills and provide you with knowledge of relevant strategies. Ultimately, you will gain broad experience and should be prepared to enter any fast-paced work environment.
In this role, you will:
- Assist in the posting of daily journal entries.
- Help with preparation of the periodical financial reports.
- Help in the reconciliation of account receivables and payables, banks, bill payments or inventories.
- Help with the forecasting and budgeting to manage expenses.
- Apply auditing technique to help review the performance of certain business units.
- Document the processes and key controls used during the auditing process.
- Report the finding and present them to the management.
- Develop possible recommendation to deal with the findings.
- Collect operational and market data for financial analysis.
- Compare financial data with forecasts and plans to determine current financial condition.
- Identify trends and variances from the data.
- Deliver a unique recommendation to ensure cost and operational efficiency.
Skills/abilities:
- Strong desire to learn.
- Self-starter and proactive communicator
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Detail oriented and able to perform quality checks (proofreading)
- Works well under pressure and balancing multiple priorities.
- Current enrollment in a related Bachelor’s or Master’s degree (or recent graduate)
Location: United States, Remote
Travel: Limited travel may be required
Equal Opportunity Employment Statement
Salas O’Brien provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, colour, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state/provincial, or local laws. Salas O’Brien will accommodate the disability-related needs of applicants as required by law.
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