Finance & Accounting Intern (Day shift)

Description

Work Arrangement: This role is categorized as hybrid on day shift . This means the successful candidate is expected to report to the office three times per week or other frequency dictated by the business.

What You'll Do

Initiate and complete projects to streamline accounting operations via process simplification, standardization and/or automation.

Perform (low risk) operational activities like manual journal entries, account reconciliation or budgeting and forecasting

Participate in meetings to identify opportunities to streamline/simplify work.  This may be one of below, but not limited to APM Policy review, MJE automation/reduction focused on high effort entries, and global QA tasks standardization

Present the results of the project to GBS Leadership Lead/participate in GBS-wide engagement activities

Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)

Candidates must be graduating/3rd year college students of Finance and Accounting courses, with internship as official undergraduate requirement

Must be willing to extend internship hours if needed and work on a hybrid set-up.

Basic accounting skills

Microsoft Office Applications (Excel, Powerpoint, etc.)

KNIME or any similar automation tools preferably trained LEAN, Six-sigma trained

Excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills (i.e. with high confidence to present to top management)

What Will Give You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications) ​

Leadership skills (e.g. officer in school or community organizations)

Good in problem solving

Ability to work in a competitive environment

Can confidently deal with ambiguity and learn on the fly

About GM

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