Intern, Finance - Ottawa, Canada - BGIS

BGIS
BGIS
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Ottawa, Canada

3 weeks ago

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SUMMARY
The Intern, Finance & Accounting is accountable for providing transactional support for a process within an accounting cycle. Specific accountabilities include preparation of journal entries, implementation of process improvement initiatives and internal controls sampling.


KEY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Reconciliation of purchase card transactions monthly, ensuring necessary approvals and support are saved centrally.
  • Pulls supporting documentation as directed by Finance for audit support
  • Support preparation and upload of financial transactions into accounting system.
  • Preparation of standard reports and subsequent analysis (AP/AR aging, labour, etc.).
  • Other duties as assigned.

FINANCE SPECIFIC SCOPE/DEFINITION

Portfolio Scope/Complexity

  • High volume, recurring, routine and basic transactional processing

Complexity of Accounting

  • Requires basic understanding of project coordination, purchasing and accounting principles.

Involvement in Full Cycle Accounting

  • Transactional support for a process within an accounting cycle (i.e. Pcard logs, journal entries and time and labour reports)

Preparation of Financial Information

  • Gathers data for data processing
  • Consolidation of monthly reporting packages

Reporting Audience/User of Financial Information

  • Internal vertical reporting
  • Interaction with internal functional groups (audit, taxation, accounts payable, etc.)

Audit Support

  • Files and retrieves documentation for audit support
  • Documentation is reviewed prior to submission

Problem Solving

  • Identification of noncompliance items
  • Coding discrepancies

Interaction with Client/Management

  • Significant interaction with internal operations team
  • Interaction with vendors and customers.

EDUCATION, JOB-RELATED YEARS OF EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS

MINIMUM EDUCATION:
Accounting, finance or business post-secondary program in progress.


JOB-RELATED EXPERIENCE:
None required.


Knowledge & Skills

  • Ability to manage and perform reconciliations within large volume of transactions, using key data elements.
  • Ability to process high volume data with accuracy
  • Ability to communicate clearly with colleagues for the purpose of data clarification and exchange, and follow up
  • Ability to identify noncompliance items (i.e.) insufficient authorization, missing signature
  • Ability to make basic policy adherence decisions
  • Knowledge of MS Office Suite of Software, particularly Microsoft Excel.
  • Ability to identify data discrepancies (i.e.) coding, validation

Licenses and/or Professional Accreditation

  • None required
  • Demonstrates interest in pursuing a career in Accounting. Explores potential licenses and professional accreditation options
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