The internship enables opportunities for students to gain real-world experience by working on a wide range of accounting projects in an office environment. This position is available for undergraduate students to participate in supervised practical training in a professional field. Assists in the completion of routine and non-routine tasks; assists in the analysis, investigation, and solution of problems; and assists in developing electronic and hard copy documentation as required.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: This internship will provide an understanding of how a Finance Department works within a local government and how essential the job is as a public service. An intern will be able to assist in the development of a new fiscal year budget and learn the communication skills Finance requires in order to be successful.
 
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND PERFORMANCE STANDARDS

• Support Finance staff by assisting with budgeting and reporting required by State and Federal governments.
• Assist in analyzing financial data, reconciling ledger accounts, and reconciling bank accounts.
•  Compiles material for outside agencies’ budget request package
• Assist with various tasks within grants, accounts payable, and financial reporting.
• Basic administrative tasks.
• As Assigned Performs other duties similar in nature.

Education: Must be currently enrolled in an undergraduate/graduate program in Accounting or Finance from an accredited college or have obtained an Associates or Bachelors in Accounting or Finance within one year of the internship start date. 
 
Experience: No experience required. Intern will be trained to successfully perform the duties and responsibilities of the internship. 
 
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities: 

• Good Communication skills
• Detail Oriented
• Ability to work independently.
• Basic computer skills

 PERFORMANCE APTITUDES:

• Data Utilization: Requires the ability to evaluate, audit, deduce, and/or assess data using established criteria. Includes exercising discretion in determining actual or probable consequences and in referencing such evaluation to identify and select alternatives.
• Human Interaction: Requires the ability to work with and apply principles of persuasion and/or influence over others to coordinate programs or activities of a project, and resolve typical problems associated with the responsibilities of the job.
• Equipment: Requires the ability to operate, maneuver and/or control the actions of equipment, machinery, tools, and/or materials used in performing essential functions.
• Verbal:  Requires the ability to utilize a wide variety of reference, descriptive, advisory and/or design data and information.
• Math: Requires the ability to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication and division; ability to calculate decimals and percentages; may include ability to perform mathematical operations with fractions; may include ability to compute discount, interest, and ratios; may include ability to calculate surface areas, volumes, weights, and measures.
• Functional Reasoning: Requires the ability to apply principles of influence systems, such as motivation, incentive, and leadership, and to exercise independent judgment to apply facts and principles for developing approaches and techniques to resolve problems.
• Situational Reasoning:  Requires the ability to exercise judgment, decisiveness and creativity in situations involving the evaluation of information against sensory, judgmental, or subjective criteria, as opposed to that which is clearly measurable or verifiable.
• Physical Abilities: Tasks require the ability to exert light physical effort in sedentary to light work, but which may involve some lifting, carrying, pushing and/or pulling of objects and materials of light weight (5-10 pounds). Tasks may involve extended periods of time at a keyboard or workstation.
• Sensory Requirements: Some tasks require the ability to communicate orally.
• Environmental Factors: Essential functions are regularly performed without exposure to adverse environmental conditions.