What are the responsibilities and job description for the Business Office Intern position at SPOON RIVER COLLEGE?
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Spoon River College is a positive, team-oriented environment supportive of employee development. We are currently seeking a Business Office Intern. This is a temporary part-time position (28 hours per week) expected to run through Summer 2026 to support a temporary staffing need.
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Job Title: Business Office Intern
Status / FLSA Status: Non- Exempt
Classification: Temp
Department: Business Services
Reports To: Director of Business Services
Location: Canton Campus
Date Reviewed: March 2026
Latest Update: March 2026
PRIMARY FUNCTION:
The Business Office Intern supports the daily administrative and operational functions of the business office, with a focus on assisting with accounting-related duties. This role provides hands-on experience in areas such as data entry, financial recordkeeping, and general office support. This is a short-term assignment expected to run through Summer 2026 to support a temporary staffing need.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Prepares monthly bank reconciliation of Foundation bank accounts.
- Reconcile General Ledger account activity with activity imported from external payment processors.
- Prepare sales tax calculation and file with the state monthly.
- Prepare Foundation report for Board of Trustees.
- Donor gifts in Foundation software to assign gift credit.
- Assist with grant expense tracking and reporting.
- Assist with year-end processes.
- Assist in preparing for the audit.
- Performs other duties as assigned by the supervisor.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:
This position has no supervisory responsibilities.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR ELIGIBILITY: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- A junior or senior Accounting major working towards degree.
- Must possess organizational abilities and superior interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills.
- Experience using Microsoft applications, especially Excel, with a high degree of accuracy and personal computer skills is required.
- Ability to manage multiple and competing priorities; deal with conflict appropriately; withstand pressure and remain calm in tense situations, accurate; flexible; dependable; responsible; promotes teamwork; demonstrates a positive attitude is required.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS / WORK ENVIRONMENT: The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Physical demands for this position include the ability to regularly sit, use hands and fingers, talk and hear. This position requires limited standing, walking, reaching, stooping / kneeling. Vision requirements for this position include close vision including the ability to view text from a computer monitor.
Work environment for this position includes typical office environment with no extremes in temperature, noise, and limited physical risk.
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