Intern-Finance
West Des Moines, IA
Internship, Full-time
Onsite
Intern/New Grad
UnityPoint Health is an integrated health system that provides a full range of coordinated care to patients and families. They are seeking an Intern-Finance to assist with month-end close for accounting functions and to complete special projects while developing core competencies in not-for-profit accounting.
Responsibilities
- Prepare and document monthly general journal entries to reflect proper account balances at month end.
- Complete monthly balance sheet reconciliations for financial statement accuracy and adherence to generally accepted accounting principles and UnityPoint Health general financial policies.
- Learn the function of Staff Accountant role by participating in the month-end close process.
- Other duties as assigned.
- Support Accounting projects as assigned.
- Project work across all functional teams includes unclaimed property, optimizing use of lockbox accounts, managing outstanding checks, and annual fixed asset review.
Qualification
Required
- Must be enrolled in a Bachelors in Accounting degree program or other relevant field
- Must have knowledge of general accounting, financial statement presentations and statistical presentation necessary to support financial reporting.
- Use of Microsoft Office, particularly spreadsheets.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work as team member, creating and maintaining effective working relationships.
- Ability to understand and apply guidelines, policies and procedures.