Accounting Intern

Job Description

Chartwells Higher Education – Accounting Intern

About Chartwells Higher Education:

Chartwells Higher Education is part of Compass Group, a global leader in food service and support services. We are committed to providing our employees with competitive wages, benefits, and perks like Instapay through the One @Work app. Our careers are filled with purpose and encourage learning, growth, and meaningful impact.

Job Description:

We are searching for a motivated and people-oriented individual to join our Chartwells Management Finance team as an Accounting Intern. This internship is designed to be both educational and practical, providing you with hands-on experience in the world of Finance and Accounting.

Key Focus Areas:

This internship will focus on three key areas:

• Field Accounting: You will gain practical experience in tasks like cash reconciliation, conducting cash deposits and safe audits, assisting with AR & AP reconciliations and processing, maintaining maintenance requests from field operations, conducting paperwork audits, and contributing to weekly and monthly close processes.
• Operations: Potential opportunities for project assistance related to strategy and planning.
• Finance: You will support budget review and analysis, and gain insight into flash review and analysis.
• Payroll: You will learn about the team’s paperwork and activities through filing and document retention, and gain experience in processing payroll work orders and investigating discrepancies.

Learning Objectives:

This internship will provide you with:

• Diverse Environment Experience: You will develop awareness, understanding, and skills to thrive in a diverse work environment.
• Practical Finance and Accounting Skills: You will have the opportunity to learn, observe, and practice a range of skills in the world of Finance and Accounting.

Qualifications:

• Must be pursuing a degree in accounting or finance.
• General interest and knowledge in accounting and finance.
• Intermediate level proficiency in MS Word and Excel.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with a drive for excellence and high performance.
• Strong desire for continuous learning and process improvements while working with people and technology.
• Excellent interpersonal, analytical, listening and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent time management and organizational skills.

Join our team and gain valuable experience in the field of Accounting!