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Intern – Accounting, Audit, Tax
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Job Description
Accounting Intern | Mauldin & Jenkins
The Tone:
This is an internship at Mauldin & Jenkins, located in Albany, GA. As a 720-person organization, Mauldin & Jenkins provides an Internship Program offering valuable experience. This role is crucial for individuals pursuing an accounting degree, providing hands-on opportunities to contribute to client engagements in audits, management services, or tax preparation. Interns develop essential technical skills and professional qualifications while supporting the interests of clients, the Firm, and the accounting profession.
The TL;DR
• Role: Internship
• Location: In-person, Albany, GA
• Mission: Assist with audit, management services, or tax engagements, ensuring accuracy and compliance while developing professional accounting skills.
• Tech Stack: Firm manuals, computer software
What You’ll Actually Do
• Evaluate: Assist with the study and evaluation of internal accounting controls and test their compliance.
• Prepare: Prepare financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
• Reconcile: Examine client reconciliations of bank accounts and subsidiary accounts, investigating discrepancies.
• Document: Schedule computations of accruals and document the underlying support for them, and prepare schedules of write-offs for prepaid expenses and deferred charges.
• Tax Support: Review data input, identify and resolve technical tax issues, assist in the review of tax preparations, and meet deadlines for tax returns.
The Must-Haves
• Background: Currently enrolled in college pursuing a degree with a major or concentration in accounting. This is an Entry-Level role focused on developing foundational accounting and auditing knowledge.
• Experience: No specific prior experience required, but a commitment to developing a well-rounded knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles, generally accepted auditing standards, and federal and state income tax laws.
• Skills: A strong practice of accuracy in dealing with numeric and alphabetic information; the ability to speak and write effectively; and proficiency in using available firm resources.
