Summer Intern Finance Projects/FP&A at Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. in Piscataway, New Jersey

Job Description:

The overall purpose of this position is to assist both the Next Gen Finance / Systems Team and the Financial Planning and Analysis Team on tasks related to our process improvements on financial reporting, Concur and Cherwell metrics tracking, report writing, and Budget & Forecast tasks as assigned.  The intern would assist in the following areas:

• Assist in report generation for use in analysis of general ledger data in Next-gen Financial Cloud to be provided to staff on an ad hoc basis


• Assist staff by running dashboard reports from systems used for Expense Tracking (Concur) and for Helpdesk Tickets submitted (Cherwell) used in presentations to leadership 


• Assist with any reconciliations needed for NextGen banking, potential UAT testing of the system and other NextGen projects


• Assist the FP&A team in support on Budget and Forecast Activity, Including Input into EPM for analysis by managers.


• Input data into the Budget System (EPM) and run various analysis reports as needed

Functions:

Specific duties will include but are not limited to the following:

• Assist in data entry & input into various accounting systems, both budget and forecasted information as required by the businesses the position supports (FP&A / EPM)


• Participate in and assist in updating Finance Websites with current information


• Use NextGen to consolidate and run metrics as requested from Concur & Cherwell systems


• Work with accounting and each BFS team to track and report on any Next Gen reports requested to be used by them for analysis and presentation to leadership


• Assist managers in support of the Next gen Process Improvement & Enhancements requests made by Volunteers and Staff to eventually streamline our processes

Qualifications

Education and Experience:

· Accounting, Finance, or Economics Major in College at this time

· At least 1 full year of study completed

· Some experience in MS Excel and financial systems would be a plus

Skills & Other Requirements:

· Technologically savvy in use of accountings systems would be ideal but not required

· Ability to use a PC with software, Cloud Software, and MS Office applications

· Ability to communicate to management both verbally and written in order to summarize and communicate out the work assigned

· Must be able to work in a cross-functional team and possibly have data analytical skills

For information on work demands and conditions required for this position, please consult the reference document, "Physical, Mental, and Work Environment Standards for IEEE Positions." This position is classified under Category I - Office Positions.

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