Accounting Intern

New Leader Manufacturing is seeking an Accounting Intern to support its accounting team and analyze product costs. The role focuses on understanding and documenting manufacturing processes, analyzing cost and variance data, supporting financial systems and reports, resolving issues, and assisting with month-end close procedures.

What you'll do:

• Assists in research and analysis pertaining to standard cost integrity
• Responds to inquiries and contacts other departments to resolve a variety of problems
• Responsible for data understanding to accounting and other basic financial systems, as well as supplying data and basic financial records for reports
• Performs cost and variance analysis tasks
• Understands manufacturing processes and documents them in detail to understand cost impacts
• Works with Purchasing to understand supplier pricing impacts to financials
• Assist with month-end close procedures
• Demonstrates a good attendance record; is aware of the impact that missing work will have on the customer as well as co-workers
• Completes goals/projects on time or ahead of schedule
• Responds to work assignments and requests by being cooperative and available
• Follows through and meets commitments
• Available as a resource to subordinates and/or peers

What they're looking for:

• Pursuing a Bachelor's Degree in accounting or finance, required
• Possess basic understanding of general accounting principles
• Additional emphasis on costing accounting (material, labor, and overhead)
• Computer skills including a basic understanding of ERP systems, reporting tools, and an intermediate level of proficiency with Microsoft Excel (VLOOKUPS, pivot tables, etc), Word, and Outlook
• Detail oriented with strong organizational skills
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Regularly required to sit and interface with computer systems while maintaining a high level of concentration
• The employee is also regularly required to stand and walk while performing the duties of the job
• The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, or crouch
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear
• The employee is occasionally required to use hands/fingers to handle or feel