Accounting and Finance Intern

Job Description

This is a hybrid role working partially in-office and partially from home.

The Accounting Finance (A F) Internrole supports various areas of the Accounting Finance Department at Ameritas including investment accounting, financial reporting, financial analysis, and operations teams. The A F intern responsibilities include creating accounting journal entries, monthly reconciliations, participation in special projects, reporting, developing, and analyzing financial information and compiling presentations. This role has exposure to day-to-day accounting and finance responsibilities and project work to move the business forward. The ideal candidate is on a Finance and/or Accounting track.

At Ameritas, our mission is Fulfilling Life. We do that in many ways, but especially by helping people invest in themselves by offering trusted financial products and advice. Because we believe everyone should be happy, healthy, and financially secure, we work hard to provide trusted financial products and valued guidance, including individual life and disability insurance, employee benefits, retirement planning, investments, and wealth management services.

This internship will begin December 2023 or May 2024 depending on availability.

What you do

• Create monthly and quarterly accounting entries for routine transactions.
• Prepare and analyze monthly and quarterly reconciliations.
• Enhance quarterly financial analysis through detailed analysis of product line financial results and key metrics, and trends.
• Prepare information for and attend management meetings to review results.
• Utilize the financial database to for reporting and analysis.
• Assist in the creation of presentations for management.
• Assist in the development of capital management analysis, calculation, and materials.
• Ad hoc requests.
• Assist in special projects.

What you bring

• Working towards a 4-year degree in Accounting or Finance at a Sophomore or Junior status.
• Able to commit to a full year of work - part-time during the academic school year and full-time during the summer.
• PT includes 10-20 hours a week
• FT includes 30-40 hours a week
• Consistently demonstrates initiative and a professional, self-directed approach to responsibilities and an ability to meet deadlines.
• Accepts additional projects and responsibilities as assigned. Demonstrates the ability to deal with pressure to meet deadlines, to be accurate, and to handle constantly changing situations.
• Proven ability to work well and proactively communicate with all levels of management within the organization.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Keen analytical skills and proven ability to develop effective financial analysis.
• Extremely strong PC and Excel skills

What we offer

• Our company motto is "Fulfilling Life" and we take that job seriously, with a heavy commitment to volunteering and community support, employee well-being, and providing quality products and services that help our customers create a brighter future.
• Being a mutual-based organization, the return on our investment goes back into the company, to benefit our members/customers.
• We're committed to professional development, opportunity, inclusion, and diversity. Team building and collaboration are also priorities.

This internship is benefits ineligible.

An Equal Opportunity Employer:

Ameritas has a reputation as a company that cares, and because everyone should feel safe bringing their authentic, whole self to work, we're committed to an inclusive culture and diverse workplace, enriched by our individual differences.We are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer that hires based on qualifications, positive attitude, and exemplary work ethic, regardless of sex, race, color, national origin, religion, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.

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