Finance & Accounting Intern
The Conference of State Bank Supervisors offers a summer internship program for undergraduate, graduate, and law school students. The specific dates of the internship are agreed upon by the intern and the responsible CSBS staff person. This is a paid internship opportunity. Undergraduate students will receive $20.00/hr. Postgraduate students pay will receive $25.00/hr.
Interns are assigned to a specific area of CSBS. The work is generally project based with the intern expected to deliver a final product at the end of the internship. All interns will receive exposure to all areas of CSBS.
Applicants will be interviewed by a cross-section team of CSBS staff members.
Internship Description
Finance & Accounting Internship
The Finance & Accounting intern will gain hands-on exposure to integrated accounting systems as well as the implementation of a new financial accounting system. The intern will focus on mapping financial information from the current FMS to the new FMS. In addition, the intern will assist in the preparation of journal entries as well as prepare revenue and trend analysis. Assignments related to specialized accounting processes, such as payments processing, billing and cash receipts will be designed to give the intern an overall understanding of how these systems are utilized across the entire organization as well as the internal controls related to them.
Education and Experience
· Candidates must list the relevant courses on the resume. Candidates must have completed their junior year and have a concentration in Accounting or Finance.
· Introductory and Intermediate Financial and Management Accounting, Cost Accounting, or similar.
The intern should be proficient in the following items listed but not limited to:
· Verbal, written and interpersonal communication
· Microsoft Excel
· Detail oriented
Requirements
· Due to the nature of CSBS’s business in support of state financial services supervision, all CSBS employees have the potential of interacting with confidential information related to the supervision of financial services companies (“Confidential Supervisory Information”). As a result, in addition to general business conflicts of interest, all CSBS employees are expected to disclose conflicts of interest in financial services companies on at least an annual basis and to proactively avoid such conflicts.
· Protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of CSBS information and information systems in accordance with CSBS policies and procedures.
Values Instilled Behaviors for Excellence
Member/ Customer Service
• Capability to build and value relationships
• Ability to prioritize work
• Advocate and advance member's goals
Teamwork
• Ability to give credit to others
• Have a “pitch in” attitude
• Learns from successes and setbacks
Respect/Trust
• Listens and learns from others
• Speaks the truth even when uncomfortable
• Ability to honor the expertise of others
Collaboration
• Recognizes the contributions of others
• Ability to consult and communication effectively
• Desires to make others successful
Ownership/Engagement
• Ability to persevere through adversity
• Willingness to experiment and take risks
• Plans ahead and is a forward-thinking individual