What are the responsibilities and job description for the Finance & Accounting Intern (Chicago-W) position at Careers?
Who We Are:
NFP, an Aon company, is a multiple Best Places to Work award winner in Business Insurance. We are an organization of consultative advisors and problem solvers. We help companies and individuals around the globe address their most significant risk, workforce, wealth management and retirement challenges through custom solutions and a people-first approach. To learn more, please visit: https://www.NFP.com.
This is a hybrid position with in-office flexibility 2-3 days a week.
Summary: This position is a shared resource between NFP’s FP&A and Operations Group and will report to the Vice President of FP&A.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Support strategic business decision-making through financial modeling and analysis, including ad-hoc modeling and analysis
- Support the annual budgeting and quarterly forecasting processes for G&A Functions including development of financial metric models, department specific budgets, and related KPI analysis
- Develop and maintain financial forecasts for the business assessing risks and opportunities in actual results vs. forecasts
- Prepare and automate monthly and quarterly financial reporting, budget and forecast to understand performance drivers
- Identify variances to budget and analyze contributing factors
- Review internal and external agreements, audit systems for accuracy of commission payments, ensure systems align with intended language and intent of agreements
- Review and audit Strategic Ledger Values that are key identifiers for specific revenue driven events
- Align with regional champs to ensure accurate data hygiene for external and internal staff and vendors are tagged appropriately on accounts and policies, review pipeline and opportunities align with budgets and key decision makers
- Exposure to acquired companies, understanding earnout periods, importance of segmenting revenue and expense during key periods of time
- Partner with Accounting to ensure accurate accruals and adherence to accounting policies.
- Ad-hoc reporting, analysis, and special projects as needed
- Interaction with key decision makers: regional leadership, finance & accounting staff, human resources, legal, compliance, sales staff, account service management
System Usage
- Applied Epic: Property & Casualty revenue
- SalesForce: Corporate and Group Benefits, Wealth & Retirement revenue
- AvidExchange: Accounts Payable
- Concur Solutions: Employee reimbursement
- Cognos: Financial reporting
Knowledge, Skills and/or Abilities
- Financial statement analysis
- Financial modeling skills
- Working knowledge of full Microsoft Office suite with emphasis in Excel
- Strong written communication skills, preparation of business memorandums
- Good interpersonal skills
- Problem-solving skills
- Ability to work independently and be self-driven, with ability to identify, plan and prioritize business opportunities
Education and/or Experience
- Rising senior of a four-year university preferred
- Demonstrated leadership experience in college, community, internship, or co-op experience
The base hourly range for this position is $18.00 – $22.00. The base pay rate offered will be determined by factors including, but not limited to, experience, credentials, education, certifications, skill level required for the position, the scope of the position, and geographic location. Actual base pay offered will be determined on a case-by-case basis. In addition to the base pay, this position may be eligible for performance-based incentives.
NFP and You... Better together!
NFP is an inclusive Equal Employment Opportunity employer.
Salary : $18 - $22
