Accounting and Employee Relations Intern

Central Iowa Shelter and Services is offering a paid student internship during summer and potentially continuing on a part-time basis through the academic year. The internship program will provide the student with relevant skills in a variety of accounting and human resources functions via on-the-job training.
The finer details... The position will work part-time doing standard office hours, but overtime in evenings and at weekends may be necessary, especially during big projects or periods of change.
Time Commitment

• Hours of operation are 7:00am and 6:00pm Monday thru Friday.
• Must be available to work at least 20 hours per week during the summer (May – August)
• M ust be available to wo rk u p to 20 hours per week during academic year.
  

Job Requirements
Duties and Responsibilities include:
Accounting - Accounts Payable

• Process vendor invoices
• Handle vendor communications, resolve any billing disputes.
• Audit incoming invoices and other payment requests for appropriate coding and authorizations, routing as appropriate.
• Review credit card expense reports and petty cash replenishments requests for accuracy and completeness.
• Maintain vendor files, including contracts for services and paid items.
• Other task as assigned.
  

Accounting – Grant Accounting

• Assist with the creation of grant budgets.
• Other task as assigned.
  

Accounting – General

• Monthly reconciliation of balance sheets
• Other miscellaneous reports as needed.
  

Accounting/HR – Payroll

• As needed, act as backup for processing bi-weekly payroll using ADP’s Workforce Now solution.
• Review timesheets
• Assist in reconciliation of all benefit deduction statements with payroll reports
• Assist in Reconciliation of monthly benefits bills with HR and payroll
• Assist with ensuring accuracy of various accruals.
  

Hr

• Prepare offer and new hire documents
• Maintain I-9 files
• Respond to employment verifications
• Respond to EDD earnings verification/ audit requests
• Data collection, preparation of employee census information for compliance reports
• Assist in benefits administration, including processing
  

Basic Qualifications

• Must be actively enrolled in an undergraduate program at an accredited local University, with a major in Accounting or Human Resources. Sophomore, Junior or Senior level, with current GPA of 3.0 or above.
• Srong technical and organizational skills in addition to excellent written and verbal communication skills, in a professional environment.
• A high level of integrity, accuracy, dependability, enthusiasm, and confidentiality.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Word, and PowerPoint).
• Position will require a minimum of 20 hours and a maximum of 40 hours per week (on occasion).
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without Visa sponsorship.
  

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