What are the responsibilities and job description for the Financial Planning & Analysis Intern position at CSM Corporation?
This internship will provide support to CSM’s Financial Planning & Analysis team, focusing on developing reports, processes and analyses to enhance management’s ability to make strategic and accurate business decisions across Retail, Office/Industrial, Hotel and Multi-Family Residential industries of real estate.
The intern will gain an understanding of the real estate industry, market data intelligence and key industry business metrics. The learning process will incorporate a combination of hands on experience, mentoring from the FP&A Manager and team, and practical assignments. By the end of the internship, the intern will have a broad understanding of the real estate business and gained exposure to a variety of different tools and methods used to support the industry.
INTERNSHIP RESPONSIBILITIES
- Develops, updates and automates reports and analyses utilizing financial applications. This includes assisting in monthly reporting and preparing asset management plans.
- Conducts market research for analysis and reporting. This includes maintaining competitive maps, updating comparative benchmarking and sharing market data intelligence.
- Partners and helps to create a sale compensation database that can be utilized to pull competitive compensation for each property.
- Assists in the benchmarking the analytics of operating expenses for the Multi-Family real estate assets.
- Assists in tracking financial statements from commercial tenants and evaluating their credit risk to CSM.
- Engages with members of the FP&A team, other interns and corporate office employees to build relationships and a professional network.
- Supports the FP&A team with other ad-hoc tasks and projects as needed.
REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
Education: Must have completed at least two years of college, preferably working towards a Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Real Estate Development or a related field.
Experience/Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
- Possesses a strong sense of personal responsibility for work outcomes.
- Demonstrates organizational skills with a keen attention to detail and accuracy.
- Exhibits a solid work ethic and sees projects through to completion.
- Displays strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Demonstrates excellent computer skills (especially with Microsoft Excel).
- Must be flexible and take initiative.
- Maintains confidentiality of company information.
- Possesses a basic understanding of process improvement and a willingness to explore new ideas.
