What are the responsibilities and job description for the Accounting & Operational Finance Intern - Summer 2025 - NYC position at Turner Construction?
Division : New York Main
Project Location(s) :
New York, NY 10001 USA
Minimum Years Experience :
Travel Involved :
0-10%
Job Type : Regular
Job Classification : Intern
Education : No Degree / Diploma
Job Family : Finance
Compensation : Intern Non-Exempt
The salary range for this position is estimated to be 20.00 - 27.00 USD annualized.
Position Description : Provide financial services support to profit centers. Duties may include any specific accounting functions including Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, General Ledger, Reconciliation, and Special Services.
Reports to : Accounting Manager, Operational Finance; Accountant, Operational Finance; or Senior Accountant, Operational Finance
Essential Duties & Responsibilities :
- Assist accountant to ensure client contractual requirements are met in regard to billing and accounts receivables.
- Process accounts payable for vendor invoices and ensure accounts are up to date for assigned projects.
- Process accounts payable for subcontractor invoices, and work with accountant to ensure all applicable lien waivers are submitted and contracts and insurance requirements are in place.
- Assist with completing monthly close process, ensuring all client bills and project costs are posted or accrued if work is in place and of material value.
- Assist with all internal and external audit requests.
- Facilitate data entry processes for project specific vendor invoices and prepare multi-project invoices for distribution to central financial center for input and posting.
- Provide administrative duties as related to invoice processing (i.e. vendor setup and updates, sales and use tax reporting, collection and distribution of client tax exempt certificates).
- Help prepare Turner owner applications for payment by assisting with compiling all supporting invoice backup.
- Provide supervisor with periodic progress reports.
- Relate and apply knowledge acquired in academic setting to company setting.
- Adhere to company work hours, policies, procedures and rules governing professional staff behavior.
- Maintain professional relationships with company employees, customers and so forth.
- Prepare for and participate in conferences and other opportunities of learning afforded by company.
- Other activities, duties, and responsibilities as assigned.
Qualifications :
Physical Demands : The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Performance of the required duties will require physical ability to climb permanent and temporary stairs, passenger use of construction personnel hoists, ability to climb ladders and negotiate work areas under construction. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Performing this job requires use of hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls, sit, talk and hear, stand, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Employee must occasionally lift and / or move heavy weight.
Work Environment : The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works on-site at the construction work site where the employee is exposed to moving mechanical parts; high precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; outside weather conditions and risk of electrical shock. The noise in these work environments is usually moderate to very loud.
The salary range for this position is estimated to be 20.00 - 27.00 USD per hour.
Turner is an Equal Opportunity Employer - race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or other characteristics protected by applicable law.
Salary : $20 - $27
