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State of Iowa
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Accounting Finance Intern - Project Management Bureau
State of Iowa
645 Iowa Department of Transportation
Location
Iowa, 50319
Salary
$16.46 - $16.46
per hour
Type
Internship
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Job Description
Summary
This internship involves helping with financial tasks in a transportation department, such as tracking project costs, reviewing contracts, processing invoices, and ensuring everything follows rules for government funding.
It's a hands-on role where you'll learn about accounting systems and work with teams to manage budgets for projects.
A good fit would be a college student majoring in accounting or finance who is detail-oriented, comfortable with computers, and eager to gain practical experience in public sector finance.
Key Requirements
- Major in Accounting or Finance
- Completed Financial Accounting (course 284)
- Currently enrolled in or completed Managerial Accounting (course 285)
- Moderate familiarity with Microsoft Excel
- Ability to operate a personal computer and navigate various systems
- Effective oral and written communication skills
- Ability to work well with co-workers
Full Job Description
The candidate will be exposed to several project management cost accounting systems.
They will also work with project ledgers, cost centers, object codes, and the interconnected accounting systems used to capture project activity.
Candidate will perform reconciliations, compliance auditing and identifying allowable and eligible costs as well as calculating State, Local, and Federal share of costs of multi-party funded projects.
The candidate will gain exposure to the electronic organization and retrieval of accounting records and the internal controls within the electronic storage application.
- Consultant coordination support in the Project Management Bureau
- Aid the consultant coordination section in administering contracts
- Review contracts for completeness, accuracy, and compliance with federal audit regulations
- Process invoices daily
- Compile consultant cost and forecasting future budgets
- Organize and indexing contract records for permanent storage
Essential functions: Candidate must be able to operate a personal computer, have moderate level of familiarity with Excel, and be able to navigate through various computer systems.
They must also have effective oral and written communication skills and work well with co-workers. The candidate must also meet the qualifications listed below.
Qualifications: Accounting or Finance majors who have completed Financial Accounting (284) and are currently enrolled in, or have completed Managerial Accounting (285)
Duration: Full time summer; May-August (40 hours/week); transition to part-time during fall semester (up to 20 hours/week) if student remains eligible and course of study remains relevant to the work
Qualifications
Eligible majors: Accounting or Finance majors who have completed Financial Accounting (284) and are currently enrolled in, or have completed Managerial Accounting (285)
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