Job Description
Job Description: Finance Intern Who is the Suzanne & Walter Scott Foundation? The Suzanne & Walter Scott Foundation was founded in 1990. It is a public charity as a supporting organization of the Omaha Community Foundation. The Foundation's geographic area of emphasis is the Omaha metropolitan area (including Harrison, Mills and Pottawattamie counties in Iowa) and all of Greater Nebraska, plus causes outside that region in which the Scotts have had personal involvement.
The Foundation's vision is to be a catalyst for change in the communities we serve. It seeks to have a significant impact on the capacity of the nonprofit sector to elevate opportunities for youth and raise a community's quality of life now and well into the future.
The Foundation's grant making activities and program-related investments center on developing youth to lead and solve problems and developing healthy, vibrant, and thriving communities.
We seek philanthropic partnerships with nonprofits that share our core values.
Description of Internship and Responsibilities As a Finance Intern, you will support the Finance Department in numerous tasks and projects. This position will give you a chance to gain accounting experience in a wide-breadth of financial reporting. Responsibilities in this role will include daily general accounting functions, preparation of month end financial reports and accounts payable support. This internship will also entail a larger project that will span the course of the internship and will be based on the Foundation's needs and candidate's interests.
Rotational assignments could be in any of the following business areas:
- Finance Shared Services
- Foundation Reporting
- Grant Accounting
- Subsidiary Accounting
- FP&A
Duration: Based on candidate's availability and school schedule
Location: Omaha, NE
Position Qualifications - Actively pursing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in a business-related field with special consideration for Accounting, Finance, or Economic degrees
- Ability to self-motivate in a fast-paced environment, ability to deal with ambiguity, change and a dynamic business environment.
- Basic understanding of financial systems and general accounting concepts.
- Ability to interact effectively with and develop strong relationships and partnerships with employees at all levels and in different functions.
- Reliable, organized and possess excellent analytical and interpersonal skills
- Ability to effectively work across multiple departments and business units to complete a project or resolve an organizational challenge.
- Experience in thinking critically and solving problems, including leveraging analytics, benchmarking, and insights to generate meaningful strategies and solutions
- Have a willingness to grow, research, and be a lifelong learner
- Proficiency in MS Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
WORK ENVIRONMENT :
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The work environment is an office setting with varying degrees of temperatures and noise levels.
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER: Suzanne and Walter Scott Foundation provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic that is protected by federal, state or local law.
E-VERIFY: Suzanne and Walter Scott Foundation is a participant in the federal E-Verify program to confirm the identity and employment authorization of all newly hired employees. For information about the E-Verify program, please visit:
PHYSICAL DEMANDS :
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to be successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, talk and hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit, and reach with hands and arms. The work environment may have extended working hours, frequent time constraints, and shifting priorities, contributing to physical and mental stress. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.
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