Intern, Finance & Accounting

Committed to serving global societal needs. ASTM International positively impacts public health and safety, consumer confidence, and overall quality of life. We integrate consensus standards - developed with our international membership of volunteer technical experts - and innovative services to improve lives... Helping our world work better.

Role Description:

This position will be an active contributing member of the Finance & Accounting team. The assigned projects will provide the intern the opportunity to learn basic and necessary accounting and finance functions and hone skills that can be applied to any business opportunity in the future. The intern will need to conduct appropriate research for projects and will learn professional business communication skills. This opportunity will also allow the individual to gain experience with not only an automated system processes but also specific features of Oracle EBS, Planful Budget & Financial Reporting System, Tableau, AP Express, and other.

Learning Objectives:

The intern will be a junior member of the Finance & Accounting team, and will be responsible for various projects, including, but not limited to the following:

1. Assisting the Finance & Accounting staff with various business analytics projects, including the development of revenue models for various customer industries related to our royalty income.
2. Assisting our Financial Business Intelligence Manager and Data Analyst with expanding our usage of Tableau, including building various dashboards related to customer data and industry tagging initiatives.
3. Assisting our Senior Accountant with Federal awards and government grant record keeping requirements.
4. Coordinating with members of the accounting team to assist with various recurring tasks needed for budget process, month-end/quarter-end closes, AP processing, and other priorities as they arise;
5. Other finance and accounting projects, as needed.

General Responsibilities:

• Become familiar with ASTM International - to understand the business purpose and learn our customer base and vendors.
• Understand the current financial reporting practices and become familiar with ongoing projects and indicatives.
• Become familiar with the various systems used by our staff, as listed above.
• Assist staff with various accounting and finance tasks and responsibilities needed for data analytics, budgeting, month-end close, AP processing, and subsidiary (domestic and foreign) reporting.
• Learn Planful Budget & Financial Reporting System, Tableau, & AP Express System.
• Other Accounting related duties as necessary.

Education:

Must be enrolled in a related Bachelor's degree program as a rising Junior or Senior at an accredited College or University.

Disciplines encouraged to apply:

• Accounting
• Finance

Key Requirements & Competencies:

• Excellent communication skills (English).
• Accounting/Finance/Business Admin Major
• Basic understanding of accounting skills/tasks
• Positive, self-motivated, and proactive orientation
• Curiosity and interest to learn
• Ability to accept candid feedback
• Interest in working in a team oriented, collaborative environment

Interest or experience in Finance or Accounting is of benefit, but we welcome applications from individuals with related interests and experiences.

Physical Requirements:

• Frequent and close visual work at desk or computer.
• Frequent sitting and working at desk.
• Frequent verbal and written communication with team and other stakeholders by phone or video conferencing.

Time Requirements & Compensation:

• Remote/Hybrid
  • 35 hours per week, May/June through August.
  • Compensation: $18.00/Hour

*Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S without sponsorship, we are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

This job description is not intended to provide an all-inclusive listing of related job activities. Associates may be requested by management to perform other related activities in place of or in addition to those representative activities noted in this job description.

ASTM International is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans.