WS - Spring Term - INTERNSHIP – Robinette’s Gun & Archery –Accounting Assistant – IWS

University of Pikeville•Pikeville, KY

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Robinette’s Gun & Archery is a family-owned outdoor sporting goods and apparel retailer that has served customers since 1983. The Accounting Assistant internship provides hands-on exposure to the financial cycle of a small specialty retail business, including the connections among inventory, point-of-sale transactions, vendor invoicing, and cash flows. The intern will support inventory accounting, purchasing and vendor payments, daily transaction audits, special retail account reconciliations, sales tax preparation, margin analysis, and monthly bank reconciliations. The intern will also assist with organizing and light cleaning as duties are shared among employees. This is a grant-funded internship averaging 11–15 hours per week, for a total of 80 hours during the semester. The student must concurrently enroll in CVL 401: Integrated Internship Experience and successfully complete the course, choosing the 2-credit-hour option. The work schedule is coordinated between the intern and supervisor according to the intern’s class schedule.

Requirements

Be enrolled full-time and in good standing at the University of Pikeville (UPIKE).
Have an interest in business and accounting.
Have coursework, experience, or academic interest in accounting.
Be willing to complete at least 80 hours during the semester.
Concurrently enroll in and successfully complete CVL 401: Integrated Internship Experience, using the 2-credit-hour option.
Have attention to detail, strong active listening abilities, written and verbal communication skills, a customer-focused approach, and willingness to learn.
Use Word and Excel.

Nice To Haves

Interest in and knowledge of outdoor sports and the types of inventory supplied.

Responsibilities

Complete high-ticket, serialized inventory requiring rigorous tracking.
Reconcile physical floor counts against the inventory ledger, calculate Cost of Goods Sold, monitor shrinkage, and analyze holding costs for seasonal inventory cycles.
Match purchase orders, receiving slips, and supplier invoices using three-way matching across outdoor and manufacturing distributors.
Track vendor payment terms, early-payment discounts, and freight and shipping allocations.
Audit daily cash drawer balances, credit-card merchant batches, and electronic payments against register reports.
Reconcile customer deposits, trade-ins, service and repair labor fees, and layaway liability accounts.
Prepare preliminary schedules for monthly state retail sales tax filings.
Ensure proper tax classification across varying product types.
Assist the supervisor with basic margin analysis by product line.
Prepare monthly bank reconciliations and draft simple variance reports comparing actual revenue and expenses with prior years or quarterly budgets.
Help with shared employee duties, including organizing and light cleaning.