Finance & Accounting - Intern
About The Position
At LightBox, we strive to not only equip confident, data-driven decisions across sectors, but to also enrich lives by bringing people, information, and technology together. As a company with a wide range of clients, we believe a diverse workforce is crucial to success. Our commitment to inclusion across race, gender, age, religion, identity, and experience is the foundation upon which we operate and connect with our customers and the communities in which we work. With our expertise, we are producing the best available data, workflow tools, technology, and analytics to support everyone making a real estate decision. There has never been a better time to make an impact and we invite you to join us on this journey. LightBox is a leading provider of data and workflow solutions across commercial real estate and location intelligence. Our solutions deliver the depth, speed and accuracy that enable insights to over 50,000 brokers, 1,000 banks and lenders, 1,000 law firms and 5,000 environmental consulting and engineering firms. Position Summary LightBox is seeking a motivated and detail-oriented intern to join our Finance & Accounting team. This internship offers hands-on experience supporting accounting operations, financial reporting, and financial analysis within a dynamic technology-driven organization serving the commercial real estate industry. The ideal candidate is pursuing a degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field and is eager to gain practical experience while developing technical and analytical skills in a professional environment. The internship is a minimum of 16 hours per week to be scheduled around your classes in the fall and spring semesters, with more hours available during class breaks (e.g. winter/summer).
Requirements
- Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field.
- Strong academic performance with a demonstrated interest in accounting or finance.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, and PowerPoint.
Responsibilities
- Assist with monthly financial close activities, including preparing and posting journal entries and performing account reconciliations.
- Review customer revenue contracts to support proper revenue recognition and compliance with company policies and accounting standards under the direction of the Contract Accounting team.
- Support accounts payable processes.
- Assist with audit support and documentation requests.
- Document, maintain, and update Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and process documentation for key accounting and financial reporting activities.
- Support process improvement initiatives and automation projects.
- Conduct research and prepare ad hoc analyses as needed.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Intern
