Finance Internship Paid

Description

American Plastics, headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, is a leading designer and manufacturer of innovative plastic-injection molded products for the household & garage storage and commercial cleaning end-markets. We are searching for a Finance Intern for our Simpsonville, SC location. The Finance Intern will work standard office hours, with flexibility provided to accommodate the candidate’s academic schedule. This position will report to the Controller.

Responsibilities for this position include:

• Understanding of P&L, balance sheet

• Will be introduced to manufacturing cost accounting, including the development and application of fully absorbed manufacturing rates, as well as detailed variance analysis against standard costs.

• Will learn our manufacturing ERP system

• Assist in maintaining bill of materials and product costing data in ERP system

• Proactively evaluate and recommend productivity improvements using either financial or non-financial KPI’s

• Development and support of reliable internal control processes and procedures

• Timely and accurate completion of assigned monthly closing processes

• Responsible for preparing and delivering daily, weekly, and monthly reporting of key analytical metrics

• Actively participate in financial planning, annual budgeting, and forecasting processes

• Provides analytics that anticipate change and drive proactive decision-making processes

• Assist Division Controller in management of capital planning, approval process and ROI tracking

• Ability to work cross functionally with leadership across plant and other business units

Requirements

• Pursuing Bachelor’s degree in finance or accounting or relevant work experience

• Intern in manufacturing accounting experience a plus

• Previous experience or exposure in auditing, cost accounting or process improvement is a positive

• Highly motivated and results driven

• Excellent communication skills

• Solid MS Office Skills: MS Excel, PowerPoint, and Technical Writing Skills

f you are interested in joining the?American Plastics?team and want to work in a fast-paced, progressive environment, we want to hear from you. ?We offer a competitive salary and 401k match for our interns.