Accounting Operational Finance Intern - Summer 2024 - NY Business Unit

Turner Construction Company

Feb 5, 2024

Applications are closed

Internship
Full-time
Summer Internship
Accounting & Tax
Banking & Finance
New York

Requirements

Assist accountant to ensure client contractual requirements are met in regard to billing and accounts receivables.
Process accounts payable for vendor invoices and ensure accounts are up to date for assigned projects.
Process accounts payable for subcontractor invoices, and work with accountant to ensure all applicable lien waivers are submitted and contracts and insurance requirements are in place.
Assist with completing monthly close process, ensuring all client bills and project costs are posted or accrued if work is in place and of material value.
Assist with all internal and external audit requests.
Facilitate data entry processes for project specific vendor invoices and prepare multi-project invoices for distribution to central financial center for input and posting.
Provide administrative duties as related to invoice processing (i.e. vendor setup and updates, sales and use tax reporting, collection and distribution of client tax exempt certificates).
Help prepare Turner owner applications for payment by assisting with compiling all supporting invoice backup.
Provide supervisor with periodic progress reports.
Relate and apply knowledge acquired in academic setting to company setting.
Adhere to company work hours, policies, procedures and rules governing professional staff behavior.
Maintain professional relationships with company employees, customers and so forth.
Prepare for and participate in conferences and other opportunities of learning afforded by company.
Other activities, duties, and responsibilities as assigned.
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Performance of the required duties will require physical ability to climb permanent and temporary stairs, passenger use of construction personnel hoists, ability to climb ladders and negotiate work areas under construction. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Performing this job requires use of hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls, sit, talk and hear, stand, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Employee must occasionally lift and/or move heavy weight.
Work Environment:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works on-site at the construction work site where the employee is exposed to moving mechanical parts; high precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; outside weather conditions and risk of electrical shock. The noise in these work environments is usually moderate to very loud.

Responsibilities

Assist accountant to ensure client contractual requirements are met in regard to billing and accounts receivables.
Process accounts payable for vendor invoices and ensure accounts are up to date for assigned projects.
Process accounts payable for subcontractor invoices, and work with accountant to ensure all applicable lien waivers are submitted and contracts and insurance requirements are in place.
Assist with completing monthly close process, ensuring all client bills and project costs are posted or accrued if work is in place and of material value.
Assist with all internal and external audit requests.
Facilitate data entry processes for project specific vendor invoices and prepare multi-project invoices for distribution to central financial center for input and posting.
Provide administrative duties as related to invoice processing (i.e. vendor setup and updates, sales and use tax reporting, collection and distribution of client tax exempt certificates).
Help prepare Turner owner applications for payment by assisting with compiling all supporting invoice backup.
Provide supervisor with periodic progress reports.
Relate and apply knowledge acquired in academic setting to company setting.
Adhere to company work hours, policies, procedures and rules governing professional staff behavior.
Maintain professional relationships with company employees, customers and so forth.
Prepare for and participate in conferences and other opportunities of learning afforded by company.
Other activities, duties, and responsibilities as assigned.

Turner Construction Company

Turner is a North America-based, international construction services company and is a leading builder in diverse markets

Engineering & Construction

Industry

10,001+

Employees

1902

Founded Year

Mission & Purpose

Turner is a North America-based, international construction services company and is a leading builder in diverse and numerous market segments. The company has earned recognition for undertaking large, complex projects, fostering innovation, embracing emerging technologies, and making a difference for their clients, employees and community. OUR VISION To be the highest value provider of global construction services and technical expertise. Turner embraces a Lean management approach, and a culture that emphasizes collaboration, reliability of scheduling and delivery of the most value while consuming the fewest resources. Lean principles drive the efficient delivery of our services. Turner recognizes the importance of innovation and fostering a culture of continuous improvement. A key element of our company vision is to develop and embrace emerging technologies and processes. As part of our effort to achieve this vision, Turner has a culture where employees share their ideas and engagement with one another to develop innovative ideas as well as evaluate and implement improvements at Turner. Turner fosters a culture of diversity and inclusion in which all employees contribute creative ideas, seek challenges, and have the opportunity to grow. Our diverse and inclusive workforce positions the company to grow, enhances our presence in diverse markets, and helps us build enduring relationships with each other, industry partners, and our clients. Turner understands the environmental, social, and economic impact of our activities and that it is our responsibility to conduct our business in a transparent and ethical manner that supports our goals for client service, community involvement, environmental performance, financial strength and employee health, safety and well-being. Our core values of integrity, teamwork and commitment guide our activities and we expect the organizations with which we do business to share our commitments.