Job Description

We are seeking an Intern to join our Economic Damages & Valuations team. This is a unique opportunity for an entrepreneurial, highly driven person with a well-rounded skill set to apply their finance and accounting knowledge across a variety of different projects.

As an Intern on the Economic Damages & Valuations Team, your responsibilities will extend beyond those of traditional interns. The ideal person for this role will need to not only have a strong grasp of accounting and finance concepts, but also be flexible and a strategic thinker able to take on a variety of tasks. You will be responsible for shadowing members of the company as they perform their duties; assisting with research, filing, data entry, and preparing accurate and complete financial analyses.

Job Responsibilities:

• Attends orientation training.

• Conducts tasks assigned by Associate Accountants, including:

  • Basic entry of financial statement, tax return, and transactional data into firm templates.
  • Basic input financial statement, tax return, and transactional data.
  • Basic preparation of document grids related to discovery responses.
  • Gathering of documents for use in discovery responses.
  • Document management assistance.
  • Assistance with engagement tasks.
  • Basic research and business valuation assistance.
  • Basic report drafting.
  • Compiles data for disclosure statements in divorce matters.
  • Preparation of data for demonstrative tables, charts, and graphs.
  • Document organization.

• Attends internal training events.

• Performs other related duties as assigned by Associate Accountants or others.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or related field required.
• CPA or CPA Candidate.
• Computer skills required: Accounting Software (e.g. QuickBooks); Development Software; Internet Software; Spreadsheet Software (Excel); Word Processing Software (Word); Electronic Mail Software (Outlook); and Presentation software (PowerPoint).
• Outstanding interpersonal communication, organizational, and analytical skills.

Physical and Mental Job Qualifications

• Occasionally required to stand.

• Frequently required to walk.

• Continually required to sit.

• Continually required to utilize hand and finger dexterity.

• Continually required to talk or hear.

• Occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.

• The employee must occasionally lift and /or move more than 25 pounds.

• Specific vision abilities required by this job include: **** Close vision; Distance vision; Color vision; Peripheral vision; Depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

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Additional Information

Some of the Benefits We Have Include

J.S. Held understands all our employees are people and sometimes life needs flexibility. We work to always provide an environment that best supports and suits our team’s needs.

• Our flexible work environment allows employees to work remotely, when needed

A reasonable estimate of the salary range for this role is $30 per hour. Any offered salary range is based on a wide array of factors including but not limited to skillset, experience, training, location, scope of role, management responsibility, etc.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

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EEO and Job Accommodations

We embrace diversity and our commitment to building a team and environment that fosters professional and personal enrichment is unwavering. We are greater when we are equal!

J.S. Held is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to hiring a diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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