Position Overview & Specifications
Connor Group – Internship Opportunities
Connor Group is a specialized professional services firm of Big 4 alumni and industry executives. Our team of experienced professionals helps financial executives with complex and significant matters, including financial accounting and operations, IPO and M&A services, digital solutions, and managed services. We’ve served over 1,000 clients on six continents and have supported more than 200 IPOs. Our client portfolio includes multi-billion-dollar public, mid-cap public, and pre-IPO companies ranging from early stage to late stage. Since the firm was founded, it has grown to more than 500 professionals with industry experience in biotech, cleantech, consumer products, fintech, gaming, Internet, life sciences, social networking, software, and technology. Connor Group supports the world’s top growth companies as they transform and create new markets! We are hired by executives who understand the importance of leveraging time and having a partner that can successfully execute their needs.
Schedule This is a Full-Time Internship offered during the summer months, typically June through August.
Possible Responsibilities:
- Support engagement team when interfacing with clients, including attending interviews, process walkthroughs/documentation, and presentations
- Executing assigned tasks and project responsibilities including documentation, testing controls, developing presentations, doing data analytics
- Add value to public and private clients by assisting in any of the following:
- Detailed revenue analysis and revenue recognition
- Equity – stock compensation (FAS 123R), warrant accounting and EPS
- Draft or review financial statements with disclosures
- SEC Reporting, including 10K, 10Q and other filings
- Support of quarterly or month-end closes
- Apply knowledge and understanding of governing principles, apply these principles to client transactions and communicate an understanding and application of these principles
- Identify, analyze, and discuss generally accepted accounting principles for the client, when necessary, with the Senior, Manager, Senior Manager, and engagement partner
- Add value to clients to successfully prepare and complete audits
- Strengthen client relationships and contribute to the generation of additional engagement opportunities through excellent quality, timely execution, and strategic approach to service delivery
- Prepare manual and adjusting journal entries
- Assist in preparation of financial statements and disclosures
- Assist in preparing:
- Financial statement tie-outs
- Workpaper support & documentation
- Schedules
- Inventory counts
Desired Skills & Experience:
- Familiarity with key business and finance processes
- Strong interpersonal and presentation skills
- Strong writing and communication skills
- Excited to learn new things, take on additional responsibilities and be accountable for your own work
- Hard working, self-motivated with ability to work independently while thinking outside the box and multitasking
- Attention to detail with ability to produce quality deliverables
- Ability to work well in a team atmosphere
- Professional and personable demeanor in person and while working remote
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite, flow charts, data analytics and strong excel skills
- Ability to take feedback and effectively improve from it
- Proactive approach to engagement tasks
- Recognition of areas and opportunities to add value in an engagement
Schedule This is a Full-Time Internship offered during the summer months, typically June through August.