Financial Analyst Intern
Key Skills for This Role
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Responsibilities and Duties
- Financial Data Analysis: Assist in analyzing financial reports, and key performance indicators (KPIs). Identify trends and provide insights to support decision-making.
- Assist in analyzing financial reports, and key performance indicators (KPIs).
- Identify trends and provide insights to support decision-making.
- Budgeting and Forecasting: Support the preparation of financial forecasts. Analyze the variances between actual results and projections and prepare variance reports.
- Support the preparation of financial forecasts.
- Analyze the variances between actual results and projections and prepare variance reports.
- Data Collection and Reconciliation: Gather, organize, and validate financial data from multiple sources. Reconcile discrepancies in data to ensure accuracy.
- Gather, organize, and validate financial data from multiple sources.
- Reconcile discrepancies in data to ensure accuracy.
- Reporting and Presentations: Prepare financial reports, dashboards, and presentations for internal stakeholders. Summarize data findings and present actionable insights.
- Prepare financial reports, dashboards, and presentations for internal stakeholders.
- Summarize data findings and present actionable insights.
- Process Improvement: Assist in identifying inefficiencies in financial processes and recommend improvements. Support the automation of manual reporting tasks.
- Assist in identifying inefficiencies in financial processes and recommend improvements.
- Support the automation of manual reporting tasks.
- Ad-Hoc Analysis: Respond to ad-hoc requests for financial analysis or reports from managers or other departments. Assist in evaluating the financial impact of potential business decisions.
- Respond to ad-hoc requests for financial analysis or reports from managers or other departments.
- Assist in evaluating the financial impact of potential business decisions.
- System and Tool Support: Learn and utilize financial systems (e.g., ERP software like NetSuite, Excel, Power BI). Provide support in maintaining financial tools and models.
- Learn and utilize financial systems (e.g., ERP software like NetSuite, Excel, Power BI).
- Provide support in maintaining financial tools and models.
- Collaboration: Work closely with finance, accounting, and operations teams to support cross-functional projects. Participate in team meetings to contribute ideas and updates.
- Work closely with finance, accounting, and operations teams to support cross-functional projects.
- Participate in team meetings to contribute ideas and updates.
- Research: Conduct market or industry research to support financial models and business cases. Assist in benchmarking studies to compare company performance against competitors.
- Conduct market or industry research to support financial models and business cases.
- Assist in benchmarking studies to compare company performance against competitors.
- Compliance and Documentation: Ensure financial records and reports adhere to company policies and regulatory standards. Document processes and findings to maintain transparency and accuracy.
- Ensure financial records and reports adhere to company policies and regulatory standards.
- Document processes and findings to maintain transparency and accuracy.
- EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS
General Education
College: Current enrollment in an associate or bachelor’s degree program from an accredited college or university
Major: Accounting/Finance/or Business Administration
Job-Related Experience: N/A
Certifications: N/A
Licenses, etc.: Valid driver's license is necessary when operating a vehicle while on agency business.
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
Knowledge: Basic concepts of financial reporting, budgeting, accounting principles.
Skills
- High knowledge of MS Office suite of products including VB coding in Excel.
- Abilities: Critical thinking; Analytical skills
- Physical Demands: Work is light requiring lifting of computer equipment and involves typical office behaviors. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
- The employee must regularly lift and move up to 10 pounds.
- Specific vision abilities this job requires include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.
- Work Environment: Work is performed in a typical office setting.
About Virginia Spaceport Authority
Virginia’s public spaceport authority operates MARS, providing orbital launches and aerospace education for government and commercial customers.
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