Accounting Intern

Summary

CHS has exciting summer internship opportunities on our Accounting teams. These positions will play an active role in the month-end accounting close and financial reporting process. These internships will provide work experience and mentoring from CHS professionals to prepare for a career in accounting, while being part of a broader early career networking and development cohort. The ideal candidate will have excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, strong analytical, problem-solving, organizational, prioritization and research skills.  The candidate must be driven, adaptable, detail-oriented, with natural curiosity and a desire to learn.

The intern will support a corporate or business unit accounting team.

Responsibilities

•    Record journal entries in the general ledger 
•    Perform monthly balance sheet account reconciliations 
•    Prepare schedules in support of the 10-Q reported externally to the SEC 
•    Perform ad hoc accounting tasks, analysis, and reporting 
•    Participate in continuous improvement projects 
•    Gain exposure to CHS leadership 
•    Present key findings from your work to other early career associates and leaders in a capstone presentation 

Minimum Qualifications (required)

•    Actively pursuing a bachelor’s degree in accounting 
•    Knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) 
•    Previous work experience 

Additional Qualifications

•    Agriculture experience or understanding of Agriculture industry 
•    Previous internship relating to finance, accounting or other Agriculture related internship 
•    SAP experience 
•    Proficient in Microsoft Excel