Accounting Intern

The Badger Meter Internship Program provides hands-on, real-world experience to students through projects that make a difference! In addition to your projects, you will be given the opportunity to participate in our robust Intern program focused on Badger Meter Culture, professional development, community outreach, and a final capstone project.

Badger Meter is hiring an Accounting Intern. The Accounting Intern is responsible for supporting the Accounting Department, providing assistance, and performing varying tasks for all projects within the functional area. This position is supervised directly by the Accounting Manager who will provide direct guidance to learn the accounting process through hands on training in various job tasks and projects. The Accounting Intern will assist with collecting, documenting, and assessing data obtained through reports, queries or programs used by the department.

Essential Job Duties: 

• Learn ERP system as it relates to accounting, prepare and post journal entries i.e. actual, budget, and forecast. Update various general ledger account reconciliations 

• Work with the accountant to audit fixed assets. Use the fixed asset report to find the asset and verify tags on the equipment 

• Review the quarterly project management listing and contact project managers for updates regarding expected close dates or authorization to close projects. Review all older inactive projects to determine whether they can be closed 

• Review consolidating work papers from the previous year end to ensure all support is included and create a document listing 

• Learn the chart of accounts to understand how the accounts are laid out in groupings i.e. assets, liabilities, income statement 

• Review the audit work papers from the previous year end to ensure all support is included and account analysis balances match the general ledger trial balance 

• Update daily cash movements in tracking sheets and follow up on open items as needed. 

• Support price testing and/or warranty testing to validate the data accuracy 

• Review vendor banking changes 

• Research unusual transactions and assist in cleanup of miscellaneous AR/AP/Prepaid reconciliations 

• Balancing Intercompany Reconciliations and miscellaneous invoicing 

• Prepare and file our annual Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR) 

• Assist the Accounting and Finance groups with ERP transition items as needed 

• Additional projects, tasks, and/or assignments as assigned 

Qualifications: 

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or related degree (Junior Year/Standing preferred) 

• Intermediate computer/technical skills in Microsoft products

This internship provides meaningful, project-based work with defined deliverables, hands-on learning opportunities, and ongoing coaching and mentorship.