Accounting Internship

Description

The IRONMAN Group operates a global portfolio of events that includes the IRONMAN® Triathlon Series, the IRONMAN® 70.3® Triathlon Series, 5150™ Triathlon Series, the Rock ‘n’ Roll® Running Series, IRONKIDS®, World Triathlon Championship Series, Epic Series™ mountain bike races including the Absa Cape Epic®, road cycling events including UTMB®, and other multisport races.

The IRONMAN Group is the largest operator of mass participation sports in the world and provides more than a million participants annually with the benefits of endurance sports through the company’s vast offerings. Since the inception of the iconic IRONMAN® brand and its first event in 1978, athletes have proven that ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE® by crossing finish lines around the world. Beginning as a single race, The IRONMAN Group has grown to become a global sensation with hundreds of events across 55+ countries. For more information about The IRONMAN Group visit: www.ironman.com. 

General Summary:

This accounting intern program is to help students receive hands on learning experiences that will help them develop their knowledge and skillset in their field of major.  The accounting intern will work directly with the accounting team and be mentored by the Accounting Manager during the internship program. 

Primary Internship Responsibilities:

• Attend accounting team meetings as an observer to gain an understand of the work being performed by the accounting team. 
• Learn the fundamentals of a month end close process, including processing of journal entries, creation of trial balances and financial statements.
• Learn how to prepare balance sheet account reconciliations and assist the accounting team in preparing certain account reconciliations. 
• Learn how to prepare a bank reconciliation and assist the accounting team in preparing bank reconciliations.  
• Assist in running reports out of the accounting and reporting system. 
• Perform various data comparison assignments to understand the data in a general ledger system. 
• Observe other key meetings that are held to review monthly results with our North America and global finance teams to understand how results are assessed after accounting closes the books for the month. 

Requirements

Skills and knowledge

• Must be in process of earning a degree in accounting or finance related field. 
• Excellent organizational skills and interpersonal communication.
• Must be able to work independently with minimum supervision.

This is a Non-Paid Internship, and it is required to be able to work out of the Tampa Florida office on requested days. 

The above declarations are not intended to be an “all inclusive” list of duties and responsibilities of the job described, nor are they intended to be such a listing of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Rather, they are intended only to describe the general nature of the job and are a reasonable representation of its activities.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, gender identity, marital or veteran status, or any other protected class.