Business Process Improvement Accounting Intern (Finance)
Position Title: Business Process Improvement Accounting Intern
Company Summary
For more than three decades, Crown Castle has led the way in shared communications infrastructure, delivering profitable solutions by connecting communities, businesses, and people, and enabling each to thrive with reliable access to voice and data in more places, faster than ever before. When you join Crown Castle, you become part of a dynamic and diverse team of passionate and collaborative professionals engaging in complex challenges and contributing to projects that shape the future of life and work.
Role
The Business Process Improvement (Accounting) team works as a functional group within the larger Controllership providing process analysis and leading special projects. The Business Process Improvement Accounting Intern will work closely with the Collections and Cash Applications teams on designing, planning, and implementation of specific process enhancements to streamline revenue data organization. The Business Process Improvement Accounting Intern will also work cash application personnel on creating insightful metrics and assist in day-to-day task completion.
Responsibilities
- Learn functions and processes of team, as well as overall business model of company
- Learn the billing and collections cycle in a complex industry
- Provide metrics and reporting around cash application and collections activity
- Advance data analysis and accounting reconciliation skills
- Establish relationships and collaborate effectively with team members and business partners
- Influence others to complete commitments timely and accurately
Expectations
- Collaborative work done in a way that balances educated decision making with measured speed of implementation.
- Effective communication between teammates, manager, and business partners.
- Ability to influence conversations and work through building of relationships, thoughtful framing of issues, and building influence through excellent work.
- Agility to learn new skills and abilities as work within your group may change.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with an ability to present complex information in a clear and simple format.
- Be a constant example of modeling Crown's Purple values.
Education/Certifications
- Currently enrolled in pursuit of a Bachelor's degree from an accredited higher education institution
- Preferred field(s) of study: Accounting, Finance, Business Management, Information Technology, Accounting Information Systems, Project Management, or related field
Experience/Minimum Requirements
- Authorization to work in the U.S. on a full-time, regular basis without additional sponsorship.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint is preferred.
- Minimum of 1 or 2 semesters of Accounting / Accounting Information Systems coursework would be helpful but is not required.
- Experience with Microsoft Power BI would be helpful but is not required.
Reports to: Manager, Business Process Accounting
Work Plans: This role falls into our hybrid work model working in the office Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. On Mondays and Fridays, teammates on the hybrid schedule will have the option to work from the office or home.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
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