General Accounting Intern

COMPANY Cushman & Wakefield LOCATION New York, NY 10019STATUS Full Time, Intern WORK EXPERIENCE Less than 1 Year CAREER LEVEL Student (Undergraduate/Graduate)EDUCATION LEVEL Some College Coursework Completed OUR SERVICES Brokerage Capital Markets Client Solutions Consultancy Investment Management Investment Sales Research Specialty Practice Groups Valuation AdvisoryOUR CLIENTS Developers Financial Institutions Investors Manufacturers Multinational Corporations Office Occupiers Owners Retailers www.cushwake.com OUR VALUES Our CLIENTS come first :: Our foremost standard of conduct is INTEGRITY :: Every employee is a TEAM member and contributes to our success :: Individually and collectively striving to achieve EXCELLENCE in everything we do :: Treating each other and our clients with RESPECT and DIGNITY :: CITIZENSHIP - A commitment to the communities in which we live and work :: Realize the value in actively recruiting, developing, and mentoring talented individuals of DIVERSE cultures and backgrounds :: PROFITABILITY - Driving our ability to invest, improve, and succeed Department Description General Accounting Department is reporting on the global consolidation of the company’s:1.  Financial Position2.  Operating Activity, and3.  Cash Flow Statement. The Department is required to report this information monthly, quarterly and yearly in addition to the various information disclosures as required by GAAP, IFRS and other regulatory divisions. Responsibilities of the Department include but are not limited to:§ Account Analysis§ Preparing and Posting Monthly Journal Entries § Financial Reports and Required Disclosures§ Providing Financial Solutions for the Management and Operation of the Company The Accounting Department’s services are rendered to other departments within corporate finance, legal, Brokerage & Senior management.  We provide reports to outside external accounting auditors, and the company’s shareholders.     Primary Responsibilities We envision that, throughout the intern’s experience with Cushman & Wakefield he or she will be assigned to either a single long-term project or various short-term.  The assigned project(s) will touch upon many of the areas of concentration described above. The intern will report to the manager in charge of the particular assignment, however in order to give a well-rounded exposure to the whole department and provide an opportunity for a challenge, we believe that the intern may be asked to help in any of the aforementioned areas based on our needs at a particular time.  The intern will be given an attainable and measurable goal and timeline within which to meet that goal.  Weekly formal or informal performance evaluation discussions will be held with the intern’s direct supervisor/manager. During these discussions, the intern will be further guided towards achieving both short-term and long-term goals of the assigned project.    Sample Project Assignment Liability Section Account Analysis - the intern will be asked to research and resolve cash received and payments made, and expense accruals to various liability accounts.  An excel spreadsheet will be prepared to properly document the activity in these balance sheet accounts.  The related expense account will be analyzed.  The intern will interact with brokers, clients, branch offices and any other department that may be impacting the activity in the account(s). The anticipated outcome of this project(s) will be that the liability and related expense will be properly stated in the financial statements of the company. Status reports will be generated periodically to explain the unresolved issues in progress and the balances which have been resolved.  Qualifications Minimum GPA - 3.2Bachelors Degree Candidate Major – Accounting, Finance or Business Major  Extracurricular activities Volunteer work etcStrong Interpersonal Communication Skills RequiredWorking Knowledge of Microsoft OfficeCandidate must have a strong desire to learn and must work well in a team environment.  Must be able to Multi-task, accept constructive criticism, must be focused and reliable   Please click here to apply: http://careers.vurvexpress.com/jobprofile.cfm?szWID=14033&szCID=63150&szOrderID=496019&szSiteID=451