Accounting Intern

Overview

Doyon, Limited's mission is to continually enhance our position as a financially strong Native corporation to promote the economic and social well-being of our 20,000+ shareholders. We provide exceptional career opportunities for individuals who value professionalism, collaboration, and a commitment to excellence. We understand the importance of treating our employees well and the impact motivated employees have in helping us succeed in our vision to be the leader in all we do.

JOB SUMMARY: Under the supervision of the Accounting Manager, the Accounting Intern will assist the Accounting Department with all aspects, including: Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, General Ledger, filing, and copying.

Open to Doyon Shareholders ONLY

This Internship will work May-August.

Responsibilities

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Enter journal entries and data into the accounting systems.

• General office tasks, including account maintenance, filing, incoming mail.

• Assist with processing expense reports.

• Assisting accountants with transactional and month-end close activities.

• Account reconciliations.

• Other accounting projects and tasks.

• Other duties as assigned.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:

• Basic knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles.

• Experience using Excel.

• Ability to perform accurate and timely work in an organized and efficient manner.

DOYON LIMITED CORE COMPETENCIES:

• Commitment to Excellence

• Identifies what needs to be done and takes action to achieve a standard of excellence beyond job expectations.

• Corporate Values

• Understand, embraces, and integrates Doyon corporate values into everyday duties and responsibilities.

• Customer Service

• Identifies and responds to current and future client needs by providing excellent service to internal and external clients.

• Teamwork

• Resourceful team player that builds, strengthens, and maintains collaborative relationships with others inside or outside the organization.

• Safety and Security

• Promotes a safe work environment for co-workers and customers.

JOB SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES:

• Adaptability

• Adapts to changing conditions and work assignments, sets priorities and manages multiple assignments, and tasks.

• Administrative Skills

• Performs a variety of responsible and confidential office, clerical and professional administrative duties.

• Attention to Detail

• Ensures one's own and other's work and information are complete and accurate.

• Communication Skills

• Listens, writes, and speaks effectively, and positively relates and interacts with co- workers and others.

• Dependability

• Consistently adheres to operational standards, ensures smooth operations and positive customer experiences, builds a productive workplace, is reliable, and improves team morale.

• Independence

• Works with minimal supervision.

• Time Management

• Manages time effectively when accomplishing tasks, projects, and goals.

• Willingness to Learn

• Willing to learn new skills or techniques to meet the demanding changes of job duties and responsibilities.

EDUCATION LEVEL:

• Working towards Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance

Qualifications

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Doyon shareholder.

SKILLS INTERN WILL OBTAIN:

• Will touch on all aspects of the accounting office.

• Opportunity to learn about Doyon, Limited.

WORKING ENVIRONMENT: The majority of work is performed in a professional office setting with a wide variety of people with differing functions, personalities, and abilities.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The work is generally sedentary, requiring routine walking, standing, bending, and carrying items weighing less than forty pounds. [Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions].

REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION: It is Doyon's business philosophy and practice to provide reasonable accommodations, according to applicable state and federal laws, to all qualified individuals with physical or mental disabilities.

PREFERENCE STATEMENT: Doyon grants preference to qualified Doyon Shareholders first and second to qualified shareholders of other Alaska Native corporations that grant a similar preference in all phases of employment and training, which include, but are not limited to hiring, promotion, layoff, transfer, and training.

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position. Employee(s) will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments.

A review of this position has excluded marginal functions of the position that are incidental to the performance of fundamental job duties. All duties and responsibilities are essential job functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to accommodate individuals with disabilities reasonably. To perform this job successfully, the incumbent(s) will possess the skills, aptitudes and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills or abilities.

This job description is not an employment agreement or contract, implied or otherwise, other than an "at will" relationship. Management has the exclusive right to alter the scope of work within the framework of this job description at any time without prior notice.

Responsibilities

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Enter journal entries and data into the accounting systems.

• General office tasks, including account maintenance, filing, incoming mail.

• Assist with processing expense reports.

• Assisting accountants with transactional and month-end close activities.

• Account reconciliations.

• Other accounting projects and tasks.

• Other duties as assigned.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:

• Basic knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles.

• Experience using Excel.

• Ability to perform accurate and timely work in an organized and efficient manner.

DOYON LIMITED CORE COMPETENCIES:

• Commitment to Excellence

• Identifies what needs to be done and takes action to achieve a standard of excellence beyond job expectations.

• Corporate Values

• Understand, embraces, and integrates Doyon corporate values into everyday duties and responsibilities.

• Customer Service

• Identifies and responds to current and future client needs by providing excellent service to internal and external clients.

• Teamwork

• Resourceful team player that builds, strengthens, and maintains collaborative relationships with others inside or outside the organization.

• Safety and Security

• Promotes a safe work environment for co-workers and customers.

JOB SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES:

• Adaptability

• Adapts to changing conditions and work assignments, sets priorities and manages multiple assignments, and tasks.

• Administrative Skills

• Performs a variety of responsible and confidential office, clerical and professional administrative duties.

• Attention to Detail

• Ensures one's own and other's work and information are complete and accurate.

• Communication Skills

• Listens, writes, and speaks effectively, and positively relates and interacts with co- workers and others.

• Dependability

• Consistently adheres to operational standards, ensures smooth operations and positive customer experiences, builds a productive workplace, is reliable, and improves team morale.

• Independence

• Works with minimal supervision.

• Time Management

• Manages time effectively when accomplishing tasks, projects, and goals.

• Willingness to Learn

• Willing to learn new skills or techniques to meet the demanding changes of job duties and responsibilities.

EDUCATION LEVEL:

• Working towards Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance

Qualifications

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Doyon shareholder.

SKILLS INTERN WILL OBTAIN:

• Will touch on all aspects of the accounting office.

• Opportunity to learn about Doyon, Limited.

WORKING ENVIRONMENT: The majority of work is performed in a professional office setting with a wide variety of people with differing functions, personalities, and abilities.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The work is generally sedentary, requiring routine walking, standing, bending, and carrying items weighing less than forty pounds. [Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions].

REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION: It is Doyon's business philosophy and practice to provide reasonable accommodations, according to applicable state and federal laws, to all qualified individuals with physical or mental disabilities.

PREFERENCE STATEMENT: Doyon grants preference to qualified Doyon Shareholders first and second to qualified shareholders of other Alaska Native corporations that grant a similar preference in all phases of employment and training, which include, but are not limited to hiring, promotion, layoff, transfer, and training.

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position. Employee(s) will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments.

A review of this position has excluded marginal functions of the position that are incidental to the performance of fundamental job duties. All duties and responsibilities are essential job functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to accommodate individuals with disabilities reasonably. To perform this job successfully, the incumbent(s) will possess the skills, aptitudes and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills or abilities.

This job description is not an employment agreement or contract, implied or otherwise, other than an "at will" relationship. Management has the exclusive right to alter the scope of work within the framework of this job description at any time without prior notice.