Accounting Internship

Summit Agricultural Group; Alden Township (IA); On-site; USD 2,066,000 - 3,031,000; Full time

Job summary

Summit Agricultural Group is seeking an Accounting Intern for our Alden, Iowa headquarters to assist in daily accounting tasks and contribute to month-end closes for Summit Farms and investor entities.

You will work on cost analysis, tax credit preparation, inventory counts, and vendor risk management, with hands-on exposure to Claude as part of the workflow. A final presentation to management will summarize your results and learning.

Qualifications

• Sophomore or junior pursuing accounting, agricultural business, economics, or finance.
• Exposure to data visualization tools (Power BI) is a plus.
• Able to thrive in a fast-paced entrepreneurial environment.
• Strong interpersonal, communication and problem-solving skills.
• Self-starter with ability to work independently.
• Proficient in Claude, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

• Assist monthly close for Summit Farms and investment entities, including reconciliations and journal entries.
• Support fixed assets, accrued expenses, and other accounting areas during close.
• Contribute to cost analysis and tax credit preparation projects.
• Assist with inventory counts and vendor risk management activities.
• Deliver a final presentation to Summit's management highlighting accomplishments.

Skills

Power BI

Claude

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Interpersonal skills

Problem solving

Education

Accounting (major)

Agricultural business

Economics

Finance

Tools

Power BI

Claude

Job description

Internship Overview

As an Accounting Intern at Summit Agricultural Group, you will be exposed to multiple aspects of accounting and finance within our extensive scope of agri-businesses. Responsibilities include both daily accounting tasks and contributions to the month end financial close for Summit Farms and the associated investor entities. There will also be special projects such as cost analysis, tax credit preparation, inventory counts, and vendor risk management. You'll also gain hands on exposure to AI tools like Claude as part of our accounting workflow. The position will be based at our Alden, Iowa headquarters.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the monthly financial close of Summit Farms, including account reconciliations, entering journal entries, working with fixed assets, accrued expenses and other accounting areas.
• Build an understanding of private equity funds through assisting in the monthly financial close of investment entities, including compilation of quarterly financial statements.
• Gain exposure to Summit's accounting system by assisting the team with special projects.
• Gain an understanding in financial reporting, control environment, inventory, and other areas.
• Deliver a final presentation to Summit's management team summarizing experiences, results, and accomplishments from the internship.

Requirements

• Completed Sophomore or Junior studying accounting, agricultural business, economics, or finance.
• Exposure with Power BI or other data visualization tools is beneficial but not required.
• Ability to work in a fast paced, highly entrepreneurial environment.
• High level of interpersonal, communication and problem solving skills.
• Motivated self starter with ability to work independently.
• Proficient in Claude, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint

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