Accounting Internship Summer 2027

Wilderness Resort; Wisconsin Dells (WI); On-site; USD 21,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Wilderness Resort in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin offers a Summer Internship Program designed to give students hands-on experience in hospitality operations. Interns will work closely with a management mentor and gain exposure to department leadership while contributing to daily financial and guest-service activities.

The program covers daily audits, cash handling, sales reporting, invoicing, accounts payable, and tax filings, plus interdepartmental reconciliation and management reporting.

Qualifications

• Perform daily audits of employee workstation.
• Reconciles all cash, credit card, and charge transactions from all outlets and prepare the deposit on a daily basis.
• Post daily revenue entries.
• Code all vouchers and obtain approvals.
• Enter invoices and process the accounts payable checks; weekly check runs.
• Verify statements and reconcile discrepancies with vendors.
• Maintain Wilderness on the Lake cash office duties.
• Calculate and file all sales tax filings for Wilderness entities.
• Reconcile intercompany postings daily.
• Maintain accurate vendor files and current filing system.
• Reconcile bank accounts.
• Review financial statements and prepare reports for managers.

Responsibilities

• Perform daily audits of employee workstation.
• Reconciles all cash, credit card, and charge transactions from all outlets and prepare the deposit on a daily basis.
• Post daily revenue entries.
• Code all vouchers accurately and obtain appropriate approvals.
• Enter all invoices, attach paperwork, and process accounts payable checks; weekly check runs.
• Verify statements and reconcile any discrepancies with vendors.
• Perform Wilderness on the Lake cash office duties.
• Calculate and file all sales tax filings for the Wilderness entities.
• Reconcile intercompany postings daily.
• Maintain accurate vendor files and keep filing current.
• Reconcile bank accounts.
• Review financial statements and prepare reports for managers.

Job description

Wilderness Resort in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin is America's Largest Waterpark Resort! The Wilderness provides a fun, safe, and memorable experience to not only our guests but out employees as well! We are a family-owned resort that takes pride in ensuring guest satisfaction as well as treating our employees like family. We strive for excellence within our resort and hope to create a long-lasting positive influence on the employees that join our team!

Join the Wilderness Family for a rewarding employment experience! #WeAreFamily

The Summer Internship Program is a great summer opportunity for students looking to gain professional development, hands on experience, and an overall better understanding of what career path in the hospitality industry looks like.

The Wilderness Resort is committed to building hospitality leaders, we believe attracting, motivating, and retaining top notch talent has been our competitive advantage and we want our guests to feel the different when they stay with us too! To ensure this exceptional service, we hire individuals who are passionate about hospitality and who take genuine pride in their work.

Each intern will work closely with and be assigned a mentor from our management team while gaining basic professional skills related to department management. Interns will meet regularly with their mentor to discuss accomplishments, areas of opportunity, and to set future goals during their internship program.

Areas of Educational Learning Will Consist Of:

• Perform daily audits of employee workstation.
• Reconciles all cash, credit card, and charge transactions from all outlets and prepare the deposit on a daily basis. Collects X's and Z's from each revenue center, including golf course, and after each shift reconcile cash and charge receipts.
• Prepare and distribute Flash reports and daily sales to Management daily.
• Post daily revenue entries.
• Code all vouchers accurately and obtain appropriate approvals.
• Enter all invoices, attach appropriate paperwork (e.g. receivers, shipping documents, purchase orders, ensures proper approvals have been obtained, etc) and process the account payable checks. Check runs must be completed on a weekly basis.
• Verify statements on an ongoing basis to verify that all invoices have been paid and call vendors and reconcile any discrepancies.
• Perform Wilderness on the Lake cash office duties.
• Calculate and file all sales tax filings for the Wilderness entities.
• Reconcile intercompany postings on a daily basis.
• Maintain accurate files for all vendors and keep all filing current.
• Reconcile bank accounts.
• Review financial statements.
• Prepare reports for managers as requested.