Finance Manager

Grant Thornton; Columbus (GA); On-site; USD 84,000 - 134,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship

Flexible schedule

Job summary

Grant Thornton in Columbus, GA is recruiting for an internship finance role. The position offers an autonomy to run your own projects and a strong mentorship culture.

The internship pays $84,000 - $134,000 annually and includes real responsibilities like building cash-flow models, enforcing capitalization policy, and supporting annual planning. Candidates should demonstrate clear written communication and strong organization skills.

Qualifications

• Excellent written communication across formal and informal channels.
• Strong time-management with the ability to juggle multiple priorities.
• High multitasking capability without sacrificing quality.
• A writer’s ear for tone in high-stakes email communications.
• Ability to surface risk before it becomes a problem.
• Comfort defending recommendations in front of skeptics.
• Humility to revise strong opinions when data argues back.

Responsibilities

• Build cash-flow models that withstand stress tests.
• Maintain capitalization policy across finance projects.
• Maintain the chart of accounts and ensure consistent coding.
• Drive the annual planning cycle and consolidate financial projections.
• Reconcile foreign-exchange gains as Columbus, GA operations settle abroad.
• Track grant funding, restricted accounts, and compliance reporting.

Skills

Written communication

Time management

Multitasking

Tone in emails

Risk awareness

Defending recommendations

Humility to revise

Bias toward action

Job description

Audit-ready, decision-ready, deadline-ready: that is the Finance Manager Grant Thornton is recruiting in Columbus. This internship opening offers $84,000 - $134,000, the autonomy to run your own projects, and a team invested in your development.

Key Responsibilities

• Build cash-flow models that hold up under an oddball-friendly stress test
• Hold the line on capitalization policy across every finance project
• Maintain the chart of accounts and ensure consistent coding
• Drive the annual planning cycle and consolidate financial projections
• Reconcile foreign-exchange gains as Columbus, GA operations settle abroad
• Track grant funding, restricted accounts, and compliance reporting

What You'll Bring

• Written communication clear enough to survive a forwarded email chain
• The humility to revise strong opinions when the data argues back
• Strong multitasking ability without sacrificing quality
• A writer's ear for tone in a high-stakes email
• Strong time-management skills and a bias toward action
• The reflex to surface risk before it surfaces itself
• Comfort defending a recommendation in front of skeptics

Grant Thornton brings together inclusive people in Columbus, GA who care deeply about the craft behind finance. Around Grant Thornton, the loudest voice never automatically wins the finance argument.

We offer $84,000 - $134,000 and the things money cannot fake, real mentorship, lasting benefits, and flexibility you will actually use.

Still hiring, still current, still waiting for someone like you.