Company: Mental Health America
Address: 2000 N. Beauregard St, 6th Floor
Location: Alexandria, VA
Application Deadline: April 29, 2013
Position: Part-time, Unpaid
Timeframe: 06/03/13 — 08/23/13 (Flexible)
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Description
With over a century of advocacy, public education, and the delivery of programs and services, Mental Health America is the country's leading nonprofit dedicated to helping all people live mentally healthier lives. Mental Health America is recruiting a Non-Profit Accounting Intern for the office in Alexandria, VA. This position is ideal for students interested in pursuing careers in finance, accounting, business, or non-profit management. This position is available for the summer of 2013.
We take pride in considering our internships ‘hands-on' learning experiences. If you intern at our office, you'll get a wide range of experience and access to staff members who can help coach you and teach you practical applications for all the things you learned in school. As a Non-Profit Accounting Intern, you'll get firsthand experience working with accounting software, analyzing financial data from 990s, reconciling investments, preparing for audits, and much more.
Responsibilities
When you intern here, you'll learn how to...
Enter journal entries into accounting software
Prepare deposits
Prepare audit backup files
Reconcile investments
Analyze financial data from 990s
Register with state organizations
And moere!
Requirements
You should...
Have an interest in finance, accounting or sales
Be decent at math (you won't need calculus, but you'll need the basics)
Produce high quality, error free work
Communicate efficiently and professionally
An interest in mental health is a benefit.