Intern, Marine Accounting (4 Months)

Seaspan Marine is the largest and most diverse tug & barge company on Canada's West Coast. Our services include Ship Docking, Tanker Escort & Emergency Towing and Tug & Barge Services.

We also offer ship bunkering and ship building & repair through our affiliated companies. Seaspan Marine has a large fleet of tugs that includes the most modern, powerful fleet on Canada's West Coast.

Our extensive fleet of over 100 specialty and general-purpose barges provide critical transportation for many of BC's largest industries.

Reporting to the Manager, Finance Planning / Analysis, the Intern, Marine Accounting supports the accounting and reporting responsibilities.

The role will include month-end entries, account reconciliations, supervising of accounts, preparing accruals, analysis of results, financial reporting, documentation of procedures and project support.

This position supports all aspects of operational finance & accounting within the division.

Note : Due to business needs, this position is required to be fully on-site based at 10 Pemberton Avenue, North Vancouver.

What you'll do

• Assist with special projects.
• Work on budget and forecast templates updates in support of team.
• Prepare and record month-end accounting journal entries.
• Assist with the preparation of month-end reports.
• Review and analyze accounts and results.
• Calculate and record month-end revenue and cost accruals.
• Reconcile various GL accounts.
• Reconcile accounts to sub-ledgers.
• Analyze account balances at month-end as needed.
• Other accounting and financial duties as required.

What you'll bring

• Enrollment in 2nd or 3rd year of an undergraduate degree program in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration.
• Completion of introductory accounting classes is preferred.
• Demonstrated project and / or contract knowledge, and skills through exposure to class projects or co-op terms.
• Outstanding analytical skills to capture, analyze and process large amounts of data.
• Innovative thinking skills, with the resourcefulness to get to the source of truth.
• Outstanding integrity and honesty in all situations.
• Strong communication, interpersonal and organization skills.
• Excellent knowledge of the English language, verbal and written.
• Experience and strong comfort with Microsoft Excel.
• Outstanding problem solving and research skills.
• Minimum 50 WPM typing skills.
• Strong academic results.

Why you'll love working here

• A supportive learning environment, great team culture and hands-on experience and training.
• Opportunity to grow your career and connect with like-minded students.
• Parking is included and to assist those that are using transit, we operate a complimentary shuttle bus Monday through Friday with various pick up and drop off points around North Vancouver.

We require a full-time commitment Monday-Friday, 40 hours per week with an hourly rate of $26.00 / hour.

Start Date of Internship : January 6th, 2025

End Date of Internship : May 2nd, 2025

Please submit your Resume, Cover Letter and Academic Transcript as one PDF document.

Application Closing Date : Sunday, October 20th, 2024 at 11 : 59pm PST.

Please note : if we receive a large volume of applications, we may need to close this posting ahead of the closing date, therefore, we recommend applying early.

Only those applicants under consideration will be contacted.

To learn more about our InternSHIP Program, visit our website : www.seaspan.com / internships-at-seaspan /

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