Intern - Accounting at Crown Castle in Westborough, Massachusetts

Job Description:

Position Title: Accounting Intern

Company Summary:

Crown Castle is the nation’s largest provider of shared communications infrastructure: towers, small cells and fiber. It all works together to meet unprecedented demand—connecting people and communities and transforming the way we do business. Whenever you make a call, track a workout or stream music and videos, we’re the ones providing the communications infrastructure that makes it all possible. From 5G and the internet of things to drones, autonomous vehicles and AR/VR, we enable the technologies that help people stay safe, connected and ready for the future. Crown Castle is a Fortune 500 company, publicly traded on the S&P 500, and one of the largest Real Estate Investment Trusts in the US, with an enterprise value of ~$100B.

 

Role

Internship position for a finance or accounting student, assisting the Accounting team with various job cost accounting and general ledger functions.

 

Responsibilities

• Complete various job cost analyses on a weekly, monthly, or quarterly basis.


• Responsible for the following job cost tasks: opening jobs, converting jobs, determining correct job type and accounting treatment, reviewing submitted budgets and budget approvals, activating budgets, closing jobs and reviewing reports.


• Analyze and research monthly financial statement variance analysis.


• Work with other areas of Crown Castle to research and resolve outstanding balances.


• Other duties as assigned.

 

Expectations

• Ability to use MS Office (Word/Excel/Access)


• JD Edwards and Oracle experience


• Capable of listening carefully and following directions


• Written and verbal communication skills

 

Education/Certifications

• Currently enrolled in pursuit of a bachelor’s degree from an accredited higher education institution.


• Completion of second year of study in a certified finance or accounting program.

 

Experience/Minimum Requirements

• Second year of school completion required, but preferable if third year and/or previous internship/co-op experience.

 

 Reports to:  Manager, Accounting

 

Work Plans: This role falls into our hybrid work model working in your assigned office approximately 60% of the time (3 days per week) and where you do your best work 40% (2 days per week). 

 

Additional Information: Crown Castle has a COVID-19 Vaccine Policy in place requiring vaccination by your employment start date, unless approved for an accommodation or otherwise prohibited by law.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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