Fisher College of Business

Undergraduate Students

QUIC Interview Internship Job Descriptions

QUIC INTERVIEW INTERNSHIP DESCRIPTIONS

Accounting:

Finance and Accounting:

Finance:

Information Systems:

Human Resources:

Marketing:


Operations:

Real Estate:

T & L:


AUDIT INTERNSHIP

Duties & Responsibilities:
The role that accountants play in protecting the capital markets system has never been more visible. Fulfilling that role, our Assurance practice helps ensure that the financial information our clients report to the public and other stakeholders is clear and reliable. Join our Company and you can play a part in providing the assurance that the world's global capital markets need to operate effectively. Our Company's Assurance teams go inside companies and get to know their businesses - and then ask questions, test assumptions, and provide assurance that the company is reporting information that investors and others can rely on. Every assignment is a chance to learn, to grow and to learn how businesses operate from the top down. You will serve not only our clients, but also the public interest. And serving the public interest will always come first as the world's financial markets are built upon public trust. The work of our Assurance professionals forms an underpinning of that trust. Our Assurance business is dynamic and fast moving and involves working with clients that range from high potential start ups to the global Fortune 500. Our professionals are constantly challenged to learn more so that they can provide our clients with the highest quality service. This learning takes place through interaction on the job with colleagues and clients, through formal training programs, and through the insights provided by mentors and coaches. Our Company truly is all about our people - that's why we hire the best. We look for individuals who are ready to be challenged, to team with others in a diverse organization, to take responsibility for their personal growth, and to help our firm operate with the highest level of integrity in a complex environment.

Qualifications:
We are looking primarily for Accounting majors (BS/BA, MA/MS or MBA). In addition candidates should:

  • Have a client service orientation combined with creative problem solving skills; strong written and oral communication skills; the ability to work effectively as part of a team, yet function well with independent responsibilities.
  • Be highly motivated and interested in taking the initiative for their personal growth and development.
  • Be able to prioritize and handle multiple tasks.
  • Have an ability to successfully interact with clients and Company professionals.

INTERNAL AUDITOR INTERNSHIP

Duties & Responsibilities:
Staff Auditors are involved in planning, performing, and reporting on financial and operational audits at the park, under the direction of the Internal Audit Manager. You'll benefit from exposure to all levels of company management, the daily operations of the company, and to our Big 4 public accountants. Auditors will also be heavily involved in the audit testing required under the new Sarbanes/Oxley law. Assignments may include testing the controls of Revenue, Cash Receipts, Accounting and Computer Systems, Payroll, Purchasing & Expenditures, Inventory, etc., plus other projects. Auditors also write summary reports to management after each audit performed, including their conclusion and any recommendations for improvements to procedures and controls.

Qualifications:

  • Must be highly motivated and able to work professionally with and without supervision
  • Demonstrated leadership, problem solving, and strong verbal and written communication skills
  • Ability to analyze current practices for compliance with regulations
  • Ability to prioritize tasks, work on multiple assignments, and manage ambiguity
  • Ability to work both independently and as part of a team with professionals at all levels
  • Willingness to travel around the state for some assignments

FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING INTERNSHIP

Duties & Responsibilities:
Our Finance & Accounting internship offers you the opportunity to experience a breadth of assignments as well as the flexibility to meet your individual career objectives as we work together to build our businesses. Finance & Accounting is unique since we work across every area of the business, both domestically and globally. Our role is to provide leadership to business decision making as well as manage the company’s financial and accounting affairs to maximize long-term profits, cash flow, and return on investment.

Our intern assignments are real finance and/or accounting work designed to allow you to experience, first-hand, the type of work we do within P&G. As an intern, you can make an impact on the business as well as continue to build your analytical, technical and leadership skills. Most projects offer the opportunity to work with individuals in a variety of capacities within the area you’re assigned and, potentially in other functions. You’ll have an individualized work plan that will guide you throughout the summer and you’ll get coaching from your immediate manager throughout your internship.

Your assignment could be in one of our Global Business Units, as well as our Marketing Development Organization, Global Business Services, and all Corporate Functions including the Tax Department. Locations could be at our Global headquarters or at one of our other business locations across the U.S.

Our internship program is viewed as our primary opportunity to hire the top talent across the U.S. that we hope will lead to full-time employees. Our decisions on full-time offers are made prior to you returning to school. And, before making your final career decision we offer you a chance to return for a visit to reacquaint yourself with us. Former interns receive an outstanding compensation and benefits package upon returning.

Qualifications:

  • A solid background in Finance and/or Accounting along with demonstrated leadership ability is required for those interested.
  • Confidence and mental agility, with strong analytical and quantitative skills
  • Strong social skills and professionalism required to build and develop long-term relationships with senior level clients
  • Solid team attitude
  • The stamina, flexibility, and commitment needed to deliver accurate work under deadline pressure
  • High level of motivation and ability to deal imaginatively and effectively with fast-changing developments
  • Strong oral and written communication skills
  • Demonstrated organizational and time management talents
  • High level of initiative

CORPORATE FINANCE INTERNSHIP

Duties & Responsibilities:

Our finance department consists of corporate finance, treasury operations, financial risk, international treasury, investments, and risk management. The primary responsibilities of the corporate finance group include management of the ratings agencies and bank relationships, and development and maintenance of the capital structure. Treasury operations manages the company’s cash flow, interest expense, and short-term investment portfolio. Financial risk designs and executes the company’s hedging strategy as it relates to foreign exchange and interest rate exposure. International treasury manages the international capital structure, and works on various initiatives concerning international cash. The investments group manages the investment of the company’s core cash as well as advises the company regarding investment choices for the various benefit plans. Risk management is responsible for maintaining adequate insurance coverage on the company’s assets.

Potential project areas:

  • Cash Management and Investing
  • Cash Flow - Create, maintain, and improve the short term cash forecast. Analyze variances to forecast and work with necessary parties across all business units to resolve.
  • Investing — Evaluate and make recommendations on the investment of excess cash balances. Ensure compliance with the investment policy guidelines.
  • Short Term Borrowing - Evaluate and make recommendations on the placement of commercial paper.
  • Corporate Finance
  • Transaction/project management — Assist the treasury team on financing deals, M&A activities, and share repurchase.
  • Develop presentations and communications for management, and outside parties, e.g. rating agencies.
  • Financial Risk
  • Strategy — Support the development of the risk management strategy through data gathering and financial analysis for both foreign exchange and interest rate exposures.
  • Markets - Monitor economic data in the currency and fixed income markets and provide updates to the treasury team.

Qualifications:

  • Strong financial analysis skills and overall analytical aptitude required.
  • Comfort working simultaneously on a broad range of projects.
  • Capable of supporting peak demands for time on special projects.
  • Proficient in the use of major software platforms.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills needed.


TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT INTERNSHIP

Duties & Responsibilities:
As a participant in the Technology Development Internship Program, you'll work on a wide range of projects while attending frequent educational seminars. You'll gain exposure to different technology areas through varied project assignments for a three to six month time frame. The program effectively combines on-the-job training with classroom education. You'll spend 80 percent of your time on specific project assignments, with exposure to a variety of technology and business experiences that will help you prepare for an IT position. Throughout the program, you'll have the opportunity to meet with key IT and business executives and to attend a series of workshops and seminars on business and professional development.

You can expect:

  • A detailed individual development plan
  • Feedback on your performance throughout the program
  • Peer interaction and networking
  • Individual coaching with our manager, mentor and TDP Manager.


Qualifications:
We are seeking results-oriented individuals who get involved in a tangible way and directly impact the success of our diversified groups of businesses. Project management, team-focused, strong communication skills, flexibility, organizational skills, mulit-tasking, and working independently are key competencies. Junior or Senior working towards the successful completion of an undergraduate degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, or Related Science is required. Strong academic and personal achievement, as evidenced by a minimum GPA of 3.0 / 4.0.

HUMAN RESOURCES INTERNSHIP

As a Human Resources Intern, you will be assigned to projects in one or more of the following areas: Compensation, Talent Acquisition, Benefits, Human Resources Information Systems, and Generalist support. The Intern projects are designed to rapidly expand your skill set as well as provide you with a broad perspective of Human Resources.

Project Examples

  • Help identify and assess opportunities to bring new talent into the organization
  • Review Compensation and Benefits strategies to ensure that current strategies are helping attract and retain talented people, while also meeting business needs
  • Support a specific business unit with all of their human capital needs
  • Design and develop training programs that will enhance the skills of employees
  • Facilitate employee performance management processes, that will provide employees with candid feedback to help them grow
  • Briefly experience a line supervisory role in a call center or a manufacturing division
  • Participate in special projects that will enable to better serve its human capital around the world

Qualifications:

  • Pursuing a Bachelors in a relevant major such as: Human Resources, Industrial Labor Relations, Business, Organizational Studies, or Organizational Psychology
  • Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills to build and maintain relationships in a culturally diverse environment
  • Strong writing skills and presentation ability that will be important for interaction with senior business leaders
  • Ability to manage multiple projects at one time
  • Demonstrated leadership skills and competencies Strong intellectual/analytical capabilities
  • Strong problem solving and negotiating skills and relocation flexibility

MARKETING RESEARCH & PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT INTERNSHIP

Full Time

Duties & Responsibilities:
We are a company who has always relied on innovative products as well as innovative approaches to business. That demands unique and dynamic environment focused on: stretching to reach the breakthrough goal, innovative ideas and visionary leadership, and increasing the speed with which we make decisions to get our products into the hands of consumers. Make new products come to life by being the bridge between products and the consumer. Interact and understand what consumers want, then create concepts, products, processes & packaging that meets or exceeds their needs better than anyone else. By participating in the 12-week paid summer internship program, you will gain valuable experience, embrace key responsibilities, and be compensated for it. You will focus on the buying process with our Sales & Marketing Internship. In the Sales & Marketing Internship, you will work directly with our Sales team to gain an overview of the sales process including product demonstrations, competitive analysis, customer relations, financial qualification, and sales techniques. At the end of your summer internship, you will be considered for a full-time employment offer from our company to begin upon graduation. This is an Equal Employment Opportunity

Qualifications:
Position Requirements: Valid driver's license in good standing; effective oral and written communication skills, well-developed mathematical and analytical skills. Must also be able to analyze data, draw conclusions, create solutions and methodologies and implement them, and handle a high level of stress.



SUMMER SALES INTERNSHIP

Job Description:
As a Summer Sales Intern, you will spend 10 weeks in our Field Sales department, working within a District Sales Team. You will spend 5 weeks working with Territory Sales Managers in their retail accounts. You will spend the other 5 weeks preparing an analysis and presentation on a real, local business challenge. This program is an outstanding opportunity to learn more about the company and a career in Sales. The contributions of our Summer Sales Interns are very valuable and put into use.

Qualifications:

  • ability to communicate ideas that influence others
  • ability to work effectively with customers and other employees
  • ability to plan the use of time and resources efficiently
  • ability to apply and enhance the company’s abilities to evaluate information
  • ability produce innovative, quality results
  • ability to understand own impact on the organization
  • strong interest in pursuing a career in sales
  • strong work ethic
  • exceptional verbal and written communication skills (face to face and phone)
  • proficient computer skills with working knowledge of word processing and spreadsheet software
  • organized and detail oriented
  • energetic
  • resourceful
  • comfortable in a fast-paced environment

OPERATIONS INTERNSHIP

Duties & Responsibilities:
The Operations Management Assistant Intern program is designed to provide the individual with an opportunity to learn as much as possible in a limited time span about our production operations function. The individual will also receive an orientation to the total plant facility operation at their location, and an overview of our supply chain & technology organization and the total company. (Interns will be assigned to work in one of our facilities across the country.)

The operations function provides support to Marketing, Sales and Distribution in the areas of planning, transportation, customer service and warehousing. This involves managing inventory levels, ingredient and material requirements, transportation operations, and personnel systems, as well as planning production schedules and distribution patterns. The Intern may also be assigned one or more projects involving various subject matters.

The OMA Intern will have exposure to similar experiences assigned to a full-time Operations Management Assistant (OMA), including one or more of the following responsibilities:

  • Ordering ingredients and packaging material to support plant production schedule
  • Managing inventory of ingredient/material, ensure proper rotation and inventory turns
  • Developing a logistic flow of packaging materials that supports marketing plans
  • Playing a liaison role between plant operations and headquarters planning
  • Tracking key indicators of performance in meeting customers requirements
  • Providing primary customer service support to customer service facilities and customers

At the completion of the internship, the intern will receive a formal evaluation of his/her contributions and performance. Interns will also get the opportunity to present their accomplishments to leaders of the operations function during a wrap-up event at our headquarters toward the end of the internship.

Qualifications:
The Operations Internship Program primarily recruits students who have completed Sophomore or Junior year of Bachelor’s degree program in Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain Management, or Operations Management. Additionally, ideal candidates for our OMA Intern program possess the following qualities: Leadership including leading innovation, energizing and developing people, delivering outstanding results, integrity, critical thinking, communication, interpersonal effectiveness, business acumen, and adaptability/flexibility.

REAL ESTATE INTERNSHIP

We are seeking an intelligent and self-motivated student for a 12 week Summer Real Estate Internship Program. The program is designed to give the candidate an exposure to a variety of real estate services and practices.

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to apply current coursework theory and knowledge to ongoing projects and gain valuable real estate job experience in the following areas:

  • Management Consulting Experience: strategy, business process improvement, organizational assessment
  • Industry Experience: corporate real estate, public sector, real estate companies, economic development, and real estate brokerage
  • Analytical Skills: financial modeling skills, process mapping, corporate finance, logical reasoning, and problem solving skills
  • Areas of Specialization: real estate development, leasing, transaction management, site selection, financial advisory services, sale-leaseback transactions, and occupancy cost control
  • Real Estate Transaction Experience: leasing, acquisition, disposition, financing, asset management, facilities management, construction management, and fee-based consulting services

Job Requirements:

  • Qualified internship candidates have completed their sophomore year of college; junior or senior preferred
  • Possession of solid academic achievement (3.0 GPA or higher) is desired.
  • Strong analytical and logical reasoning skills
  • Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
  • Proficiency with basic Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)
  • Involvement in student activities and/or some work experience.
  • Must have basic office skills including: the ability to perform basic math, operate a calculator, be able to operate standard office equipment, and be able to create/maintain filing systems
  • Superb communication skills and professional demeanor and be able to interact with all levels of employees. Ideal candidate has a positive attitude.
  • Must have organization and planning skills; the ability to work in a fast-paced environment; and have the ability to juggle multiple priorities.
  • Excellent attention to detail.
  • Ability to maintain strict confidentiality

TRANSPORTATION & LOGISTICS INTERNSHIP

Duties & Responsibilities:
Study, recommend, and implement improved logistics practices. Generate SAP reports to assist the transportation hubs with fleet management, rail tracking, and inventory management. Develop spreadsheets or database applications (Access) to perform various equipment tracking or performance metric collection and reporting. Test new software implementations, version upgrades, expanded use logistics oriented applications, as well as, document various policies, systems, procedures. Utilize project management software to identify, sequence, and track task status. Assist in financial and cost analysis efforts.

Qualifications:
Knowledge of MS Office Suite and SAP preferred but not required. The ideal candidate is a Junior or Senior enrolled in Supply Chain or Logistics Management, previous co-op experience a plus.

The successful candidate must possess the following:

  • Strong organizational skills
  • A high level of enthusiasm for the purchasing/logistics profession
  • Excellent interpersonal communication skills
  • A high level of maturity, and a strong willingness to learn.
  • An excellent academic record
  • Relevant course work in transportation and logistics
  • Strong leadership, communication and analytical skills
  • Proven leadership abilities


SUPPLY CHAIN INTERNSHIP

Duties & Responsibilities:
We are seeking to recruit supply chain managers of the future. To facilitate development into management roles, employees receive a variety of work assignments and exposure to multiple aspects of our supply chain operations.

Supply Chain Internship Opportunities:

Supply Management: Intern communicates with suppliers on order status and price quotes, manages open order reports, and creates purchase orders. Intern will also perform SAP contract entry and reporting queries in order to analyze inconsistencies.

Supply Chain Planning : Intern will research and process all potentially obsolete inventory, investigate and correct negative inventories and discrepancies; plan for materials and order materials to support the projection planning. Position requires daily work in SAP and Interspec.

Quality Assurance: Intern will work closely with quality specifications, including regulatory requirements. This individual will help provide the technical support to Innovation projects and quality improvement initiatives. Work will also include gathering data to support assumptions to move projects forward and designing data architectures to support the projects.

Best Practices Process Excellence: Intern provides assistance with the execution of best practice Customer Support and Distribution projects and gathers data to support assumptions to move projects forward. Works with internal contacts as well as outside representatives to gain required knowledge around business processes impacting the project designs.

Customer Demand & Replenishment Planning Analyst: Intern applies analytical techniques and leverages supply chain modeling technology to develop tactical demand forecast and replenishment plan. Manages the predicted impacts of promotion/events.

Logistics Specialist: Intern is responsible for identifying critical inventory issues, evaluating trade-off of cost and service to customers’ satisfaction, and communicating resolutions with internal customers. Also assists with management of finished goods and dependent demand to meet inventory investment policy guidelines.

Logistics Analyst: Intern determines data constraints and sources for analysis. Develops databases and processes for organizational use. Performs internal consulting and data analysis for the Supply Chain organization.

Qualifications:
We are seeking highly motivated individuals who are interested in developing a career in supply chain management. Our long-term success requires a total commitment to exceptional standards of performance and productivity, working together effectively and a willingness to embrace new ideas and learn continuously. Applicants should have a demonstrated record of academic excellence. We desire individuals that possess strong communication abilities, demonstrated leadership, and problem solving capabilities.

LOCATIONS:
Connecticut, North Carolina, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Arkansas, California, Kentucky, Virginia, Maryland, Tennessee, Missouri, Kansas, New Jersey, Puerto Rico.

 
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