Thursday, September 22, 2011

Local accounting internship

Fernandes and Charest, a local CPA firm will be hiring an accounting intern for January 2012. The company is collecting resumes now (see Ms. Albernaz's email below).

Here's some additional information.

This is an Accounting firm offering services to small and medium sized companies. Located on Route 6 in Westport, MA (1140 State Rd) Web URL: fernandescharest.com

Primary duties and responsibilities of the intern: Work closely with a senior accountant doing basic bookkeeping, accounting and other miscellaneous write up work

What will the student learn from this experience (list 4 or 5 learning objectives)? Basis accounting skills, using various accounting and tax orientated software, working on a team, working under tax season pressure Job Title: Intern accountant

Academic preparation of the student required (graduate, senior, junior, courses taken, GPA, etc.): Junior or Senior (we prefer a junior who would like to intern with us for 2 years). Student should have basic core accounting courses.

Skills required (and any other requirements): Student must be willing to work hard and apply academics to real life situations.

Hours of work: Flexible, approximately 15-20 hours week. During tax season, someone on our staff is usually here from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm Monday through Thursday and 7:00 am to 4:30 pm on Friday and Saturdays

Start and end dates: Late January to mid/late March (Orientation 1-2 days in December)

Primary supervisor and contact information: Michelle Albernaz
508-636-6556 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 508-636-6556 end_of_the_skype_highlighting michelle.albernaz@fernandescharest.com