Posting active date: 4/29/2024
Name of corporate partner: Lenczner Slaght
Application deadline: 5/10/2024
Location: Hybrid
Job title: Summer Intern – Finance
Job type: Internship
Reporting to: Senior Manager, Pricing
Department: Finance
Length (contract/internship): 3-4 months
Salary or range: $21/hour
Start date: 6/3/2024 End date: 9/2/2024
Exclusive to Pathways Alumni? Yes
About the organization:
Widely recognized as Canada’s leading litigation practice, we have successfully represented clients’ interests in some of the most complex, high-profile cases in Canadian legal history. Focusing exclusively on litigation and advocacy, we practice across dozens of legal areas and industries and represent our clients where it counts – on our feet in all levels of the courts and before every kind of tribunal. Our subject-matter expertise and extensive courtroom experience is consistently recognized by clients, peers, and senior members of the legal profession in leading legal publications, including Chambers Canada and Lexpert. We offer the opportunity to work alongside and learn from some of Canada’s most highly regarded litigators and business professionals. Learn more at litigate.com.
Job Summary:
Under the supervision of the Senior Manager, Pricing, the Finance Intern will be responsible for supporting the Finance team with a variety of tasks including data entry, document production, billing and collections, financial reporting system implementation and testing, research, assisting with process improvement projects, and other projects as they arise.
Job responsibility:
- Review and validate the client agreement repository.
- Establish an outside counsel guideline database to capture client constraints on related client / matter terms.
- Process mapping and updating templates / forms related to financial system upgrades.
- Validate and clean up clients / matters within financial reporting systems (3E and InTapp).
- Provide support for collections.
- Data entry and clean up.
- Assist and support with expense reimbursement, billing processes, and cash deposits.
- Assist with various projects through financial research and analysis.
- Other duties as and when required.
Experience & Qualification requirements:
- Currently enrolled in post-secondary education in a Finance related program or display a demonstrated interest.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite including Word and Excel.
- Experience working with financial reporting programs will be considered an asset.
KEY SKILLS & CHARACTERISTICS
- Strong customer service orientation.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Excellent attention to detail.
- Demonstrated ability to work well in a team-oriented and fast paced work environment.
- Capable of maintaining flexibility.
- Ability to work independently and with excellent judgment to both follow instructions and take initiative as appropriate.
Additional information:
Work Arrangement / Hours of Work: Hybrid work arrangement in place. It is expected this position will work 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, Monday to Friday with Tuesday, Wednesday Thursday being in-office. Please note this arrangement is in accordance with the firm’s current Hybrid Work Policy, which may be amended at any time at the sole discretion of the firm.
How to apply:
Apply through the link below:
https://careersls.viglobalcloud.com/viRecruitSelfApply/ReDefault.aspx?FilterREID=3&FilterJobCategoryID=3&FilterJobID=55