/biz/ - Business & Finance

>>54923291
Fake it til you make it.

>>54923291
Do you know whether they use quickbooks or Microsoft gp? Cash basis vs accrual? You'll probably need some excel skills in order to import csv files for accruals or build reports.
Do you know how to reconcile accounts? I got stuck reconciling the credit card statement in my AP internship.

>>54923468
Quickbooks. It's a chartering/brokerage firm, so I'm going to assume accrual. Have decent Excel skills.

I know basic reconciliation concepts - adding pending deposits, subtracting uncleared checks, adjusting errors, etc. I guess I'm more concerned with whatever they're going to ask me - I feel confident that once I get in I can do the work.

>>54923291
Where did you say you had the internship at?

>>54923291
>>54923587
Also, why not just get an internship? Accounting interns get paid like $25 an hour where I live

>>54923566
Just don't be a sperg or come off as a creep. You'll be fine.

>>54923594
I live in a very rich, very isolated area that's kept alive by tourists and retired millionaire boomers. You can either get a job at a firm that deals with big clients and wants 10+ years of experience for their lowest clerk, or you can get an entry level position at some place run by a nepotism baby for $20. There are no internships in this area and no local unis. I also can't move right now.

Said my internship was at a residential electrical company, which is where I work now but not in the accounting department - I'm in field.

>>54923621
Thanks. I keep thinking I'm going to be blindsided by some niche information or something and its going to blow my cover.

>>54923640
Why not try and get a gov job? That's what I'm going to do when I graduate next year, either industry WFH (if i can) or Government for no more than 40 hours a week

>>54923854
Also don't intend on getting my CPA, I interned at a small public firm and taxes are so fucking boring and a lot of it is manual which I can automate in a industry job

>>54923854
I would never work for the federal government - it's against my principles. I did try for local government positions, but was again passed over because they wanted more experience.

>>54923865
I don't even mind boring. I work a tradie job where I'm physically exhausted everyday, surrounded by alcoholic retards, and get home around 6. Maybe its cause I'm a noob, but sitting in an office doing stupid ass taxes sounds awesome.

>>54923944
>federal government
I was thinking state gov, I hate the federal government but gov jobs are easy and a lot of it is bullshit work with decent enough pay

>>54923976
Maybe. I doubt I could find state acct. work that will take me with my current experience. That's why I'm trying to get this job - I'm hoping it can be the launching point from where I can do industry or something similar to what you're talking about.

>>54924003
I haven't looked too much into it but pretty sure you can get a gov job right out of college
Internships def would help though

Have a few fake examples of tasks you did during your AR internship prepared in case the controller starts asking about it. I would just lie and say you did basic invoicing, collections, and account reconciliations. Generally interns won’t get involved in ‘higher level’ AR activities (i.e., month-end reporting tasks like balance sheet recs, FLUX analysis, the bad debt provision analysis, overall AR analytics, etc).

Also whether you actually intend on doing it or not, tell them you are looking to do your CPA