Duration

• 4 Months.

The Position

The Intern, Finance (Controllership) will provide support in the day-to-day accounting operations, month-end close process, and financial reporting for Seaspan Shipyards and Seaspan ULC. This role will collaborate with a variety of teams across Seaspan Shipyards. The ability to clearly communicate, attention to detail, excellent people skills, flexibility, and adaptability in a demanding environment with competing priorities are essential for this role. This role is ideal for students looking to apply their academic knowledge to real-world challenges in a dynamic environment. This role reports to the Manager, VSY Accounting.

Responsibilities

• Prepare journal entries to support the month-end close process.
• Assist in the preparation of monthly and quarterly management reports.
• Monthly reconciliation of various balance sheet accounts and maintenance of working papers.
• Under the guidance of the Manager, VSY Accounting, help to develop and/or maintain detailed process and procedure documentation where necessary.
• Perform additional ad-hoc analysis and other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Enrollment in a Finance or Accounting degree program is required.
• Strong understanding of all three financial statements: Income Statement, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow.
• High level of proficiency in Excel (lookups, pivot tables, index match).
• Experience using an ERP is considered an asset.
• Strong attention to detail, critical thinking, problem-solving, and analytical skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication with ability to communicate with others with tact and diplomacy.
• Enjoy a hands-on role and dig into the details.
• Proactive and self-motivated to learn new concepts and participate in new projects. 

Benefits

• A supportive learning environment, great team culture and hands-on experience and training.
• Opportunity to grow your career and connect with like-minded students.
• Parking is included and to assist those that are using transit, we operate a complimentary shuttle bus Monday through Friday with various pick up and drop off points around North Vancouver.

Company

Seaspan Shipyards is one of North America’s most modern shipyards and unique in its ability to provide a complete range of services including new construction, conversion, refit, repair and life-cycle maintenance work for Canada’s Coast Guard and Navy as well as commercial vessels including cruise-ships and deep-sea vessels. Seaspan Shipyards operations include Vancouver Shipyards, Vancouver Drydock and Victoria Shipyards.