Finance & Accounting Intern

CertainTeed Corporation, Roofing Division, is looking for a talented finance intern at our North America headquarters, located in Malvern, PA, who can bring value added analysis to the Roofing finance team. This person will also be involved with some project(s) related to enhancing our existing analysis and reporting to management.

Key Projects this individual could be involved in:

• Lease Accounting- a TON of cleanup
  
  
  
  • Working with plants/fleet management to obtain contracts for leases that have expense hitting GL accounts but are not recorded in LI system.
  • Creating Process map for plants/fleet management
  • Quarterly reconciliation, Q2 and worth with Senior Financial Analyst ro create a process for that.
  • Working with Plant Controller to reclass non lease related expenses to proper GL.
  
  
  
  
• Streamline Budget presentation - pdf and excel.
  
  
  
  • Work with Director of Finance to streamline the budget presentation across all Roofing plants.
  
  
  
  
• Gap Analysis- Help obtain updated support for all controls not just essential.

Essential Skills

• Strong analytical skills and ability to communicate across functions
• Solid foundation in general ledger accounting
• Experience analyzing variances in a manufacturing/cost accounting environment
• Strong Excel skills, including macros and pivot tables
• Ability to handle and understand multiple IT platforms

Critical Soft Skills

• Integrity
• Rigor, attention to detail
• Strong sense of customer service
• Work independently, self-motivated
• Work well in teams and across functional areas
• Problem solver
• Agility and ability to successfully manage multiple simultaneous priorities and projects
• Strong organizational skills
• Agility and ability to work effectively in teams and across functional areas
• Influence without authority

• Pursuing a Bachelor degree in Accounting or Finance, CPA, CMA or MBA preferable or equivalent
• SAP/Qlikview and experience a plus (or other large ERP system)
• GL Wands experience a plus
• Magnitude experience a plus
• Power BI experience a plus
• Ability to handle and understand multiple IT platforms

Why work for us?

At Saint-Gobain/CertainTeed, our employees have pride in belonging to an organization whose culture is made up of these core values: Trust, Empowerment, & Collaboration. Our company encourages diversity and inclusion in all its forms while our products make the world a more beautiful, safer, and sustainable home.

Being a worldwide leader in light and sustainable construction, Saint-Gobain/CertainTeed designs, manufactures and distributes materials and services for the construction and industrial markets. Its integrated solutions for the renovation of public and private buildings, light construction and the decarbonization of construction and industry are developed through a continuous innovation process and provide sustainability and performance. The Group's commitment is guided by its purpose, "Making the World a Better Home".

Saint-Gobain provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. Saint-Gobain is an equal opportunity employer of individuals with disabilities and supports the hiring of veterans.