Why Badger Meter?

Are you looking to join a dynamic team where you have the autonomy and challenge that lets you learn and grow your career? Are you energized when you know that your contributions matter and make a difference in business success? If yes, then Badger Meter may be a great place for you!

For more than 115 years, Badger Meter has provided strong, stable financial growth, in turn providing employees with the opportunity to build long, successful careers. As a leading manufacturer of flow measurement technology, Badger Meter offers many opportunities to measure what matters in protecting the world's water and other precious resources. Our company is large enough to continually drive market innovation, all while we maintain a collaborative and flexible working atmosphere.

What You Will Contribute:

The Badger Meter Internship Program provides hands-on, real-world experience to students through projects that make a difference! In addition to your projects, you will be given the opportunity to participate in our robust Intern program focused on Badger Meter Culture, professional development, community outreach and a final capstone project.

Badger Meter is hiring a General Accounting Intern. The General Accounting is responsible for supporting the Accounting department, providing assistance, and performing varying tasks for all projects within the functional area. This position is supervised directly by the General Accounting Manager who will provide direct guidance to learn the accounting process through hands on training in various job tasks and projects. The General Accounting Intern will assist with collecting, documenting and assessing data obtained through reports, queries or programs used by the department.

Essential Job Duties:

• Learn ERP system related to accounting, prepare and post journal entries i.e. actual, budget and forecast. Update various general ledger account analysis
  
• Compile, balance and distribute the monthly financial statements. Prepare statements for records retention storage and online file storage on the network
  
• Work with the accountant to audit fixed assets. Use the fixed asset report to find the asset and verify tags on the equipment
  
• Review the quarterly project management listing and contact project managers for updates regarding expected close dates or authorization to close projects. Review all older inactive projects to determine whether they can be closed
  
• Review consolidating work papers from the previous year end to ensure all support is included and create a document listing
  
• Learn the chart of accounts to understand how the accounts are laid out in groupings i.e. assets, liabilities, income statement
  
• Review the audit work papers from the previous year end to ensure all support is included and account analysis balances match the general ledger trial balance
  
• Assist the Cost Accounting group with the following:
  
  • Monthly review of the purchase price variance with the buyers
    
  • Conduct monthly import/export audits
    
  • Prepare and issue cycle count reporting
    
  • Participate in budget prep work - review of fixed assets by work center for manufacturing
    
• Additional projects, tasks, and/or assignments as assigned
  

Qualifications:

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Accounting or related degree (Junior Year/Standing preferred)
  
• Intermediate computer/technical skills in Microsoft products
  

An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. This company considers candidates regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status. Applicants can learn more about their rights regarding equal opportunity in employment by viewing the federal "EEO is the Law" poster and the "EEO is the Law" poster supplement at http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/ofccpost.htm