Do you believe the best is yet to come? Are you willing to learn how to be innovative and stand out from the rest? Would you like to gain Accounting and Finance knowledge while having an incredible summer experience? Can you help make our Company better while seizing an opportunity to gain experience working for a large organization?

Compass Group is selectively recruiting for a Canteen Accounting and Finance Internship opportunity within our Canteen Finance and Accounting department.

Date of Internship: 8 - 12 weeks; 35 - 40 hour work week (Monday – Friday)

Location: Charlotte, NC

The Canteen Operations Summer Internship is a PAID structured 8-week program designed to strengthen your leadership skills & business acumen and give you the opportunity to test drive a career in Operations. When you join our Internship Program, you'll acquire highly marketable skills and experience pertaining to every aspect of running a successful business. You'll soon discover that every day is different because it is filled with so many new, exciting, rewarding and often unexpected challenges

This Internship Program is a great way to jumpstart your career. Interns will work in one of a number of key areas in Canteen’s Operation team, based in Charlotte, NC which could include:

Areas of focus: Finance/Accounting

• Work under supervision of accountants
• Help with reconciliation of fixed asset accounts
• Assist with assignment of Asset Data into proprietary software
• Support the Asset Audit team
• Assist with communication to leadership in the field and in corporate regarding Audits
• Scrub and analyze asset listings
• Test and validate post-audit databases
• Perform P&L analytics
• Help accounting team with the other assigned work

Targeted Skills:

• Analytical – understands a basic level of logic (minimum able to navigate/audit excel formulas).
• Resourcefulness – able to “figure out the answer” when none has ever been found.
• Self-management – manages up and laterally.
• Communication – is able to explain something difficult to a first timer.
• Collaborative – fits in the group dynamics. Complements the rest of us.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and Experience:

• To be eligible for our internship, you should be in your junior year, on your way to earning a bachelor’s degree from an accredited university.
• A cumulative 3.0 GPA minimum is preferred.
• All majors will be considered for this opportunity

Language Skills:

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Ability to read, write and interpret instructional documents such as reports and procedure manual

Mathematical Skills:

• Above average mathematical skills, including the ability to compute rates, ratios, and percentages, and the ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference.

Reasoning Ability:

• Ability to promote teamwork through problem-solving and managing complex relationships

Other Qualifications:

• Valid driver’s license and good driving record
• Ability to work in a fast paced distribution environment while meeting established distribution quotas and standards
• Intellectual curiosity, positive attitude, self-motivation, professional business ethics, assertiveness, and an aptitude for helping others solve problems.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule based on the unit’s needs.

Compass Group PLC is a world-leading food and support services company whose history can be traced back over 60 years. As a FTSE 100 listed company we generated an annual revenue of £17.8 billion in the year to 30 September 2015, operate in around 50 countries, employ over 500,000 people and serve over 4 billion meals every year.