IT Finance

Job Description

FirstEnergy at a Glance

We are a forward-thinking electric utility powered by a diverse team of employees committed to making customers' lives brighter, the environment better and our communities stronger.

FirstEnergy (NYSE: FE) is dedicated to integrity, safety, reliability and operational excellence. Headquartered in Akron, Ohio, FirstEnergy includes one of the nation's largest investor-owned electric systems, more than 24,000 miles of transmission lines that connect the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions, and a regulated generating fleet with a total capacity of more than 3,500 megawatts.

About the Opportunity

This is an open position with FirstEnergy Service Company, a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. [SC00]

As a participant in the Co-op/Intern Professional Development Program, you will be cultivating professional skills and performing professional level work. You won't just be sitting in meetings and shadowing all summer; you'll be actively contributing and doing the same work as other FirstEnergy employees on your team. You'll receive on-the-job training and challenging assignments. You will also be assigned a Supervisor, a Coach/Mentor and a dedicated IT Intern Program Coordinator to help you maximize your learning and growth throughout your summer... and beyond. Internships with FirstEnergy are full-time, paid opportunities spanning 14 weeks. You must be actively enrolled in an accredited university or college.

About the IT Finance and HR Planning Analyst Intern

The objective of this role is to learn the basic business practices for planning, maintaining, and analyzing IT financials.

Key responsibilities include tracking month-end accruals and journals, assisting leadership with project budgets, preparing for short and long-term financial forecasts, coordinating resources to align labor hours, and maintaining employee staffing.

This role will have duties that include business process understanding, application installation and configuration, project management, unit testing, and troubleshooting as part of high-quality support of our systems and related interfaces.

Examples of possible job duties and responsibilities of an IT Finance and HR Planning Analyst:

• Support planning of IT forecasting, budgeting and variance analysis reporting process for the >$200M annual IT budget
• Utilizing various financial systems to extract and manipulate data to create meaningful financial reports
• Assist with month-end financial reporting and variance analysis
• Learn components of planning and reporting processes including analyzing data, interpreting results, and assisting clients with reporting of information
• Understand strategy behind investigating and correcting any financial inaccuracies within cost collectors or general ledger accounts
• Reinforce and support tasks associated with cost collector lifecycle
• Learn accounting concepts (accruals, journals and amortizations) and accounting treatment (tax, capital or expense, etc.) of technology solutions
• Assisting with various ad-hoc reporting requests
• Understand headcount reconciliation process utilizing organization chart data
• Updating resource information with appropriate budget salary and overhead data
• Demonstrate professionalism while providing customer service to IT leadership
• Collaborate with other departments of IT, accounting and finance

Applicant Requirements:

• Currently enrolled, full time, in a bachelor's degree program at an accredited university/college focusing on Management, Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Computer Science, or related field
• Class Standing - Rising JUNIOR or SOPHOMORE
• Maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5
• Must have the ability to work without sponsorship (now or in the future)

Preferred Skills/Experience

• Additional Coursework in the Computer Science discipline is highly preferred
• Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet proficiency including manipulating data, creating and modifying pivot tables, and formatting information to be easily consumed by all levels of employee and management
• Strong interpersonal skills to work effectively with people at all levels and with varying backgrounds

Ideal Candidate:

• Understanding of Microsoft Office line of products, especially Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Ability to work in a virtual environment with remote colleagues utilizing virtual technologies
• Willingness to undertake assignments involving unfamiliar subjects, with the aptitude to learn quickly
• Effective communication with the ability to make formal presentations to various audiences
• Delivery quality, accurate work within established guidelines
• Proven team player who contributes to team goals, encourages, and supports other team members
• Ability to development effective working relationships with employees at all levels of FirstEnergy
• Analytical skills to define and resolve problems and think creatively
• Excellent oral and written communication skills

Your Resume MUST Include:

• Major/Minor/Degree
• GPA
• Anticipated graduation date

Resume Suggestions:

We encourage you to include on your resume courses completed relevant to the position you are applying. Additionally, tell us about school projects where you may have utilized the skills needed for the position. Technology enthusiasts: be sure to describe your tech hobbies and use of technology outside of the classroom on your resume.

To Apply:

All applicants must create an account on FirstEnergy's Career Opportunities website in order to be eligible and to apply for this position. IMPORTANT: Information regarding your application or the application process will be sent from a firstenergycorp.com email account. Please check your spam folder or add the firstenergycorp.com domain to your approved contacts or safe senders list.

The ability to work remotely within the United States may be available based on business need. This option is not available in the states of California, Colorado, Illinois, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Montana, Nebraska, New York, Oregon or Washington at this time.

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