Accounting Intern at Doyon, Limited Fairbanks, AK

Overview

Doyon, Limited's mission is to continually enhance our position as a financially strong Native corporation to promote the economic and social well-being of our 20,000+ shareholders. We provide exceptional career opportunities for individuals who value professionalism, collaboration, and a commitment to excellence. We understand the importance of treating our employees well and the impact motivated employees have in helping us succeed in our vision to be the leader in all we do.

Under the supervision of the Accounting Manager, the Accounting Intern will support the Accounting Department with Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, general ledger, filing, and reconciliations tasks.

Open to Doyon shareholders only. This internship runs from May to August.

• Enter journal entries and data into the accounting systems.
• Assist with account maintenance, filing, and incoming mail.
• Support expense report processing.
• Assist accountants with transactional and month‑end close activities.
• Perform account reconciliations.
• Support special accounting projects.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Commitment to Excellence – Identify what needs to be done and take action to achieve a standard of excellence beyond job expectations.
• Corporate Values – Understand, embrace, and integrate Doyon corporate values into everyday duties and responsibilities.
• Customer Service – Identify and respond to current and future client needs by providing excellent service to internal and external clients.
• Teamwork – A resourceful team player who builds, strengthens, and maintains collaborative relationships with others inside or outside the organization.
• Safety and Security – Promote a safe work environment for co‑workers and customers.

• Adaptability – Adapt to changing conditions and work assignments, set priorities, and manage multiple assignments and tasks.
• Administrative Skills – Perform a variety of responsible and confidential office, clerical and professional administrative duties.
• Attention to Detail – Ensure one's own and others' work and information are complete and accurate.
• Communication Skills – Listen, write, and speak effectively, and positively relate and interact with co‑workers and others.
• Dependability – Consistently adhere to operational standards, ensure smooth operations and positive customer experiences, build a productive workplace, remain reliable, and improve team morale.
• Independence – Work with minimal supervision.
• Time Management – Manage time effectively when accomplishing tasks, projects, and goals.
• Willingness to Learn – Willing to learn new skills or techniques to meet the demanding changes of job duties and responsibilities.

• Must be a Doyon shareholder.
• Working towards a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance.

• Basic knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles.
• Experience using Excel.
• Ability to perform accurate and timely work in an organized and efficient manner.

• Experience applying basic accounting concepts, entering journal entries and transactions, using financial systems for data entry and reporting, supporting AP/AR and expense processes, maintaining organized files, and assisting with month‑end close activities.

The majority of work is performed in a professional office setting with a wide variety of people with differing functions, personalities and abilities.

The work is generally sedentary, requiring routine walking, standing, bending and carrying items weighing less than forty pounds. [Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions].

Doyon’s practice is to provide reasonable accommodations, according to applicable state and federal laws, to all qualified individuals with physical or mental disabilities.

Doyon grants preference to qualified Doyon Shareholders first, and second to qualified shareholders of other Alaska Native corporations that grant a similar preference in all phases of employment and training.