Graduate - Disaster Recovery Finance Internship
Graduate - Disaster Recovery Finance » New New York Leaders (ny.gov)
Description:
The New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services - DHSES - works to protect New Yorkers, their property, and the State's economic well-being from natural and human-caused emergencies and disasters.
DHSES strives to improve readiness and response across the Empire State through planning, training and a multitude of programs and partnerships with government, private sector, and other organizations.
DHSES also coordinates response and recovery efforts of State agencies during emergencies and disasters in support of local government and its constituents.
Duties Description
Under the direction of the Deputy Chief of Finance in the Disaster Recovery, the Student Assistant will assist the Public Assistance Finance team with various activities including creating reports, process documentation activities, and administrative tasks.
Duties include but are not limited to:
* Assist with processing of Public Assistance payments to applicants.
* Produce expenditure reports for reconciliation purposes, as well as various other reports as needed.
* Review of various invoices for eligibility and appropriateness.
* Assist with program documentation including organize, write, edit, and maintain documentation using appropriate software including MS Office Suite (Word, Excel).
* Assist in locating and gathering various data from the NY Recovers system.
* Create process documents as needed.
* Assist with special or ad hoc assignments as needed.
Minimum Qualifications:
* Must be a United States citizen or foreign national eligible to work in the United States.
* Must be 18 years of age or older.
* Must be actively enrolled in a New York State college, university, or graduate program, or be a resident of New York State, attending a college, university or graduate program outside of New York State.
* Must be a currently enrolled graduate student.
* Must have a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 2.0 or equivalent to a C.
Skills:
- Ability to work independently
- Attention to detail
- Word/Excel/PowerPoint experience
- Strong research and analytical skills
- Excellent verbal/written communication