ROLE: Accounting Intern (Summer 2025)

WHO ARE WE?

St Joseph Financial Services (SJFS) is a leading company supporting Catholic educational institutions financial needs across the US.  As we say, we are ‘mission-driven’ to provide comprehensive client accounting services for Catholic Schools, Catholic Parishes, Catholic Dioceses and other Catholic Institutions. Quite simply, we enable our clients to make better business decisions through experienced accounting professionals, standard business processes and best in class technology. Our strength allows us to provide wrap-around advisory services such as financial analytics, board preparation, budgeting and planning.

Our work platform simplifies our clients experience through cloud-based financial management technology, personalized expertise, and unmatched scale. Founded in 2018, we are growing to meet the needs of Catholic education in more ways than ever before imagined.  Come and join our great remote workplace to help us deliver on our mission of making a difference every day for our clients.  For that reason, we need team members that help us make, “More Time Ministering. Less Time Administering” a reality for all our clients!

ROLE SUMMARY

We are looking to add Accounting Interns for this upcoming spring – summer period (2025). These interns will be either based out of our South Bend, Indiana office or Remote. This temporary role will be part of our team for helping us build a mission centered financial services organization that accelerates our growth as we continue to build new services and partnerships with our Catholic educational institutions. The successful intern will gain depth of understanding of critical accounting services, financial planning and execution throughout the lifecycle of the business to support our broad client base. This individual will report to our Client Advisors.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Identifying, researching, and assessing various accounting issues while also providing information to our Client Advisors and Specialists teams 
• Collaboratively working with client team members while building rapport and strong client relationships
• Working on a variety of client engagements with schools, parishes or dioceses
• Meeting with your Client Advisor for regular feedback and professional development discussions
• Connecting with fellow interns and SJFS staff at team events and gatherings
• Identifying and carrying out other projects as assigned
• Participating in team-building exercises
• Sharpening your leadership skills

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR FROM YOU – OUR MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance
• Major and overall minimum GPA of 3.0/4.0
• The willingness and ability to work additional hours, as needed
• Excellent analytical, communication (written and verbal), and interpersonal skills
• Strong technical aptitude and skill set
• Demonstrated project management skill set including project planning and time management Ability to work efficiently and effectively in a challenging team environment

A CULTURE THAT SEEKS TO SERVE A GREATER PURPOSE

At SJFS, we foster a mission-driven culture that supports our Catholic clients while genuinely caring for each of us that works here. From the interview process, we center our values in our day-to-day. We deliver our work with intentionality with our clients and we build relationships with professionalism, through trust and respect.  Our integrity leads us to do the right thing at all times. We support each other to decision-making with accountability while always striving to be of authentic service, to our clients and to one another.   We are a mission-driven organization. Our team consists of conscientious individuals, passionate about the Catholic Church and education, while delivering on our work that builds client partnerships, and we are committed to putting our employees first, in all that we do.  

A PLACE TO GROW AND MAKE AN IMMEDIATE IMPACT

Too often job descriptions focus solely on what a candidate needs to be able to contribute to the organization, but your decision also includes what you will receive in return. SJFS knows that our people make our mission possible even more than the technology and processes we use. In addition to the work you will perform, you will inherit an environment that will nurture your whole-self, sharpen your skills, and show you a good time along the way. Perhaps the best way to convey that is to share with you what our own employees have told us why they came to work for us.  We dare you to complete your internship with a company that’s mission-driven where we all share a higher ideal.  We can’t wait for you to join us!  “More time ministering.  Less time administering.”

INTERESTED?  Apply for this position at www.stjfs.org/open-positions