Finance Summer Internship

So what is this “Mindshare” and what makes us awesome?

Mindshare is a global media agency network with billings in excess of US$34.5 billion (source: RECMA). The network consists of more than 7,000 employees, in 116 offices across 86 countries spread throughout North America, Latin America, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific. Each office is dedicated to forging competitive marketing advantage for businesses and their brands based on the values of speed, teamwork and provocation. Mindshare is part of GroupM, which oversees the media investment management sector for WPP, the world’s leading communications services group.

When will this awesomeness take place?

The Mindshare Summer Internship Program will run 10 weeks, from June 4th – August 10th, 2018.

Job Overview:

Responsible for assisting the day to day finance operations for the Chicago clients.

What you will be doing if you are selected to join us:

• Developing relationships with account to be seen an assistant to finance related needs/issues
• Submitting and tracking all jobs for both Chicago and LA
• Help ensure that revenue is billed in accordance with the contract and scope of work
• Help provide monthly reporting to agency and client. Examples of the kind of reporting include hours reporting, budget to actual reporting for media spending, revenue forecasts and monthly revenue actuals, verifying inter-company bills and time of staff costs.
• Working with the client accounting department to make sure all billing is being pulled in accordance with the client’s needs.
• Help to set up procedures to comply with the client contract.
• Perform ad hoc tasks as required

What you have already done:

• At this point in your career, you are an undergraduate student entering your Junior or Senior year at an accredited college/university; Ideally, you are concentrating in Finance, Accounting or Business with a minimum GPA of 3.0
• You have a working knowledge of accounting functions
• No one is more detail oriented than you and has excellent time management and follow-through skills
• You have the ability to be a dynamic member of a team
• Strong computer and analytical skills, including proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint
• Last but not least, you present with confidence, communicate well, and truly like working with other people

So how do you go about joining us?

Please submit your cover letter and resume (and you must include your overall GPA on the resume).