Title: Finance Intern

State Role Title: Education Support Assistant

Hiring Range: 13.50

Pay Band:

Agency: Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation

Location: Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation

Agency Website: jyfmuseums.org

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

Helps in the development and implementation of policies and practices for financial management, payroll, budget control, accounting. By getting hands-on experience by working under the Budget and Payroll Manager he/she can understand and follow financial trends. Provides an opportunity of practical application of financial laws, government policies, payroll and budgeting at a state agency.

Principal Job Functions:

• Assist with record retention within the office.
• Assistance with preparation of monthly financial and payroll reports.
• Develop and utilize spreadsheets, databases, and other computer applications.
• To collect, understand, process, verify and report accounting related information.
• Attend all required training.
• Adhere to Customer First! And Safety and Security practices.

Minimum Qualifications

• Expertise in numbers and good math skills.
• Knowledge of the basic principles and practices of accounting and financial analysis.
• Must be able to collect, evaluate and interpret data, in both statistical and narrative form.
• Interest in budgeting, payroll and financial processes
• Capable of preparing files, maintaining records and documentation.
• Ability to work independently and exercise independent judgment, make sound decisions
and take initiative.
• Good written and oral communication skills.
• Problem solving, entering and verifying data.
• Excel, Word and Outlook experience is required
• Previous coursework in finance, accounting or related field
• Must be able to work at three separate sites as needed: Jamestown Settlement, American
Revolution Museum at Yorktown and the Philip G. Emerson Central Support Complex
(near Water Country USA).

Additional Considerations

Must be currently enrolled in or have recently completed at least 1 year in a higher education or a skilled trade or a tech program.

Special Instructions

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

Contact Information

Name: Raeven Chatman

Phone: 7572534302

Email: raeven.chatman@jyf.virginia.gov

In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-552-5019.

Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.