General
- Undergraduate; 4th year
- 1 learner; individual projects
- 50 hours per learner
- Dates set by experience
- Learners self-assign
Preferred companies
- 1/1 project matches
- Anywhere
- Academic experience
- Any company type
- Any
Categories
Project timeline
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April 2, 2024Experience start
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May 29, 2024Experience end
Overview
- Details
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What accounting and finance requirements do you need to fulfill to meet your organization’s goals and objectives? In this project, a team of students in the Bachelor of Science in Accounting program will help you develop a solution for an accounting-related opportunity in your organization.
Beginning in January, teams of students will work virtually with your organization to support you in achieving your key accounting objectives. Students may work on a new or existing project during the six-week project period.
- Deliverables
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- Project plan and weekly status reports
- Final project report with research summaries or planning recommendations or proposed solutions.
- Presentation of the report from the top one or two teams (via a virtual webinar format).
Project Examples
Finance and Accounting:
- Determine financing options based on a company’s requirements or needs.
- Apply the requirements for full disclosure in financial reporting to a company’s requirements.
- Apply the proper accounting methods for investments, revenue recognition, income taxes, and benefits based on a company’s requirements or needs.
- Prepare an income statement, Statement of changes of Equity, Balance sheet and cash flow statement based on a company’s requirements or needs.
Managerial Accounting:
- Recommend a budget type, benchmarks, and a cost system implementation plan for an organization.
- Calculate a Cost Volume Profit (CVP) analysis to guide decision making.
- Create a budget for controls and analysis to inform organizational operations.
Additional company criteria
Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:
Will you be available to meet at least once per week and answer student queries?
Are you able to provide financial statements/information related to your books from at least the past 2 years? If unable to provide statements from the past 2 years, are you willing to provide information pertaining to your future plans so that we are able to provide a comprehensive analysis?