Intern, Finance - Northborough, United States - Aspen Aerogels
Description
Aspen Aerogels is a rapidly growing aerogel technology company founded in 2001 to capitalize on patented advances in aerogel manufacturing. Aspens extensive portfolio of proprietary aerogel products are manufactured at scale and sold worldwide in the Electric Vehicle, Energy Infrastructure, and Power Generation industries. Aspen is a Tier 1/2 Automotive supplier of PyroThin thermal barriers, and our Pyrogel and Cryogel insulation products are used by virtually all leading petrochemical and refining company across more than 50 countries. Were on a mission to build a world-class organization as we continue to grow our energy infrastructure business, and expand to meet demand for PyroThin thermal barriers in the rapidly growing Electric Vehicle sector over the next decade. Were looking for great passionate, dynamic talent to join our team.
Aspen Aerogels has a summer internship opportunity in the Finance team. We are looking for a performance-driven person who understands the importance of collaboration and customer focus. This opportunity provides exposure to a variety of specialization and generalist assignments. This will be a hybrid role in MX. Work with all facets of Finance and the business to help improve processes and streamline where appropriate.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
+ Collaborate with others to foster effective teamwork by linking own responsibilities to the teams goals and needs - zeal for new information, knowledge, and experiences; regularly seeking and capitalizing on learning opportunities.
+ Take prompt action to accomplish goals and take initiative to go above and beyond what is required.
+ Adopt and follow Aspens core values of Safety, Quality, Integrity, Teamwork, Customer and Innovation on both a personal and professional level.
+ The finance intern could work with Controllership including cost accounting, FP&A and Investor Relations teams and the responsibilities could include:
+ Develops financial performance reports and analysis for internal and external reporting
+ Provides understanding of financial performance
+ Support day-to-day and month-end accounting activities, including the preparation of Journal Entries, Balance Sheet Reconciliations, and financial statements and investigation of variances
+ Conduct fixed assets and inventory reconciliations between finance books and physical assets to ensure data accuracy in the system.
+ Support forecasting/ planning process
+ Develop costs estimates; conducts cost/ price analysis
+ Perform economic and quantitative analysis: IRR, ROI, risk analysis, etc.
+ Partner with IT to propose and implement system solutions to automate daily tasks.
+ Prepare and participate in finance meetings
QUALIFICATIONS:
+ Pursuing a BS/BA degree in Business, Finance or related fields
+ Strong presentation and communication skills; candidate should feel comfortable presenting to director level and above
+ Basic computer skills (MS Office, statistical analysis, database software)
+ Demonstrated interest in business/finance through relevant coursework and experiences
+ Excellent written and verbal communication skills
PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT:
+ Office-related demands
+ All employees are required to apply ergonomic correctness to all job tasks.
Aspen Aerogels, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics. The EEO is the Law poster is available here:
Aspen Aerogels, Inc. is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please send an e-mail to or call and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.