Accounting Summer Intern

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Job Summary

Responsible for managing assigned projects and supporting accounting team members with projects, in alignment with the finance team’s priorities.

Job Description

As a key team member of the Accounting department, the intern will be responsible for managing assigned projects and supporting accounting team members with projects, in alignment with the finance team’s priorities. This position contributes to the department by improving the quality and flow of information, building departmental culture, and promoting the adoption of new processes and tools.

Based on the intern’s qualifications and interests, we will tailor the internship program and establish a relationship with the team within Accounting that best fits the needs and interests of the intern. Available teams include General Accounting, Derivatives, Cash Applications, Technical Accounting & Reporting, Fixed Assets, Retail Accounting, and Settlements Accounting.

Responsibilities

• Develop and present regular and timely reports and presentations, including illustrations and graphics of Accounting initiatives and associated business outcomes

• Gather data to support departmental and team reporting

• Recommend and design solutions to meet needs

Benefits of Internship

• Gain-hands on experience in an Accounting environment

• Shadowing and training experiences with knowledgeable professionals

• Opportunity to attend meetings to receive more insight to the energy business

• Mentorship opportunities with Accounting leaders

Technical and Behavioral Competencies Required for this Position

• Understanding of Accounting and any concentrations within it

• Advanced computer skills including MS Office products

• Experience working on a team

• Strong communicator who can relate well to all levels

• Appetite to learn something new

• Time management skills – internship, school, extracurriculars

• Possess and exhibit a high level of integrity

• Consultative problem-solving approach

• Proven track record of success, a collaborative and participative style, and the ability to make presentations to Accounting staff

• Hands-on, enthusiastic, results-oriented analyst, capable of adding significant value to the existing team

• Able to quickly adapt to a rapidly changing environment, deal well with ambiguity, and take ownership for decision making

Experience Skills & Education Requirements

• Accounting, Finance, or another related field major

• Experience working on a team

• Advanced computer skills including MS Office products

Job Family

General Services

Company

Vistra Corporate Services Company

Locations

Irving, Texas

Texas

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Vistra (NYSE: VST) is a leading Fortune 500 integrated retail electricity and power generation company based in Irving, Texas, that provides essential power resources to customers, businesses, and communities from California to Maine.

Vistra is the largest competitive power generator in the U.S., with a capacity of approximately 41,000 megawatts, or enough to power 20 million homes, operating in all of the major competitive wholesale markets in the country. Vistra is a leader in the energy transformation and expansion with an unyielding focus on reliability, affordability, and sustainability, powered by a diverse portfolio that includes natural gas, nuclear, coal, solar, and battery energy storage facilities. The company continues to grow its zero-carbon resources, operating the second-largest fleet of competitive nuclear power plants in the country, substantial battery energy storage capacity, and a growing number of solar facilities.

Vistra is one of the largest competitive electricity providers in the country and takes an innovative, customer-centric approach to retail, offering solutions to meet customers’ needs, including more than 50 renewable energy plans. Through its family of retail brands, Vistra serves approximately 5 million residential, commercial, and industrial retail customers.

As a leader in the responsible transformation of the country’s energy supply, Vistra has made significant progress towards its 2030 and 2050 targets. The company has committed to a 60% reduction of Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, as compared to our 2010 baseline, and net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, assuming necessary technological advancements and public policy incentives are achieved. Learn more about our environmental, social, and governance efforts and read the company’s sustainability report at .

Vistra’s hardworking team is committed to its purpose, “lighting up lives, powering a better way forward” and is guided by four core principles: we do business the right way, we work as a team, we compete to win, and we care about our stakeholders, including our customers, our communities where we work and live, our employees, and our investors. Learn more about how Vistra is powering a better way forward at vistracorp.com ( .

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It is the policy of the Company to comply with all employment laws and to afford equal employment opportunity to individuals in all aspects of employment, including in selection for job opportunities, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, military service, protected veteran status, or any other consideration protected by federal, state or local laws.

If you are an individual with a disability and need assistance submitting an application or would like to request an accommodation, please email us at View email address on click.appcast.io to make a request.