Spring Internship Finance Team

Finance Intern

Colorado Legal Services (CLS) is Colorado's statewide nonprofit legal aid program, with thirteen offices providing civil legal assistance to low-income Coloradans throughout the state. CLS provides free legal assistance in a broad variety of legal areas, including family law, public benefits, eviction defense, consumer protection, services to survivors of serious crime and human trafficking, and many others.

CLS has strengthened lives, assisted families, and supported communitiesone person at a time for over 100 years. We are committed to providing high-quality, free legal advice and representation to eligible individuals throughout Colorado. We have a long history of successful impact and advocacy. CLS strives to bring about substantive, transformational change in the lives of those we serve.

Position Summary:

CLS's finance team is in charge of the money moving in and out of the organization. An intern with the finance team will get an in-depth look at how money moves through a legal aid organization, learning about expenses how bills get approved, coded, and paid and revenue how the organization gets paid back by its funders. The intern can expect to have standing tasks, such as logging invoices, and bigger projects to work on.

Essential Duties:

• Scan and log invoices
• Prepare check deposits
• Work with Accounts Payable on vendor consolidation
• Work with Grants Accountant on monthly invoicing and reconciliation

Required Qualifications:

• Interest in nonprofit and/or legal aid work
• Detail-oriented, organized, and reliable
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel) and comfortable learning new software.
• Ability to work independently and meet deadlines

Preferred Qualifications:

• Student majoring in Accounting or Finance

Location:

This position is housed in the Denver office.

Time commitment:

Part-time, preference for 10+ hours/week but we will work with the interns' schedule.

Compensation:

The position is unpaid but is open to receiving other work study funds that are student generated. Students may apply for course credit through their Externship Program.