Opportunities sought for accounting students
Are you interested in having accounting students help with your accounting tasks?
MacEwan’s accounting students are ready to help with your accounting tasks. Students will spend approximately 2-3 hours per month per student supporting your bookkeeping and accounting functions, in-person, virtual or hybrid.
The deadline for Nonprofit Community Partners to sign up has been extended to December 17, 2020 —It’s not too late!
Types of accounting tasks students could perform:
Budgeting- NEW
Financial policies and procedures for nonprofits- NEW
Review of assurance/audit- NEW
Prepare your books for review, audit, accounting compilation- NEW
Financial analysis of program- NEW
Accounts payable or receivable
Journal entries
Enter inventory
Charitable receipt generation
Bank reconciliation
Prepare reports (Budget vs Actual)
How this works
Students will select a Community Partner (CP) in the first week of classes and connect with their CP to establish a scope of work and a schedule (with approval by the Professor)
Each student will work 2-3 hours per week in-person, virtual or hybrid. Our CPs are welcome to request multiple students. (Suggestion: plan to provide orientation together if requesting more than one student before breaking into “shifts”)
Each month (Jan, Feb and March), students are required to complete a Trial Balance for the organization. (Note: this means you must be willing to let them access the accounting information they need)
Timing
Mid-January to Mid-March – 2-3 hours per week of accounting tasks
Interested?
To participate, use this link to register online
2. Information Systems Help for All Community Partners:
MacEwan 4th year accounting students can help you determine a new accounting information system or part of a system. Students can also develop an implementation plan for the new accounting system chosen. Considered two different projects, Community Partners will decide if they want students to complete one or both projects:
determine a new accounting information system
develop an implementation plan
Examples of projects that students can perform:
Human Resources Information System
Customer Relationship Management
Inventory Management
Project Job Costing
Business Intelligence
E-Commerce.
How it works
A team of 4th-year business students will analyze your needs and budget and make recommendations on which systems make the most sense for your business/organization. Teams will select a community partner (CP) for each project in the first week of classes. CPs will be notified, and students will contact to arrange needs assessment meetings. Projects need to move quickly as both need to be accomplished between January and the end of March. Students will send the final reports to partners after the professor has approved the final submission.
The expectation is for one virtual or in-person meeting (based on COVID-19 guidelines) for each project and further communication by email.
Final projects might take the form of:
Design, construct and use an information systems model of the organization as a risk identification and management tool
Formulate a vision of the future of accounting information systems
Apply the Systems Development Life Cycle methodology to accounting
Develop strategies to stay informed of current best practices within the information technology and accounting industry
Timing:
Project I: January 8 - February 14
Project II: February 24 - April 8
Interested? To participate, please use this link and register your request online. Questions? Please contact Barb Hudkins at Barb.Hudkins@MacEwan.ca.