2024 Summer Internship | Commercial Finance - Bellevue, WA

What You Need To Know

2024 Summer Internship | Sales Who we are looking for: December 2024 or May 2025 graduates Dates of Summer Internship: May 20th – August 2nd, 2024 Desired Majors: Finance, Accounting, Computer Science

 

Southern Glazer’s Internship Program

The Southern Glazer’s Internship Program was established to develop the next generation of Sales, Trade Development, Operations, Technology and Corporate leaders. Each summer, the program offers interns the opportunity to engage in career building activities while simultaneously learning and applying industry-leading practices.

This hands-on experience gives interns the chance to explore and understand the adult beverage industry. The knowledge gained from industry leaders will allow you to build a network of professionals within the beverage alcohol industry and here at Southern Glazer’s. Being a Southern Glazer’s intern means you’ll be invited to our Leadership Spotlight Series, a Community Service day exclusive to our intern class, as well as access to Professional Development workshops and trainings!

Open your future to incredible career potential. Work for an industry-leader who invests in their people. Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits is North America’s preeminent wine and spirits distributor, as well as a family-owned, privately held company with roots that go back to 1933. We were named by Newsweek as a Most Loved Workplace and included on the Forbes lists for Largest Private Companies and Best Employers for Diversity.

Southern Glazer’s offers a competitive compensation package with an hourly pay rate of $20-25 / hour. In determining a final offer, the company will evaluate a specific candidate's education, skills and experience and will make an offer appropriately.

Overview

The Commercial Finance Intern provides data management support to the state through the analysis and reporting of sales volume, profitability, pricing/program effectiveness, market penetration, and account management.

Primary Responsibilities

• Participate in meetings with Sales Management, Marketing, Pricing and suppliers, related to financial planning, reporting, and analysis
• Support Commercial Finance team in building the P&L to achieve supplier AOPs
• Work with Marketing and Sales management teams to ensure profitability goals are achieved
• Support Commercial Finance team in identifying overspend risks and opportunities
• Support Commercial Finance team, Marketing Directors, Pricing Directors, and Sales management teams to ensure plans adhere to budgets as part of the annual planning process
• Assist and support Marketing Directors, related to Innovation brands, to develop & implement pricing of all new items
• Participate in the monthly vendor/supplier billing aging process and ensure meeting the objectives given by National leadership
• Support Commercial Finance team about supplier banks; reconcile records to supplier records
• Generate monthly financial recaps & fiscal year-end projections for strategic suppliers
• Responsible for gross profit analysis
• Responsible for department expense analysis
• Coordinate supplier initiated check requests/third party vendors
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned

Additional Primary Responsibilities

Minimum Qualifications

• Must be a Junior in college and graduating the following year
• Reside in the vicinity of the internship or have ability to obtain housing
• 21 years of age or older at the start of the internship
• Able to organize priorities and work under deadlines while producing a high-quality result in a team environment
• Must be detail oriented

Physical Demands

• Physical demands include a considerable amount of time sitting and typing/keyboarding, using a computer (e.g., keyboard, mouse, and monitor), or adding machine
• Physical demands with activity or condition may occasionally include walking, bending, reaching, standing, and stooping
• May require occasional lifting/lowering, pushing, carrying, or pulling up to 20lbs

EEO Statement

Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits, an Affirmative Action/EEO employer, prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.  Southern