Accounting Internship, PE Accounting

About us:

Founded in 1990, LS Power is a premier development, investment, and operating company focused on the North American power and energy infrastructure sector, with leading platforms across generation, transmission and energy transition solutions. Since inception, LS Power has developed or acquired over 47,000 MW of power generation, including utility-scale solar, wind, hydro, battery energy storage, and natural gas-fired facilities. Through LS Power Grid, the firm has built and operates approximately 680 miles of high-voltage transmission and has another 200+ miles and multiple grid infrastructure projects currently under construction or development. Across its efforts, LS Power actively invests in and scales businesses that are accelerating the energy transition, including electric vehicle charging, demand response, microgrids, renewable fuels and waste-to-energy platforms. Over the years, LS Power has raised $53 billion in debt and equity capital to support North American infrastructure.

Our Purpose, Mission, & Values:

Our Purpose is to solve complex energy problems that improve the world

Our Mission is to make lives better by developing a cleaner and more reliable energy ecosystem

Our Values are the willingness to participate in and help strengthen our culture of integrity, Innovation, Teamwork, and Taking Ownership

Our People create value and are our Most Valuable asset.  We take our values of Integrity, Innovation, Teamwork and Taking Ownership seriously and ask candidates to think about how they can help us further enhance our culture with their specific skillsets, capabilities and experiences.

About the Role:

We are currently searching for an intern to join our private equity accounting team based out of East Brunswick, NJ. This person will assist in preparing quarterly packages to help satisfy reporting requirements for the private equity funds and provide other support to the accounting team on an as needed basis.

What you will do

• Book journal entries
• Assist with quarter end work paper preparation
• Prepare quarterly investor capital account statements
• Prepare investor contact reconciliations for investor communications
• Assist with sending out investor communications via our online investor platform and reconcile delivery reports to confirm delivery
• Assist with capital calls and distributions
• Save and organize monthly bank statements
• Perform daily cash reconciliations to help manage cash availability, book transactions, and monitor incoming and outgoing wires
• Prepare invoices and supporting files for intercompany reimbursements
• Ad hoc projects assigned by supervisor

We want you on our team because you

• Are enrolled in a Bachelor’s degree program in accounting, finance, or business with emphasis in accounting
• Have a 3.0+ GPA
• Have very good written and verbal communication skills
• Have attention to detail
• Work well independently and within a team atmosphere
• Are a self-starter, with ability to operate effectively with limited supervision