Month: January 2020

Attention Seniors – Synchrony Financial is Hiring!

Position : Full Time Business Leadership Program
Location : Stamford, CT

SynchRony Financial (a consumer financial services company), is currently seeking to add a new full time member to their Technology Track Business Leadership Program at their Stamford Headquarters. 

 

The Business Leadership Program Technology track combines the energy of a startup with the resources of a major financial institution. This role would provide you with opportunities across different areas of their team, giving you unique perspectives on how Technology fits into the broader business landscape, including:

  • Mobile App Development & Project Management
  • Information Security Forensics & Incident Management
  • Innovation & Emerging Technology
  • Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
  • Data & API Development
  • Leadership, Experiential and Technical Training

In the Technology track, you and your team would be responsible for enhancing and maintaining the world-class infrastructure necessary to grow the business and keep Synchrony at the forefront of the industry. You would develop various skills in the Business Leadership Program: 

  • Agile Software Development
  • Business Communication
  • Agile Project Management
  • Technology Planning
  • Software Development: Java, XCode, Javascript, Bootstrap, Angular, and more

To learn more or to apply, click here.

EY is Hiring Interns!

 

Open Internships: 

  • Summer 2020 Launch Internship
  • Summer 2020 Audit & Tax Internships 
  • Fall 2020 Audit & Tax Internships
  • Winter 2021 Audit, Tax, and Risk Advisory Internships 
  • Summer 2021 Audit, Tax, and Risk Advisory Internships 

 

Application Deadline: 

2020 Internships – Rolling Applications

2021 Internships – 2/10/20 on Handshake 

 

Upcoming Events: 

EY Virtual Info Session    

Location: Zoom Web Conference 

Date & Time: 1/28/20 from 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM     

Description: This is a virtual info session via Zoom where they will discuss their service lines and spring 2020 opportunities. Students can sign up to attend here: https://forms.gle/T2U293hQLCEFKBgz6

 

EY Office Hours  

Location: School of Business – BUSN 205 & 206

Date & Time: 2/5/20 from 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM

Description:  EY Office Hours will allow students to spend 20 minutes with an EY professional about a topic of their choice: EY service lines, EY culture, interviewing skills, resume building, etc.

Students can sign up to attend here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050E4DAEA62CA7FA7-eyoffice1

 

Accounting Department Leadership Programs Career Fair       

Location: School of Business – BUSN 321

Date & Time: 2/5/20 from 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM              

Description: To promote EY’s brand and internship and job opportunities to UConn SoB students!

 

Beta Alpha Psi Info Session             

Location: School of Business

Date & Time: 2/12/20 from 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM            

Description: We will be attending a BAP meeting to highlight EY and our present and future opportunities. 

 

Mark Your Calendars : Eisenhower Series Coming to UConn!

Are you interested in Empowering Innovation in the Department of Defense? Eisenhower series is coming to Uconn! The Eisenhower Series College Program is a fifty-year-old outreach effort run by the Army War College offered to university and community groups around the nation. Each year, selected service members travel nationwide to strengthen connections between the American Military and the society it serves. 

 

Event Type: Panelist Discussion 

Date & Time:  1/31/20 from 4 – 5:30 PM 

Location:  Dodd Konover Auditorium

 

Description: 

Senior military and policy representatives will speak on current topics followed by an informal Q&A. The objective of the program is to provide a broad and unique series of fora to discuss and debate contemporary and future national security issues. Both the officers and the public benefit from an open, honest and frank exchange on significant issues of national and international concern. 

 

Discussion Topics:

  • Empowering Innovation in the Department of Defense
  •  U.S. Role in Managing Climate Change 
  • The Future of Strategic Intelligence
  • The Ethical Use of Artificial Intelligence

Attention Seniors – IBM is Hiring!

Position: Full Time Accounting Systems Analysts 

Location: IBM’s Southbury Connecticut office. 

 

 International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) is currently seeking a Management Information Systems major to fill their Accounting Systems Analyst full time position for Winter 2020.

 

In this role, you will serve as a liaison between IBM Finance and the IBM CIO organization, working with both teams on operational and transformational projects.  Their efforts are integral to the effort in producing IBM’s external financial results and the financial metrics used by the Company’s senior leadership to manage IBM. You will help build, enhance and maintain their Accounting Consolidation solutions using skills such as DB2, Cognos Analytics, SPSS, JIRA, Slack, Splunk, advanced Excel, Robotic Process Automation, and other new technology data analytics tools. 

 

In concert with these information systems applications, you will grow your interest in business controls, operations management, agile practices, problem solving techniques, and communications. As an Accounting System Analyst at IBM you’ll be a key player in all aspects of strategic payments planning. You will make significant contributions to high-profile operational initiatives as the business continues to grow globally.

 

What you’ll do:

  • Demonstrate a clear pride of ownership for the team-owned applications
  • Propose new and transformative ideas with relentless focus on quality and continuous improvement
  • Perform root cause analysis of technical and process issues
  • Provide fiduciary oversight to application operations with a keen eye to meeting and achieving control outcomes

Required Qualifications :

  • Bachelor’s degree in MIS or   Computer Science
  • Excel, DB2, QMF
  • Project management 
  • Excellent communication skills with proven problem-solving experience
Preferred Qualifications: 
  • 2 years Excel, DB2, QMF
Eligibility: 

Candidates must have the eligibility to work in the United States without a current or future need for Visa sponsorship. 

Apply through Handshake here