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Our people make all the difference in our success
At SMS Assist, we're not just in the business of fixing properties-we're fixing an entire industry. Through our award-winning technology platform, built and powered by SMSers, we connect local contractors to our customers and help manage an experience that surpasses expectations.
Recognized on Forbes' Cloud 100 list, Deloitte's Technology Fast 500, Chicago Crain's Top Tech Employers, and more, SMS Assist manages more than 200,000+ properties where people live and work.
We're innovators, disruptors, and out-of-the-box thinkers. We want to make every property better, and we want your help to make it happen.
Summer 2022 Internship Program
The SMS Assist Summer Internship program is a full-time, paid opportunity that will run this summer, usually a 10-week internship program that runs June through August. An internship at SMS Assist will provide an opportunity to work with a fast-paced, growing company in Chicago's vibrant technology scene. Each intern in our summer group goes through one week of training together as a cohort and are placed in one of our departments, where they'll spend around 75% of their time throughout the summer. The other 25% is spent engaging in intern-specific activities and learning opportunities, such as executive lunch & learns, personal development workshops, and access throughout the company for informational interviews.
During the internship, the program interns will work together on an SMS Assist business case, and they will present their findings and ideas at the conclusion of the internship for SMS Assist leadership and other key team members. Of course, we have some fun social events thrown in there as well!
Responsibilities:
The Cost Intern is responsible for preparing, reviewing, managing, and analyzing cost data leading to accurate cost reporting in accordance with established SMS Assist's policies and procedures. Key responsibilities for this role include computation, modeling and establishing regional budget estimates for various trades and maintaining and operating the standard cost and variance reporting processes and systems. The intern will also provide general support for the whole department on day-to-day activities in support of the overall team's function. The intern will report to Director of Cost.
Essential Duties

• Applies standards to actual costs to gauge performance. Prepares complete, timely and accurate costs and performance reports and present to senior management
• Review cost data to determine opportunities for cost rationalization, improvements and profitability thereby enhancing efficiency
• Plans, studies, and collects data to determine costs of business activity such as material and labor
• Develop dashboards using Tableau and identify trends and patterns in the data for various trades
• Review processes and make recommendations for internal cost improvements
• Assist in financial research, market analysis and benchmarking
• Provides support for the repairs and replacement database
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Actively pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Business Administration, Information Systems, Data Processing, Quantitative Finance, Statistics, Economics, Mathematics, Accounting or related field
• SQL, Tableau, R, Python, PowerBI, Microstrategy experience preferred
• Ability to analyze large set of data and make solid recommendations
• Work effectively both individually as well as in a team environment
• Comprehensive knowledge of database query applications
• Ability to prioritize and meet deadlines
• Strong attention to detail

Please note, this intern job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the intern for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities, and schedule may change at any time with or without notice.
SMS Assist is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) that welcomes and encourages all applicants to apply regardless of age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identify and/or expression, national origin, disability, veteran status, marital or parental status, ancestry, citizenship status, pregnancy or other reasons prohibited by law.
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