Internship Week 7

This week I finished up in the Payroll and General Ledger Department. On Tuesday I worked with Mel, and did the pre-bank reconciliation paperwork. Of course, they are never complicated to do, but on this specific day, none of the numbers were balancing, and we had to do a lot of work and figuring to really understand what was happening with the papers. Mel also showed me all of the working papers for Dixon and its smaller companies. Some of these papers were used for the auditors when they are around, but most of the papers were for internal use only. These were really interesting to see. Wednesday I ended up working with Gary, who does cost accounting. We went through and dealt with an expense account for one of Dixon’s world traveling salesmen who has a company credit card. We went though and verified all of the receipts to the charges on the card. Thursday I was with JoAnne again, doing the same things we have been doing and sending out checks. I really have enjoyed seeing and understanding what the different vendors they use do for a service and seeing how much money they spend and take in each week. Next week I will be in the Information Technology department, which will be a nice change of scenery.