Administration Intern presso Rogerson Communities

Job Title: Administration Intern 

Department:               Administration
Reports To:                   Chief Executive Officer 

Location: Rogerson Communities, 1 Florence Street, Roslindale, MA 02131 

Duration:  Winter 2025-2026

Job Type: Paid Internship

Compensation: $18/hourly

Department: Marketing, Communications, and Finance  

Reports To: President & CEO

Are you interested in being a nonprofit business leader? Do you want to begin to use the technical skills you have been honing to help enhance the well-being of older adults as they age? Then this is the opportunity for you.

The Marketing, Communications and Finance Intern will get: 

• Hands-on experience in nonprofit content strategy and creation
• Mentorship and guidance from experienced professionals in the field
• The opportunity to learn and broaden marketing and finance skills
• Networking opportunities within the nonprofit sector

Position Overview:  

This position will play a crucial role in supporting the organization's marketing, communications, and finance efforts.

Key Responsibilities – Administrative, Marketing, & Communications:

1. Shadow President and CEO of Rogerson Communities
2. Attend select meetings with the President & CEO of Rogerson Communities.
3. Content Strategy: The intern will work closely with the Director, Marketing & Communications and Writer/Editor to create a scalable content strategy for the organization.
4. Research: The intern will conduct research on competitors in the space, keyword research on content topic areas, and stay on top of, and report on, industry trends that impact content strategy
5. Content Creation: The intern will assist the team in creating written and/or visual content as it pertains to the implemented strategy.
6. Additional marketing & communications tasks as needed

Key Responsibilities - Finance: 

1. Data Gathering & Reconciliation

• Pull and validate financial data from multiple systems (e.g. Yardi, general ledger, internal reports)
• Assist with account reconciliations (balance sheet accounts, intercompany, accruals, prepaid)
• Support audit preparations by organizing schedules, backup support, and documentation

2. Budgeting & Forecasting Support

• Assist in preparing departmental or entity-level budgets: collect input, consolidate, and format
• Update forecasts vs. actuals; help analyze variances and trends
• Contribute to rolling forecasts and scenario modeling
• Work with property/departmental managers to gather assumptions and inputs

3. Financial Analysis & Reporting 

• Help produce monthly, quarterly, and year-end financial reports (P&L, balance sheet, cash flows)
• Analyze trends, ratios, and key performance indicators (KPIs)
• Prepare variance analysis (actual vs. budget, prior year, forecast)
• Build ad hoc reports or dashboards for management review

4. Modeling & Projections 

• Develop simple financial models (e.g. sensitivity, “what-if” scenarios)
• Assist in capital budgeting analysis (project cost/benefit, return on investment)

5. Cross-Departmental Projects & Support 

• Participate in special projects (system enhancements, process improvements, integrations)
• Collaborate with operations, property management, compliance teams for financial input
• Support grant or fund accounting, restricted fund tracking, or compliance reporting (if applicable)

6. Presentation & Communication 

• Prepare PowerPoint / Excel slides summarizing findings, trends, or proposals
• Assist in senior management presentations, board packages, or finance committee materials

7. Learning & Training

• Shadow senior financial staff (CFO, Controller, FP&A Manager) to learn internal practices
• Participate in training on internal systems, tools, and finance best practices
• Take on increasingly complex tasks as competence grows

Qualifications:  

• Interest in marketing & communications
• Enrolled in, or recent graduate of, a college or university program in a related field
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
• Proficiency in Google products and WordPress is preferred.
• Experience with marketing CRMs is a plus.
• Interest in gerontology/supporting older adults is a plus