Chief Financial Officer
About Agency M-1
Agency M-1, a digital consulting agency, formed in 2020 at the Mike Ilitch School of Business as the result of a generous grant from HubSpot, as well as the leadership of the ITO student organization and its faculty advisors. The vision is to create opportunities for students while assisting real businesses and capitalize on untapped revenue using information systems.
Current opportunities exist for MISB students to apply their skills, education, and experience in the agency to benefit the small- and mid-market business community in Detroit, MI. Specialties range from marketing campaigns, data and campaign analytics, search engine optimization, and finance. These categories are all built on the pillars of inbound marketing, sales, and service strategies in HubSpot software. Students from all business disciplines (even those not mentioned above) at WSU/MISB will have the opportunity to participate in various roles, capacities, and responsibilities as our agency grows. Innovation and forward-thinking will be required as the needs of our internal (student organizations) and external (business community) customers exceed the capacities of what has already been built.
Job Description
As a Chief Financial Officer, you will receive experience in and be responsible for:
- Reporting Agency finances on a monthly and ongoing basis,
- Identifying and recruiting talent for positions on your team,
- Participating in the onboarding process,
- Verifying and maintaining training certifications for each position on your team,
- Setting up policies and procedures for the finance department,
- Seeking new methods for funding, receiving proposals for funding, analyzing for decisions,
- Familiarity with different platforms to receive funding and procedures to adhere to WSU policy.
Qualifications
- Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Finance or related fields.
- GPA of 2.5 for undergraduate students and 3.0 for a graduate student on a 4.0 scale,
- Must have completed BA 1500 and ACC 3010.
Desired Skills
- Prompt, respectful, self-directed with attention to details,
- Outstanding interpersonal and relationship management skills, · Have, or will complete, ACC 3020,
- Complete and submit a conclusion on a case study, prior to the interview,
- Demonstrate leadership in a field of study, extra-curricular activities, or service organizations,
- Able to contribute 10-12 hours per week, more during the summer months,
- Must be willing to obtain micro-credentials, at no cost, that will belong to CFO post-graduation.
- Excellent communication skills in one to one and one to many situations,
- Examples of analytical thinking and process to support conclusions,
- Adaptive to situations and needs with a high level of integrity,
- Strong moral and ethical character,
- An innovative, customer-centric thinker.
Other Information
**All positions with Agency M – 1 are unpaid internships. **
Please submit a cover letter, resume, and LinkedIn profile to: