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Finance Intern
Administration and Support_Finance; OTHSAL
- Type:
- Intern
- Location(s):
- 21 Woodlands Drive, Johannesburg, GP 2191, South Africa
- Date Posted:
- Salary:
- Job Posting Start Date:
- 2025-12-10
- Job Posting End Date:
- Job ID:
- R5026393
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Job Description
Job Description Summary
We’re looking for a candidate for our Finance team who can support us with our daily tasks. During the internship, the candidate will gain real-world experience working alongside seasoned finance professionals, with insight into the financial operations of a dynamic, cross-functional business. They will be exposed to financial systems, tools, and decision-making processes, and will have opportunities to contribute to meaningful business improvements and strategy.Job Description
Support Planning & Forecasting:
- Partner with the ITR Finance to support financial submissions across planning cycles, monthly pacing, and operating rhythms.
- Support on analysis of financial reconciliation of the Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) process, aligning outputs with business objectives.
- Analyze historical and current data to build accurate demand forecasts and identify risk areas.
- Assist in the development of quarterly forecasts, budget outlooks, and long-term strategic plans.
Cash & Compliance Optimization:
- Contribute to cash flow optimization initiatives by supporting Accounts receivables, including billing linearity, on-time collections, and past-due reduction efforts.
Accounting & Regulatory Compliance:
- Gain exposure to US GAAP accounting, controllership best practices, and statutory reporting.
- Assist in ensuring timely completion of statutory and regulatory filings, managing audit requirements and consolidations across branches and legal entities.
- Assist with the preparation of monthly financial reports and variance analysis.
- Support the budgeting and forecasting process by gathering and analyzing data.
- Perform data entry, reconciliation, and validation of financial transactions where required.
- Assist with the preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports in compliance with internal and external reporting requirements.
- Support the statutory reporting process, including preparation for audits, tax filings, and VAT returns.
- Contribute to tax compliance tasks, including gathering supporting documentation, validating transactions, and maintaining accurate records for corporate income tax, VAT/GST, and withholding tax.
- Help ensure compliance with IFRS standards and assist in the implementation of any changes to accounting policies or procedures.
- Participate in the month-end and year-end close process, including reconciliations and journal entries.
- Assist with internal control testing, documentation, and audit support.
- Support the finance team in budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; comfortable working with large datasets.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- High attention to detail and commitment to accuracy.
- Ability to work independently and manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.
Desired Qualifications
- Hon’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
- Familiarity with data visualization tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau).
- Strong knowledge of taxation background
- Experience using financial or accounting software (e.g., SAP)
- Intermediate to advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, lookup functions, basic financial modeling).
- Previous internship or experience related to finance or accounting.
- Strong interest in financial analysis, and/or accounting careers.
- Demonstrated initiative, and a proactive learning mindset.
Additional Information
Relocation Assistance Provided: No