Finance Intern
Internship Role Description
Internship Role: Finance Intern
Department: Finance
Responsible to: Head of Finance
Time Commitment: 3-5 days per week
Duration: 6 Months
Working within the finance department at Arch will provide a background and working knowledge of funding in the voluntary sector. This opportunity will equip the placement with valuable workplace accounting experience and to learn how Arch manages all aspects of its accounting function.
The role will provide:
- A background and working knowledge of funding in the voluntary sector.
- An opportunity to support the Head of Finance with funding bids for tenders.
- An insight to the processing of payroll.
- Experience of the rent and purchase ledger including receipts, charges, invoices and payments
Specific Financial Projects:
- To assist with the review of the rent ledger procedures and report specific recommendations.
- To reconcile the rent ledger and customer rent sheets and report upon the findings.
- To analyse and identify the pattern behind the reason for customer rent bad debts.
- To review the Purchase Ledger procedures and make specific recommendations.
Arch will offer you:
- An opportunity to gain valuable financial work experience, develop new skills and learn how the charity is run.
- Payment of agreed out of pocket expenses such as travel
- Transferable skills such as project management, relationship building and team work.
- You will become a full and integral part of the finance team, and will be able to draw on the team for advice and guidance.
- You will be supported by your line manager and will have regular meetings to discuss your progress and personal development needs.
- A full induction into Arch
- Opportunities to find out about he work of other teams in the organisation.
- Training appropriate to your role.
- Access to our internal vacancy list.
- Career development support.
- A certificate and reference on successful completion of your internship
- The satisfaction of knowing you are making a real difference to the work of Arch.
Persons Specification
Internship Role:
Finance
Intern
Department: Finance
Department
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Criteria/Categories |
Essential |
Desirable |
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Qualifications |
Good level of general education |
Educated to degree level or equivalent in finance/business studies
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Experience/Special Knowledge/Skills |
IT Literate
Numerate and accurate, with good attention to detail |
Strong spreadsheet skills
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Personal Qualities/Attributes |
Comfortable working as part of a small finance team.
Be able to show initiative and work independently.
A polite and courteous manner with good communication skills.
Reliability and the ability to meet agreed deadlines.
A commitment to the organisations vision, values and mission. |
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