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Your role

WorldFish would like to hire an intern who will be required to support the Global Finance Team on various finance tasks needed coming from multiple finance units (Budgeting & Reporting, GL, AP/AR, Risk & Compliance). Successful applicants will have the chance to gain knowledge and exposure firsthand to actual working experience with given rotation tasks by each unit.

By getting hands-on experience by working under a Finance professional, you can understand and practically apply your theoretical knowledge of financial accounting in your day-to-day work orientation in such a position.

In this role, you will:

• Supporting Budgeting Team in collaborating with BDP in building costing for project proposals.
• Support the Budgeting Team in the annual budget and forecast process, preparation of reports, and other ad hoc analyses.
• Support Budgeting Team in Timesheet and personnel cost allocation related.
• Support AP Accountant in invoice registration, and payment and manage AP Mailbox to resolve issues.
• Support to perform bank reconciliation.
• Follow up with procurement to clear any issues in the P2P process.
• Support GL team on monthly journal posting and balance sheet reconciliation.
• Support in asset tagging and asset sighting process.
• Develop and maintain an online filing on SharePoint assessable to key stakeholders.

About you

This internship opportunity is open for individuals with the following skills and qualifications: 

• The candidate either will have obtained or currently be working towards obtaining a Bachelor’s Degree in accounting or similar equivalent qualifications.
• Demonstrate experience working collaboratively across teams in a cross-functional, matrixed work environment.
• Good communication skills, particularly written English.
• Ability to manage relationships and work collaboratively with a broad range of stakeholders in multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary environments.
• Excellent analytical skills with excellent attention to detail.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office and Teams applications and hands-on experience with reputable ERP systems such as Oracle and SAP.

Location and duration:

Successful intern will be based at WorldFish Headquarters, in Penang, Malaysia. The successful candidate should be available to commence the internship as soon as possible for 06 months. This position is open only to national applicants. Interviews are expected to be held in August 2024 and only shortlisted candidates will be notified and expected to attend the interview.

Compensation & benefits

• This position is an excellent opportunity to gain information and experience with an international research organization.
• The intern will also get the chance to interact and collaborate with researchers.
• A monthly stipend and health insurance will be provided.

Training & development

Referring to the majority of the previous interns' online reviews, there is no specific mention of a training & development program for interns at WorldFish Malaysia. However, most interns expressed that the internship supervisor was great at mentoring, supporting, and guiding interns during the program. All other colleagues are also very helpful to interns so they can learn and work smoothly.

Career progression

This internship opportunity is an excellent opportunity to gain information and experience with an international research organization. While there's no mention of any career progression in the organization after interns complete the program, having internship experience here will surely add more value to your CV and widen career opportunities in the future.

How to apply

Your application must include:

• A copy of your curriculum vitae,
• A cover letter that addresses the key requirements stated above; and
• Contact information of three professional referees who may be contacted if you are short-listed for the position.

To be considered, applications must be submitted by no later than 24:00 (MYT) 31 July 2024. 

Sources

We gather information on this page based on the sources below:

• apply.workable.com/worldfish/j/416D8C9049/
• glassdoor.com/Reviews/WorldFish-Center-Reviews-E530818.htm?filter.iso3Language=eng&filter.employmentStatus=INTERN