Job Description
As a Finance Intern, you will support the Finance and Accounts Receivable teams by helping with payment collections, claims tracking, and report preparation. Your role will involve regular communication with customers, the sales team, and Head Office Finance to ensure accurate and timely processing of payments and claims. This is a great opportunity to learn about financial operations, customer account management, and data reconciliation. You will work with actual customers, gain experience in financial systems and solve real business problems.
Intern Tasks
- Contact customers to remind them about any overdue payments.
- Help arrange and confirm payment details when customers send their payments.
- Check that the payments from customers match the records in SAP.
- Find out why some payments are short (for example, missing items or price changes) and work with the warehouse and sales teams to fix them.
- Check the claims (disputes or requests) from the sales team and make sure they are sent to the right person on time.
- Keep the claims list up to date by talking with the Head Office Finance team.
- Follow up with sales team members about any claims that are still pending.
- Prepare reports every week and share it with the team and management.
Skills Required
- Strong attention to detail
- Basic understanding of finance and accounting concepts
- Good communication skills (both written and verbal)
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and other basic office software
- Ability to work with different teams and coordinate tasks
- Willingness to learn and adapt to new systems and processes
- Time management and organizational skills
