Finance Intern

Company Description
Carousell Group is the leading recommerce group in Greater Southeast Asia on a mission to inspire the world to start selling, and to make secondhand the first choice. Founded in August 2012 in Singapore, the Group has a leading presence in eight markets under the brands Carousell, Cho Tot, Laku6, , OneKyat, Ox Street, and Refash, serving tens of millions of monthly active users. Carousell is backed by leading investors including Telenor Group, Rakuten Ventures, Naver, STIC Investments and Sequoia Capital India.

As a team of passionate individuals working together to solve meaningful problems, there is so much more for you to discover in a career with Carousell. Our culture is made up of hiring, developing, and promoting people who embody our values of solving problems for our users; having a mission-first mindset; being relentlessly resourceful; caring deeply; and staying humble to constantly improve. Together as an organisation, we make magic happen.

Job Description
About the Role
We are excited to offer an internship opportunity for a motivated and detail-oriented
Accounting Intern
to join our team This internship will provide hands-on experience in finance and accounting, giving you the chance to work closely with experienced professionals and develop essential skills in financial operations. During the 6-month internship, you will:

• Learn to manage accounts payable processes, including invoice processing, reconciliation, and financial record-keeping.
• Gain practical experience in financial transaction verification, classification, and recording.
• Develop your skills in handling expense accounts, cost centers, and compliance requirements.
• Assist in preparing financial reports and supporting month-end closing activities.
• Build a strong foundation in finance operations, cash flow optimization, and vendor relationship management.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand finance's role in the broader business and gain insight into effective financial management.

This internship offers a valuable learning experience within a dynamic and supportive environment, helping you to build a foundation for a career in finance and accounting.

• please note that this is a 6-month internship role, full-time availability is preferred

Job Responsibilities:

• Process outgoing payments in compliance with financial policies and procedures
• Perform day to day financial transactions, including verifying, classifying, and recording accounts payable data
• Reconcile the accounts payable ledger to ensure that all bills and payments are accounted for and properly posted.
• Verify and investigate discrepancies, if any, by reconciling vendor accounts and monthly vendor statements
• Facilitate payment of invoices due by sending bill reminders and contacting clients
• Generate reports detailing accounts payables status
• Understand expense accounts and cost centers
• Understands compliance issues around accounts payable processes (W-9, sales tax, etc.)
• Various administrative tasks, including mailings, typing correspondence, report preparation, scanning, etc.

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in a Bachelor or Master's degree program, best if it's Finance, Accounting or Banking, Economics, Commerce or Equivalent.
• Solid understanding of basic bookkeeping and accounting payable principles
• Proven ability to calculate, post and manage accounting figures and financial records
• Data entry skills along with a knack for numbers
• Hands-on experience with spreadsheets and proprietary software
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English and Mandarin
• Proficiency in MS Office
• High degree of accuracy and attention to detail
• Able to work at least 3 days a week at our Taipei office, full-time availability is preferred

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