Finance Intern

Unique Personnel boasts over 50 years (established in 1970) of personnel and staffing experience, so it's not surprising that even though our main focus has been providing on South African Staffing Solutions, we now recruit internationally for over 5000 clients Duties & Responsibilities

Position Purpose

• The Finance Intern will support the South Africa Finance team in maintaining strong inventory controls, ensuring accurate financial reporting, and assisting with various operational finance activities.
• The role provides practical exposure to inventory management, financial analysis, internal controls, month-end close processes, and business reporting within a multinational environment.

Key Responsibilities

Inventory Management & Controls

• Coordinate and participate in daily, weekly, and monthly parts inventory counts.
• Assist with Spot Inventory Counts and Scheduled Element-Wide (SEW) inventory count activities.
• Investigate inventory variances and support root cause analysis.
• Reconcile physical inventory count results to SAP inventory records.
• Maintain documentation supporting inventory count procedures and audit requirements.
• Monitor inventory adjustment transactions and follow up on discrepancies.
• Support accuracy initiatives aimed at improving inventory record integrity.

Financial Reporting

• Prepare monthly inventory count reports.
• Analyze inventory-related financial results and highlight unusual trends or variances.
• Compile monthly financial reports (i.e. JDF recovery, detailed travel, products P&L, etc) for management review.
• 1st finance review of Purchase Orders in SAP - Review GL and cost center accuracy.

Month-End Closing Support

• Assist with month-end financial close activities.
• Prepare journal entry support and working papers as required.
• Verify completeness and accuracy of inventory-related accounting transactions.
• Support account reconciliations and variance analysis.
• Follow up on outstanding month-end action items with relevant stakeholders.

Audit & Compliance

• Assist with internal and external audit requests.
• Maintain documentation required for Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) and internal control compliance.
• Support testing and validation of inventory control procedures.
• Ensure finance records are organized and retained according to company policies.

Data Analysis & Process Improvement

• Extract and analyze data from SAP and reporting systems.
• Identify opportunities to improve reporting efficiency and inventory accuracy.
• Develop and maintain Excel-based tracking and reporting tools.
• Support finance process improvement initiatives and special projects.

Cross-Functional Support

• Collaborate with Finance teams, RDC teams, Supply Management and JDF.
• Participate in inventory investigations and corrective action discussions.
• Provide administrative support for finance projects and meetings.
• Assist with ad hoc analysis and requests from finance leadership.

Desired Experience & Qualification

Qualifications

Completed or pursuing a Bachelor's Degree in: Accounting , Financial Management, Commerce or related field