Finance and Administration Intern

Qualifications/special skills

Applicants must at the time of application meet one of the following requirements:

Be enrolled in a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher).

Be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree programme (minimum bachelor’s level or equivalent).

Have graduated with a university degree and, if selected, must commence the internship within a one-year period of graduation.

Must have studied Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Procurement or any other related field. Additionally, the applicants must have the following attributes: Be computer literate in standard software applications.

Possess good report writing skills.

Demonstrate good organizational and pleasant interpersonal skills.

Demonstrate interest in issues related to environmental sustainability.

Have demonstrated ability to successfully interact with individuals of different cultural backgrounds and beliefs, which include willingness to try and understand and be tolerant of differing opinions and views.

Responsibilities

Under the direct supervision of the Senior Finance and Budget Assistant, the Finance and Administration Intern will be trained and given an opportunity to learn and assist in the handling of data entry and data validation of funding partner information, financial analysis of the Environment Fund as well as administrative duties which broadly include:

Income reporting: Assist in data entry and data validation of funding partner information in support of launching Power Business Intelligence (BI) as a new income reporting tool.

Provide support with respect to; collaboration and liaison with Financial Management Unit on Member States invoices and receipts as well as update and maintenance of data for tracking and future reference.

Assist in Financial analysis of the Environment Fund and earmarked income to form basis for reporting on income status and funding profiles for Member States.

Records management: Assist with reviewing of records, including correspondence log, partner agreements and contacts for integrity and for purposes of migration to Client Relationship Management (CRM) tool.

Additional Duties: Assist in ad hoc excel related reports.

Perform any other related tasks as may be assigned.

Under the direct supervision of the Senior Finance and Budget Assistant, the Finance and Administration Intern will be trained and given an opportunity to learn and assist in the handling of data entry and data validation of funding partner information, financial analysis of the Environment Fund as well as administrative duties which broadly include:

Income reporting: Assist in data entry and data validation of funding partner information in support of launching Power Business Intelligence (BI) as a new income reporting tool.

Provide support with respect to; collaboration and liaison with Financial Management Unit on Member States invoices and receipts as well as update and maintenance of data for tracking and future reference.

Assist in Financial analysis of the Environment Fund and earmarked income to form basis for reporting on income status and funding profiles for Member States.

Records management: Assist with reviewing of records, including correspondence log, partner agreements and contacts for integrity and for purposes of migration to Client Relationship Management (CRM) tool.

Additional Duties: Assist in ad hoc excel related reports.

Perform any other related tasks as may be assigned.

Industries:International Affairs

Function: Accounting and Finance