Finance Intern at GiveDirectly
Finance Intern at GiveDirectly will report to the Finance Senior Manager and will work with colleagues in the finance team to deliver on finance and organizational goals.
Skill Sets: Strong analytical skills and data management, attention to detail, ability to work independently
Soft Skills: proactive in communication with stakeholders, attention to detail and ability to manage external relationships
Internship Duration: 2 Months
What You’ll Do
Allowances Management
- Fully understand GD’s allowance categories and processes, policies and procedures for each category
- Review staff allowances under each category and confirm the authenticity of the balances, noting unrecoverable amounts for management action
- Work with the accounting team to rectify any incorrect balances
- Follow up with respective staff for accounting of outstanding balances before year-end
Preparation of the 2024 Audit File
- Populate the audit file with available paperwork such as statutory deductions
- Prepare the YTD inter-company reconciliation
- Perform YTD balance sheet review ensuring all balances are adequately supported and noting exceptions for follow up
- Review the fixed assets register and perform verification and recalculation of related workings
- Review and follow up on partially paid bills
- Review and follow up on long outstanding receivables
Procurement and Payables Management
- Understand donor and regulatory laws and restrictions around procurement and payments, and implement policies and processes to ensure compliance
- Assist in maintaining audit trail prior to the conclusion of procurement and payments
- Assist in the coordination of payment cycles to meet country payment SLAs, and confirm adequate documentation and compliance with procurement guidelines prior to completion of payments
- Review YTD petty cash records and propose improvements as appropriate
Roving Role
- Temporary fill-in for finance roles during planned or unplanned absences
- Participate in other finance tasks and projects assigned from time to time
Knowledge And Skills
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting
- At least 2 years of work experience in an accounting/finance department
- Candidates with knowledge of financial modelling, financial analysis and/or investment management will have an added advantage
- Ability to work well in a team
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines in a fast-paced environment
- Competency in Excel and accounting software
- Commitment to acting with professionalism and highest ethics and integrity at all times
- An effective communicator with strong analytical skills
GD Values
- Recipients first . We prioritize recipient preferences over those of donors or ourselves.
- Team next. We do what’s best for organizational – not individual – success.
- Be proactively candid. We say what we believe, and are honest in sharing information.
- Create positive energy. We strive to be a source – not drain – of energy for our colleagues
- Think rigorously; act quickly. We are intellectually rigorous with a drive towards action – not debate.
- Know yourself and grow. We recognize and accept our imperfections with a focus on growth.
- Accept reality. Propose solutions. We do not dwell on problems. We work actively to create solutions
- Be productively ambitious. We take the risks to pursue industry-changing success, not incremental progress
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