Finance Intern / Accounts Intern
Department: Finance Company: Prestige Biopharma Employment Type: Internship Reporting To: Finance Manager / Finance Team Location: Singapore
Position Overview
Prestige Biopharma is looking for a motivated and detail-orientedFinance Intern / Accounts Intern to join our Finance team.
This is a hands-on internship suitable for candidates who are keen to gain practical experience in accounting and finance operations within a corporate environment. The intern will support the Finance team in day-to-dayaccounting activities, including accounts payable, invoice processing, payment operations, expense claims, reconciliations, financial records maintenance andmonth-end support.
The successful candidate will have the opportunity to gain practical exposure to SAP, accounts payable processes, reconciliations and month-endfinance operations, while working closely with the Finance team and other business functions.
Key Responsibilities
1.Accounts Payable & Invoice Processing
- Assist with recording recurring and routine supplier invoices in the accounting system.
- Perform 3-way matching between purchase requisitions, purchase orders and supplier invoices.
- Review supporting documents for completeness and accuracy before processing.
- Assist with invoice verification and posting in SAP.
- Follow up with relevant departments where supporting documents or approvals are incomplete.
- Assist in maintaining proper documentation and filing of invoices and supporting documents.
2.Vendor Reconciliation & AP Management
- Assist with reconciling vendor Statements of Account (SOA) against the Company’s accounting records.
- Identify outstanding o runmatched invoices, payments and credit notes and follow up on reconciling items.
- Assist with updating the A Paging report and payment status on a weekly basis.
- Support the Finance team in following up on long-outstanding AP items.
- Payment Processing
- Assist with preparation and supporting documentation for supplier and employee payments.
- Perform payment clearing in SAP on a bi-weekly basis.
- Assist in checking that approved payments are properly recorded and cleared against the relevant invoices.
- Maintain proper records and supporting documentation for payment transactions.
4.Staff Claims & Corporate Credit Cards
- Review and vouch staff expense claims against receipts and supporting documents.
- Assist with categorizing expenses into the appropriate accounting categories.
- Follow up with employees on missing receipts or incomplete supporting documents.
- Assist with corporate credit card reconciliations and follow up on outstanding receipts.
- Record approved corporate card expenses in the accounting system.
- Compile monthly staff claim and corporate card reports for Finance review.
5.Daily & Monthly Finance Operations
- Assist with updating daily OANDA foreign exchange rates used for accounting purposes.
- Assist with maintaining and updating the Company’s Register of Agreements on a monthly basis.
- Maintain finance schedules,trackers and supporting documentation.
- Assist with routine reconciliations and finance administrative matters.
6.Month-End Closing Support
- Support the Finance team during monthly closing activities.
- Assist with checking whether invoices and expenses relating to the month have been properly captured.
- Assist with preparation and updating of supporting schedules for month-end reporting.
- Support reconciliation of selected balance sheet and expense accounts where required.
- Assist with retrieving supporting documents for management, auditors or other stakeholders.
Requirements
- Currently pursuing a Diploma or Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business or a related discipline.
- Basic understanding of accounting principles, particularly accounts payable and expense recognition.
- Comfortable working with numbers and handling detailed financial information.
- Proficient in Microsoft Excel; knowledge of PivotTables, XLOOKUP/VLOOKUP and basic Excel formulas would beadvantageous.
- Exposure to SAP or other ERP/accounting systems would be an advantage, but is not mandatory.
- Good written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong attention to detail and ability to maintain accurate records.
- Responsible, organised and able to meet deadlines.
- Willing to learn and comfortable working in a fast-paced corporate finance environment.
Preferred Candidate Profile
We are looking for someone who is:
- Meticulous and comfortable handling transactional accounting work.
- Able to work independently after receiving appropriate guidance.
- Proactive in following up on outstanding information and documents.
- Comfortable communicating with internal departments and external vendors.
- Keen to gain practical exposurebeyond basic administrative internship duties.
- Interested in developing acareer in accounting, finance or corporate finance operations.
What the Intern Will Gain
The internship provides practical exposure to:
- End-to-end accounts payable processes
- SAP accounting and finance operations
- Invoice processing and 3-waymatching
- Vendor and balance sheet reconciliations
- Payment processing and clearing
- Staff claims and corporate credit card accounting
- Month-end closing procedures
- Working within the Finance function of an international corporate environment
The role is designed to provide the intern with meaningful, hands-on accounting experience and an understanding of how a corporate Finance team manages itsday-to-day operations and financial controls