Finance Intern

As an Operation Finance Intern, you will support end-to-end financial operations and analysis for the APAC region, compiling and analyzing critical financial and operational metrics, supporting Financial Analyst to deliver actionable insights. Your work will enable data-driven decision-making across manufacturing, procurement, supply chain, and finance teams, directly contributing to operational efficiency, cost optimization, and forecasting accuracy.

Responsibility

Financial Reporting & Consolidation

• Prepare and consolidate monthly APAC financial reports, including plant operating spending, procurement spending, tolling spending & volume, and supply chain spending reports, tracking variances against budgets.
• Maintain core financial tracking reports: EBAD report, APAC payment term improvement tracker, and NWSM report to support profitability and working capital optimization.

Operational Forecasting & Trend Analysis

• Update APAC manufacturing volume actuals and forecast reports, to support aligning production data with financial projections.
• Monitor and update monthly forecast accuracy, to support analyzing discrepancies to refine future forecasting models.
• Track and update raw material price trend information, to support highlighting cost fluctuation impacts on production budgets.

Inventory & Ad-Hoc Support

• Assist the Operation Financial Analyst team with inventory and MOS reports, ensuring accurate inventory valuation and management.
• Support cross-functional ad-hoc projects with operations, procurement, and supply chain teams.

Requirements / Qualification 

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, with strong skills in Power Query and Power Pivot for data manipulation and reporting.
• Meticulous attention to detail, strong analytical skills, and ability to translate complex data into clear insights.
• Effective communication skills to collaborate across cross-functional teams.
• Availability to commit 2-3 days per week for the internship duration.

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