Intern - Finance

The Programme

Office Location: GSK Petaling Jaya. 
Preferred Period of Internship Required: minimum 6 months. 
Preferred School/Course of Intern: Accounting & Finance. 
  
JOB PURPOSE: 
 
We are looking for an intern to support the C&C team in Banking, Insurance, Payroll and to support Inventory during the period end close activities.

What You Will Do

• Support month-end GL (general ledger) Business Banking, Treasury, Insurance, Payroll and Inventory (and other required) close and reporting activities contributing to Market's results. 
• Support in the execution of Internal Controls in accordance with GSK Internal Control Finance Framework.  
• Provide Controllership support and ensure quality delivery of BIP & Inventory reporting responsibilities with accuracy, completeness, and timeliness on a daily basis around BIP activities. 
• Resolve BIP & Inventory accounting and reporting issues.  
• Support in the execution of month end close steps in accordance with month end close checklist (MEC) and Operating Procedures in places.  
• Ensure compliance with Regional / Global Finance Hub policies, local Company legal and statutory requirements. 
• Ensure stakeholders queries are attended to and resolved in a timely, responsible, and proactive manner.   
• Collaborate with stakeholders and other functions (e.g., C&C, P2P, O2C, FRMC, Stat&Tax) to ensure successful month-end close.  
• Supporting the BIP & Inventory financial reporting of the designated legal entities. 
• Support other team members through knowledge transfer; sharing of resources, knowledge and experience and best practice thereby ensuring quality is maintained. 
• Support in projects and other ad-hoc activities:  
• Support dividend payment process / related cashflow analysis & forecasting. 
• Participate in any compliance audits and respond to audit queries. 
• Other activities related to BIP, Service Delivery, Inventory and Controllership / Reporting activities.

LEARNING OUTCOMES: 
 
You will be able to:

• Obtain high level overview of working in finance department of a multinational organization. 
• Learn about different systems and processes used in the financial department of large multinational organizations. 
• Obtain initial knowledge on data analysis and data driven decision-making. 
• Get acquainted with accounting standards and their applicability in Pharma context. 
• Obtain high level understanding of financial reporting, internal controls and risk management.

Required Skills and Abilities

Business Skills and Competencies:

• Degree in Finance / Accounting. 
• Experience in Financial Reporting / Auditing experience including areas on financial accounting, reporting and statutory filing, master data maintenance, treasury, asset accounting, inter-company transactions, etc. 
• Experience of working in a Shared Service Centre in financial accounting or audit functions, preferably in a multinational environment. 
• Ability to plan and manage workload to ensure all key deadlines are met. 
• SAP experience & inventory accounting experience is an advantage. 
• Any ad-hoc request or additional activities as required by LOC and management team. 
• Provides support for external and internal audits.

Behavioral Skills and Competencies:

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Able to work independently as well as part of a culturally diverse team. 
• Pro-active, self-motivated and displaying initiative in solving problems 
• Pro-active in seeking to improve processes making them more effective and efficient 
• Attention to detail, good analytical and problem-solving capabilities 
• Deadline-driven, flexible with self-reliance to work in an empowered environment.  
• Used to working with tight timelines and in a demanding environment.

Why Us? 
 
GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together – so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns – as an organization where people can thrive.  
 
Getting ahead means preventing disease as well as treating it, and we aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of 2030.    
  
Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it’s also about making GSK a place where people can thrive.  
 
We want GSK to be a place where people feel inspired, encouraged and challenged to be the best they can be. A place where they can be themselves – feeling welcome, valued and included. Where they can keep growing and look after their wellbeing.  
 
So, if you share our ambition, join us at this exciting moment in our journey to get Ahead Together.