Finance Transformation Intern

OVERVIEW

Future Planet Capital is replacing its core finance system. This role assists the Finance team with the implementation project and provides backfill capacity for business-as-usual finance tasks over the contract term.

This role is will be a 3 month contract, commencing early October. It is expected to be full time, although a 4 day week will be considered if preferred.

REQUIREMENTS

Graduate in a finance-related degree, with a strong understanding of accounting concepts. Prior exposure to systems implementation or testing is beneficial. A general understanding of the venture capital industry is an advantage. A passion for identifying and implementing process improvements/

Strong Excel skills — confident building and manipulating data sets, formulas and reconciliations

High accuracy and attention to detail, particularly for data migration and reconciliation work

Adaptable and comfortable with ambiguity — priorities will shift as the project progresses

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES

System implementation

Assist with the design and implementation of the new finance system

Support liaison with the implementation partner

Assist with system set-up, including new companies, customers and suppliers

Take part in user acceptance testing, document results and feed back to the project manager

Produce migration templates for cutover from the old to the new system

Validate migrated data against legacy records to confirm accuracy of opening balances and mappings

Document new processes and workflows to support training and handover to the wider Finance team

Financial reporting

Backfill the Finance team on business-as-usual tasks where required

Support the monthly management reporting cycle and day-to-day finance operations

General finance tasks

Assist the Finance team with other general tasks as required

Assist the Director of Finance & Operations with day-to-day tasks, including documentation management and archiving of legacy systems