Internship - Accounting or Finance

Build a healthier and more sustainable future for everyone.

About the Role

You will gain hands-on experience in daily insurance and investment operations. You will also be responsible for preparing and delivering standard reports on a periodic basis to support operational, regulatory, and statutory reporting requirements.

Key Responsibilities:

Intern-Investment Asset Infrastructure (Governance)

• Assist in updating and maintaining pre-trade control rules to ensure compliance with evolving regulatory requirements, client mandates, and internal policies.
• Support automation, process improvement, and other ad hoc projects or activities assigned by the Manager, Investment Asset Infrastructure - Support.

Intern-Investment Asset Infrastructure

• Support the Investment Asset Infrastructure (IAI) Governing Documents (GD) team in updating and maintaining investment restrictions and limits in Confluence, while reconciling information across Governing Documents, Investment Management Agreements (IMA), and Aladdin to ensure accuracy and consistency.
• Contribute to AI chatbot and automation initiatives, and support other ad hoc projects and activities assigned by the Associate Director and Lead Specialist, Investment Asset Infrastructure - GD.

Intern-Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS) Operations

• Perform daily investment asset reconciliations and conduct initial reviews of reconciliation breaks to identify discrepancies.
• Liaise with senior team members to investigate and resolve reconciliation breaks, ensuring timely and accurate resolution.
• Prepare and validate trade templates, and assist in the preparation of daily reconciliation reports.

Intern-Finance Business Analysis

• Assist in the preparation of financial and Group reporting deliverables, including month-end and quarter-end closing activities.
• Perform journal entries, accruals, reconciliations, and investigate discrepancies with internal and external stakeholders to ensure reporting accuracy.
• Maintain supporting documentation, contribute to audit readiness and process improvements, and support finance transformation initiatives, system enhancements, and ad hoc projects.

Intern-Finance Operations

• Support the contract lifecycle process, including contract uploads from the risk management system to Ariba and contract novation activities as required.
• Assist with Purchase Order issuance, invoice review, and manual invoice uploads to ensure accurate and timely processing.
• Monitor payment processes and perform invoice reconciliations, including goods receipt and invoice submission follow-ups.

Intern-Finance

• Assist in the preparation of monthly financial reports, billing calculations, and month-end closing activities.
• Perform transaction analysis, prepare reports, and support accounting-related activities, including audit and tax data preparation.
• Maintain contract repositories, organize contractual documentation, and support other finance and accounting operational activities.

Note: There are several internship positions available across various departments. Your role will be assigned based on your interests and suitability.

Requirements:

• Preferably an undergraduate in the penultimate or final year of Finance or Accounting or related program.
• Must be proficient in both written and spoken English
• Excel academically with minimum CGPA 3.00 or second class upper or equivalent
• Minimum internship duration would be 12 weeks or above
• Compulsory internship placements required by university
• Candidate with proficiency to converse in Mandarin / Cantonese would be an added advantage
• Willing to be based at IOI City Tower 1, Putrajaya.