Intern, Finance- Latin America and the Caribbean

Position

Overview

The Finance Intern will support the Finance & Business Development Department while learning about a career in finance and accounting. Regular duties and responsibilities will include, generating and analyzing reports, preparing statements, entering data, consolidating data for the region, and General accounting for the Caribbean Boutiques .

Location: Coral Gables, Florida

Key Responsibilities

• Support sustainable growth in Latin America & Caribbean region with financial analysis, what-if scenarios, pro-forma studies, key performance indicators reporting to LATAM leadership team.
• Data Mining to support variance analysis/explanations for the Caribbean region. Assure all business units are closed on time with no missing entries (such as monthly accruals).
• Assist on the preparing presentations/reports to senior management on a monthly, quarterly and ad-hoc basis.
• Assist on communication and knowledge transfer of operation and finance KPIs to team.
• Prepare and/or review account reconciliations of all accounting cycles (e. g. bank, fixed assets, accounts payable, accruals, etc.), ensuring that complete and accurate support, as well as thorough analysis of account balances is available.
• Prepare, review, upload, and post journal entries maintaining proper documentation.
• Assist in month-end financial closing.
• Perform bank and balance sheet reconciliations as well as explain reconciling items.

Required Qualifications

• Advanced Microsoft Office skills with an emphasis on Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Must be discrete due to exposure of highly confidential client information
• Ability to multitask and prioritize workload
• Must have excellent organizational skills
• Strong communication skills
• Ability to work effectively and independently in a team environment
• Positive attitude to achieve goals and deliver results
• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance or Business
• Bi-lingual (Spanish and English)
• Basic Accounting Skills

 Preferred Qualifications

• Hyperion and SAP Business Intelligence knowledge
• Previous retail or consumer goods internships

 

*Please note that this job description is subject to change in line with the needs of the business. It is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed, but is not an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel assigned to this position*