Edelman Invites Unemployed Graduates to Apply for the Finance Internships 2024
Closing Date: 31 March 2024
Job Type: Internship
Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
Internship Description
Edelman is a leading global communications marketing firm, with more than 5,500 employees in 65 cities worldwide. Edelman partners with many of the world’s largest and emerging businesses and organisations, helping them evolve, promote and protect their brands and reputation.
This role will be responsible for applying accounting principles and procedures to analyze financial information, prepare accurate and timely financial reports and statements and ensure appropriate accounting control procedures.
Responsibilities:
- Maintaining and updating the general ledger while ensuring accurate and appropriate recording of information
- Sends invoices to clients and follows up on payments
- Management and daily reconciliation of petty cash
- Reconciles debtor’s and creditors’ statements for control purposes
- Ensures accurate and appropriate recording and analysis of revenues and expenses
- Assist in the payment of statutory returns
- Prepares suppliers payments
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting – completed or studying towards it
- Knowledge of accounting applications such as Quickbooks, Sage, or Pastel as well as Microsoft Office including Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- Communication and interpersonal skills
- Attention to detail and accuracy
- Planning and Organising skills
- Analytical skills
- Knowledge of industry changes in regard to issues affecting accounting
- Ability to maintain confidential information