Accounting Associate in Slovakia

Accounting Associate (Erasmus+ internship in Finance/Accounting)

Location: Bratislava, Slovakia

Start: July 2017

Duration: 5 months minimum

Working language: English

This internship is a part of the Placement Slovakia program. All applying candidates have to be confirmed to receive an Erasmus+ learning agreement by their education institution covering the whole internship period.

Company profile: This internship is in a Slovak Slovak branch of a global company, leading wholesale provider of reinsurance, insurance and other insurance-based forms of risk transfer. It is a prestigious company with over 10 000 employees worldwide, with modern offices in a Bratislava city center.

Position description:

– Assisting with the accounting for and contribute to the production of monthly/quarterly/annual accounts for assigned entities and branches

– Assisting with payroll, compensation and related benefits accounting and associated balance sheet entries and reconciliations where appropriate

– Accounting for accruals and prepayments for the respective entities

– Handle, or control, balance sheet reconciliation processes where not controlled by other Finance team

– Assisting with the preparation of VAT / equivalent reporting for VAT / equivalent managers (including reconciliations)

– Assisting with the preparation of reporting for the various jurisdictions served by Finance

– Assisting with the processing of end to end intercompany recharges and related activity, i.e. accounting for intercompany recharges in and recharges out and International Assignee accounting / processes in conjunction with the Intragroup Service Model team. All associated reconciliations – Transactional level reporting to the business as required from time to time

– Assisting in policy setting and process improvement identification and implementation

Qualifications:

– University degree or student in the area of finance, accounting, economics or similar

– Relevant experience as a Financial accountant or similar is welocme

– Very good comprehension of MS Office (Excel – Pivot Tables, Word and PowerPoint)

– Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

– Experience in SAP or Oracle is an advantage

– Fluent English written and spoken

– Adherence to deadlines and ability to work on own initiative a must

Knowledge and skills the trainee can learn during the internship:

The trainee will gain the knowledge of accounting in international environment, will learn how to cooperate in the team, work with internal systems.

Benefits:

-Free accommodation provided,

– Standard support by our team.

Interested and qualifying candidates shall send their CVs at simonas.mockevicius@lpk.lt or simona.vaiciunaite@lpk.lt