Finance Intern in FP&A Team supporting Global Functions - 12 months Career Starter Program

Finance Intern in FP&A Team supporting Global Functions - 12 months Career Starter Program

Location: Warsaw

Hybrid Model: 3 days per week from office

Do you have passion for finance and would like to develop your career in a global department? Would you like to work in the company that follows the science and turns ideas into life changing medicines? Then AstraZeneca might be the one for you! 

The Career Starter Program in Finance at AstraZeneca is aimed at graduates and students of the last years of universities who want to use the knowledge gained during their studies in practice. This is an opportunity to raise your professional qualifications in one of the most innovative global biotechnology companies.   

Join a vibrant and dynamic team with the passion and drive to push the boundaries of science!  

Global Finance Services (GFS) is at the heart of the AZ Finance function. We are accountable to the AZ Group for the design and delivery of high quality, simple to operate transactional finance processes which, combined with exceptional business analysis and insight, enable our customers to focus on AZ’s strategic priorities.

About the Team: 

Our team supports financial processes for Global Functions in AstraZeneca (IT, Enabling, Central Operations) during month-end close and planning cycles. We focus primarily on human costs, other operating expenses (opex) and capital expenditures (capex). As an intern in our team, you will mainly collaborate with our analysts who support complex functions. You will participate in various activities and gain insight into our tasks. We are currently looking for an intern to support opex activities.

Your core accountabilities will include:

• Month End Closing (MEC) - cost analysis, posting Journal Entries (accruals, reclasses), issuing Intercompany invoices
• Financial Planning & Analysis - planning tool usage, uploading forecasts, preparing analysis and explanations, result commentaries
• Reporting – supporting analysts with financial reports preparation and driving process improvements

Essential for the role:

• Willingness to work and develop in finance, especially FP&A
• Understand the basics of finance (DR/CR, Journal Entries, GLs, BS, PNL, etc.)
• Team-player with good communication skills
• Ability to work well in and across diverse global teams (cooperation with people from different cultures and at different levels of management)
• Good knowledge of English (both verbal and written) 
• Good Excel skills (pivot tables, formulas, i.e. vlookup, sumifs) 
• Accuracy, attention to details, patience, drawing fast conclusions

The internship will last 12 months.  

Please remember that we work in a hybrid scheme, be prepared to work partially office based (minimum 3 days per week).  

Don’t miss your opportunity! We are waiting for you!

AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity.  We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills.  We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.  We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics.  We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.