Supply Chain Finance Intern – 6months

At Upfield our purpose is clear: we make people healthier and happier with nutritious and delicious, natural, plant-based products that are good for you, our planet; and with packaging that’s free from plastic. 

We’ve got iconic brands like Rama, Country Crock, Blue Band and Flora that people all over the world know and love. We’ve been a trusted category leader since 1871 and yet we feel like we’re only just getting started.

Performance, Passion, and Care define who we are as a company, how we work every day, and the responsibility we feel toward our Associates, our consumers, our business partners and our world.

We have big ambitions to grow this business and we want to attract the right people – those that love what they do, thrive on responsibility and are looking for career-defining opportunities.

About the Role!

Your Role

The purpose of this role is to support the Supply Chain Finance Controller

Main Responsibilities –

• Support in Account payable reconciliation for SU transactions (SU transactions forms the bulk of Ghana payables)
• Three-way match verification (Matching Vendor A/C Receivables in SAP -> with BOI -> Accruals in Upfield B/Sheet)
• Accruals booking/verifications
• PO creation verification to ascertain if in Forecast
• SU entity Balance sheet reconciliation
• Assist in stock count/reconciliation
• Lean Supply Chain Finance Processes

About you!

Minimum Qualification

• Bachelor’s Degree or HND Finance/Accounting

• Must be comfortable in a start-up environment with passion and grit to make their mark.
• I should be result-oriented with strong analytical and organizational skills.
• Must have excellent problem-solving skills and needs to have excellent communication skills.
• Proficiency in MS Office applications.
• Ability to work in a fast-based environment, willingness and ability to learn.
• Previous experience in an FMCG setting will be an advantage

You’ll have to enjoy working in a fast-paced environment and it will take hard work and determination; we will give you the ownership you need to make an impact. 

You’ll have to deliver on the commitments you make. And we’ll give you the freedom and flexibility to do your job and build your own career. 

At Upfield we want you to bring your ideas, your motivation and desire to succeed! This part of the role is up to you to complete.

About Upfield!

We are the largest plant-based company in the world, and we believe in doing what’s right for our people, our customers, and the planet.

We are a highly entrepreneurial fast-paced team running a multi-billion Euro business across 60+ countries with the mind-set of a start-up! We are agile, creative, fast-to-market and obsessed with customers and consumers.