Financial Operations Intern

Circle Economy Foundation; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 7,812 - 9,207; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stipend €775 per month

13 paid leave days

Travel reimbursement

Office-based 50% on-site

Job summary

Circle Economy Foundation is looking for a motivated intern to support our Financial Analyst in the end-to-end financial process. You will analyze complex problems, implement process improvements, and help manage daily AP/AR activities.

Ideal candidates are pursuing a Finance/Accounting degree or recent graduates, with strong Excel/Google Sheets skills and knowledge of P&L and balance sheets. Dutch language is preferred. Office-based work pattern with 50% on-site presence required.

Qualifications

• Student or recent graduate in Finance, Business Economics or related field.
• Strong analytical skills and knowledge of financial operations.
• Dutch language proficiency is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Process and maintain daily accounts payable/receivable activities and assist in forecasting cash flows.
• Support the preparation of monthly and quarterly reports.
• Prepare supporting documents for reports, audits and financial reviews.
• Collaborate with Circle leads to verify financial data.
• Work on ad-hoc financial analyses to support the circles.

Skills

Excel

Google Sheets

AP/AR

Bookkeeping

P&L

Balance sheet

Debit/Credit

Education

MBO or HBO in Finance/Accounting

Tools

Exact Online

Job description

Your mission

Your role is to directly support our Financial Analyst with the operational financial process from beginning to end. You will analyse complex problems and work together to optimise the process. You will work through all the details of how to best implement process improvements.

Timeline

This vacancy will be open on a rolling basis, until the right candidate has been found.

Key Responsibilities and Duties

• Process and maintain the daily accounts payable and receivable activities and assist in forecasting cash flows

• Support in the preparation of the monthly and quarterly reports

• Prepare supporting documents for reports, audits and financial reviews

• Collaborate with Circle leads to verify financial data

• Work on ad-hoc financial analyses to support the circles

Your profile

You are an independent, self-starting student or recent graduate or equivalent in the field of business & financial administration, business management, or accounting. You have strong analytical skills and are knowledgeable about financial operations.

Technical: Comfortable and skilled working with Excel and Google Sheets. A working understanding of AP/AR and basic bookkeeping (P&L, balance sheet, debit/credit) is needed to work independently. Affinity with Exact Online is preferred.

Personal: Precise and reliable. Confident communicator. Discrete and professional. Independent worker. Proactive and solution-oriented.

Education: MBO or HBO student in Finance, Accounting, Business Economics, or similar. Ideally in their final year or a recent graduate. Dutch language proficiency is strongly preferred.

Why us?

This is a paid internship for a minimum of 4-5 days a week for a period of 6-8 months, but ideally in a full-time capacity, to start in September 2026. We offer a stipend of €775 per month and 13 paid leave days based on full-time 6 months internship. If you live outside Amsterdam, we can provide travel reimbursement.

We offer a challenge for a passionate person that loves to learn and take on responsibilities in a vibrant and talented team, as well as the opportunity to grow your experience in managing the financial and administrative backbone of a dynamic and impact-driven organisation.You are expected to work from our office at least 50% of your time to enable proper supervision and learning on the job.

For this job, you must be based in the Netherlands. Dutch citizenship is not required, but you need to have a valid work permit to work in the Netherlands;Circle does not act as visa sponsor for internships.