Accounts Payable Intern

linklaters; Warszawa; On-site; PLN 33,000 - 47,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid internship

Flexible hours

Friendly environment

Job summary

Linklaters Warsaw is recruiting for an Accounts Payable Intern to gain hands-on experience in a global law firm environment. You will review and post invoices and travel expenses, and ensure supporting documentation meets quality standards.

The role requires fluent English, a finance or accounting education, and strong attention to detail. You will interact with vendors and employees, assist with invoice approvals, and adapt to changing priorities in a busy international team.

Qualifications

• Fluent English is required.
• Started or graduated with a university degree in finance or professional accounting course.
• Quality oriented with attention to detail and accuracy.
• Customer focused and service orientated.
• Ability to cope with changing priorities of the team and fluctuating volumes.
• Well organized and able to work efficiently under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Review and post invoices and travel expenses.
• Check quality of supporting documentation.
• Communicate with the business regarding coding of invoices and follow global policies.
• Work with the business to have invoices approved and chase approvers when required.
• Act as a contact point for Vendors and Employees.
• Maintain vendor files.

Skills

Fluent English

Attention to detail

Customer service

Organized

Ability to cope with priorities

Education

Finance or accounting degree/course

Job description

For Linklaters Warsaw, we are currently recruiting for the Accounts Payable Intern role.

Your role

• Review and post invoices and travel expenses
• Check quality of supporting documentation
• Communicate with business regarding coding of invoices, follow global policies and guidelines
• Work with the business to have invoices approved, chase approvers when required
• Act as a contact point for Vendors and Employees
• Maintain vendor files

Your experience

• Fluent English
• Started or graduated with a university degree in finance or professional accounting course
• Quality oriented, attention to detail and accuracy
• Customer focused and service orientated
• Ability to cope with changing priorities of the team and fluctuating volumes
• Well organized, works efficiently under pressure

What we offer

• An opportunity to gain experience in an international work environment as part of a global law firm.
• Paid internship in a team of experienced professionals for 6 months.
• Flexible working hours (minimum 30 hour/week).
• Friendly and supportive work environment.

Linklaters and the Team

Linklaters are a people business. Being best in class in the eyes of our clients means that our people must be exceptional.

We look not only for brilliant minds, but for people who will thrive in our environment: people who love working collaboratively and demonstrate the innovative, efficient, agile, entrepreneurial and responsible mind-set we aim to bring to every interaction.

Ours is an environment of outperformance. We achieve this not with targets and incentives, but by fostering a positive, supportive, fair and open atmosphere.

We respect and value difference but insist on inclusivity. We celebrate all aspects of diversity and challenge any form of bias, because we want everyone to feel that they belong. This is vital to our ability to work as one team, with a common mind-set.

We recognise that one size does not fit all. Our goal is to embed flexibility across our firm by giving everyone the opportunity to work in an agile way, whether as a regular pattern or on an ad hoc basis, and we will be happy to discuss this further.

Key relationships

LGS Finance, Local Finance

What sets us apart

At Linklaters

• We offer a truly global work experience and the opportunity to be involved in strategic projects that drive innovation and shape the future of our business
• We belong to a firm that embodies its corporate social, environment and governance responsibility commitments
• We celebrate diversity, equity and inclusion so our people can bring themselves to work
• We advocate speak‑up culture to empower our people in sharing their voices and an open‑door policy to ensure they are listened to
• We invest in custom‑fit career paths for our people in line with their talents and aspirations
• We provide agile working solutions to meet the changing needs of our people and our business
• We are committed to people first relationships based on mutual trust, respect and appreciation
• We support the health and wellbeing of our people, providing a safe space to talk about emotions and mental health with access to expert advice as needed
• We invest in developing leaders of the future who demonstrate emotional intelligence and a passion to discover, coach and develop the talents of others

Technical Skills

This list of duties and responsibilities above is not exhaustive. It is intended to describe the general content of, and requirements for, the performance of this job. As such, the role may also include the undertaking of additional tasks as required.