Finance Intern

Coty; Singapore; On-site; SGD 13,000 - 20,000; Part time

Job summary

Coty Singapore is offering a 6-month Finance Intern role within Travel Retail Asia Pacific. You will partner with the finance team to support end-to-end planning, reporting and analysis across markets in a fast-paced duty-free environment.

Essential candidates are undergraduate finance or accounting majors who can commit Jan–Jun, proficient in MS Office (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint) and eager to learn with a strong sense of ownership and confidentiality.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate in Finance or Accounting majors (senior year preferred).
• Ability to commit Jan–Jun for a full-time internship.
• Proficiency with MS Office (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
• Strong ownership, confidentiality and professional attitude.

Responsibilities

• Assist FP&A in end-to-end planning and reporting.
• Support Capex tracking and budgeting processes.
• Prepare and present MBUs and related analyses.
• Collaborate with regional teams across Asia Pacific.

Skills

MS Office suite

Strong work ethic

Confidentiality

Cross-cultural awareness

Fast learner

Education

Undergraduate in Finance/Accounting

Tools

SAP

Hyperion

Job description

(Jan - Jun)

Coty is a world leader in beauty and home to an illustrious roster of cosmetic, skincare and fragrance brands. And our company has a mission: to challenge the definition of beauty, to encourage authenticity and celebrate diversity. Because to us at Coty, beauty isn't about conforming to somebody else's ideal. It's about inclusion and liberating everyone to shine in their unique way.

COTY Singapore

Coty helps millions of people around the world express your beauty, your way through our rich portfolio covering fragrance, skin care, colour cosmetics, and body care. Our brands include global icons like Gucci, Burberry, Hugo Boss, Calvin Klein, Philosophy, Max Factor, Rimmel, Bourjois, Sally Hansen, Adidas, David Beckham, etc. With more than one billion products shipped each year, the possibilities for self-expression are endless.

THE ROLE

Division: Travel Retail Asia Pacific

Job Title: Finance Intern

Reporting to: Simon Lacroix, CFO, Travel Retail Asia Pacific

About The Role...

FP&A Intern is a co-pilot role within the Travel Retail Finance function. The intern would be closely partnering with the finance team and the multi-functional team spread across the region. The incumbent will get exposure to working across functions and markets in an exciting and fast-paced environment of the duty-free world.
This role will assist with all end-to-end planning, reporting and analysis activities for the Cluster to deliver a high standard of reporting and analytical support to the business. Support includes financial, business and market analysis and special projects as required.

Key Responsibilities

In this role you will be responsible for:

Financial Planning and Analysis (Capex -investments)

• Drive Capex PR/PO creation request - (From receiving request, including budget top-up to successful PO creation)
• Updating Capex tracker
• Complete ad-hoc PR/PO creations according to deadline communicated
• Ad-hoc support Vendor Master Updates

Budgeting and reporting

• Assist the Brand Finance Controller with Budget management and tracking
• Prepare and provide meaningful financial management information
• Ensure reports are submitted in a timely fashion, completely and accurately, in particular the Monthly Business Update (MBU)
• Coordinate Price approval tracking and prepare Price Change Report in a timely manner for submission to Compliance Team
• Lead and/or participate in ad-hoc projects as required

What You'll Bring

ESSENTIAL:

• Able to commit for at least 6 months (Jan - Jun) for a full-time internship.
• Skilled in the use of MS Office tools including Outlook (or related email tool) Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
• Self-Motivated, with a strong work ethic and a sense of confidentiality.
• Possesses cross-cultural awareness and high emotional intelligence.
• Articulate, with the ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Good balance of a professional attitude while having fun.
• Strong interest in consumer goods, makeup and beauty products.
• Strong desire to learn along with a strong sense of ownership.
• Persuasive, resilient and flexible, able to easily adapt to new challenges.
• Passionate, enthusiastic and driven to regularly follow-up with loose ends.
• Able to thrive despite challenges while adopting a positive attitude under pressure.

DESIRABLE

• Under Graduates with Finance/Accounting as major and interest towards FMCG/Luxury
• Advanced knowledge of Excel, Well versed with SAP, Introduction to Hyperion preferred
• Planning, organizing and coordinating - able to plan and coordinate efforts both within areas of functional responsibility and across divisions and geographies.
• Analytical capability - strong analytical capabilities with a solid understanding of key business drivers and ability to add value to the decision-making processes of the business through high level, strategic analysis and insights
• Leadership - able to lead by example, inspire, motivate, engage, and drive results through others ensuring alignment to organisational priorities, goals and targets
• Presentation skills - ability to present and communicate with confidence.
• Influencing skills - able to demonstrate above average negotiation and relationship building capabilities.
• Change leader - able to embrace and accelerate change in a fast-paced environment and pioneer new ideas and approaches

LEARNING OUTCOMES

• Understanding of interlinkage of financial systems
• Basics of role as a Financial Planning and Analysis Professional
• Role of Finance as business partners and custodians of the company

Our people make us who we are. They are the brightest minds bringing the boldest ideas to life every day. If you're the kind of person who refuses to settle, if you want to think bigger, learn faster and go further than you ever thought possible - we'd love to hear from you.