Travel Retail - Finance (AP & AR) Intern (Jan to Jun 2027)

Shiseido; Singapore; On-site; SGD 17,000 - 23,000; Part time

Job summary

Shiseido Travel Retail in Singapore is seeking a Finance Intern to assist in accounts receivable/payable, invoicing and month-end close activities. You will help manage payments, maintain records, and support various accounting tasks in a global beauty company.

Reporting to the Accounting Manager, you will gain exposure to vendor and customer accounts while developing professional accounting skills and contributing to timely settlements and accuracy.

Qualifications

• Bachelor undergraduate majoring in preferably Accountancy.
• Possess strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Proficient in MS Office applications and SAP.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; motivated with high degree of commitment to meeting deadlines, targets and objectives

Responsibilities

• Handle accounts receivable operations including collections and credit notes
• Support credit check review
• Handle AR queries from customers & other departments
• Handle accounts payable operations including validation and posting of invoices
• Validation and posting of employees’ reimbursement claims
• Reconciliation of vendor & other statements & balances
• Responding to queries from vendors & other departments
• Support month-end closing activities
• Ad-hoc finance related assignments

Skills

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting or related field

Tools

MS Office

SAP

Job description

Founded in 1872, Shiseido is a global beauty company operating in approximately 120 countries and regions around the world. Our corporate mission: BEAUTY INNOVATIONS FOR A BETTER WORLD.

Based in Singapore, Shiseido Travel Retail is Shiseido’s global duty-free business which specializes in accelerating the growth of Shiseido’s brands to travellers and includes operations in airports, downtown stores, border shops, airlines, and ferries. Our portfolio includes skincare brands SHISEIDO, Clé de Peau Beauté, IPSA, ANESSA, THE GINZA, Drunk Elephant, and ELIXIR; makeup brand NARS; and fragrance brands narciso rodriguez and ISSEY MIYAKE PARFUMS.

MAIN PURPOSE

Reporting to the Accounting Manager (AP), the Finance Intern is responsible for supporting a range of accounting and related activities, including managing and tracking of incoming payments, ensuring accurate invoicing, maintaining organised records of customer accounts, managing accounts payable operations to ensure accurate recording of expenses and timely settlement to vendors, as well as other month end closing activities.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Handle accounts receivable operations including collections and credit notes
• Support credit check review
• Handle AR queries from customers & other departments
• Handle accounts payable operations including validation and posting of invoices
• Validation and posting of employees’ reimbursement claims
• Reconciliation of vendor & other statements & balances
• Responding to queries from vendors & other departments
• Support month-end closing activities
• Ad-hoc finance related assignments

REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor Undergraduate majoring in preferably Accountancy
• Possess strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Proficient in MS Office applications and SAP
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; motivated with high degree of commitment to meeting deadlines, targets and objectives