Finance Internship

Imagemakers SA; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 78,000 - 100,000; Part time

Job summary

Imagemakers SA in Cape Town is seeking a motivated Finance Intern to join our finance team. The role offers hands-on experience across accounts payable, receivable, bank reconciliations, and month-end activities in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

You will contribute to financial administration, reporting, and internal controls while gaining practical knowledge under supervision.

Qualifications

• Recent finance or accounting graduate

Responsibilities

• Assist with capturing supplier invoices and credit notes.
• Check invoices against supporting documentation.
• Assist with supplier statement reconciliations.
• Follow up on outstanding invoices and documentation.
• Assist with preparation of supplier payment information.
• Maintain accurate electronic and physical finance records.
• Assist with capturing and allocating customer payments.
• Assist with debtor reconciliations.
• Assist with following up on outstanding accounts where required.
• Assist with preparing debtor statements and supporting documentation.
• Help investigate differences and incorrect allocations.
• Assist with capturing bank transactions.
• Assist with bank reconciliations.
• Help identify and investigate unreconciled transactions.
• Maintain supporting documentation for transactions.
• Capture financial information accurately and timeously.
• Assist with processing journals under supervision.
• Assist with intercompany transactions and reconciliations.
• Assist with filing, scanning and maintaining finance documentation.
• Assist with expense and credit-card reconciliations.
• Assist with checking supporting documentation for payments and expenses.
• Support the Finance team during month-end processes.
• Assist with preparing reconciliations and schedules.
• Assist with gathering information required for management accounts.
• Help investigate variances and outstanding reconciling items.
• Assist with preparing supporting information for audits.
• Ensure financial documents are complete and appropriately authorised.
• Follow company financial policies, procedures and approval processes.
• Assist with maintaining accurate records for audit and compliance purposes.
• Maintain confidentiality of financial and employee information.
• Respond to finance-related queries and refer complex matters to the appropriate team member.
• Work collaboratively with Finance, HR, Sales, Operations and other departments.
• Participate in training and development opportunities.
• Perform other reasonable finance-related duties as required.

Job description

Imagemakers Professional Wear is looking for a motivated and detail-oriented Finance Intern to join our Finance team in Cape Town. This is an excellent opportunity for a recent finance or accounting graduate to gain practical, hands‑on experience across creditors, debtors, bank reconciliations, financial administration, month‑end processes and reporting within a fast‑paced corporate and manufacturing environment.

Purpose Of The Role

The Finance Intern will provide administrative and operational support to the Finance team while gaining practical experience in a busy finance environment.

The role is intended to develop the intern's understanding of accounting processes, reconciliations, creditors and debtors, financial controls, reporting and general finance administration.

Key responsibilities

Accounts Payable / Creditors

• Assist with capturing supplier invoices and credit notes.
• Check invoices against supporting documentation.
• Assist with supplier statement reconciliations.
• Follow up on outstanding invoices and documentation.
• Assist with preparation of supplier payment information.
• Maintain accurate electronic and physical finance records.

Accounts Receivable / Debtors

• Assist with capturing and allocating customer payments.
• Assist with debtor reconciliations.
• Assist with following up on outstanding accounts where required.
• Assist with preparing debtor statements and supporting documentation.
• Help investigate differences and incorrect allocations.

Bank & Cashbook

• Assist with capturing bank transactions.
• Assist with bank reconciliations.
• Help identify and investigate unreconciled transactions.
  Maintain supporting documentation for transactions.
• Capture financial information accurately and timeously.
• Assist with processing journals under supervision.
• Assist with intercompany transactions and reconciliations.
• Assist with filing, scanning and maintaining finance documentation.
• Assist with expense and credit-card reconciliations.
• Assist with checking supporting documentation for payments and expenses.

Month-End & Reporting

• Support the Finance team during month-end processes.
• Assist with preparing reconciliations and schedules.
• Assist with gathering information required for management accounts.
• Help investigate variances and outstanding reconciling items.
• Assist with preparing supporting information for audits.

Compliance & Controls

• Ensure financial documents are complete and appropriately authorised.
• Follow company financial policies, procedures and approval processes.
• Assist with maintaining accurate records for audit and compliance purposes.
• Maintain confidentiality of financial and employee information.

General

• Respond to finance-related queries and refer complex matters to the appropriate team member.
• Work collaboratively with Finance, HR, Sales, Operations and other departments.
• Participate in training and development opportunities.
• Perform other reasonable finance-related duties as required.