Graduate Internship Recruitment in a Big FMCG Company in Lagos

CornerStone Staffing – Our client, a big player in the FMCG Industry, is recruiting suitably qualified candidates to fill the vacant positions below:

Job Title: Finance Intern
Location: Lagos
Job Description

• Our client, a big player in the FMCG Industry, is looking to recruit an Finance Intern
• This role is responsible for the delivery of the financial and business processes and systems in line with corporate standards; the post holder will undertake specific work within Finance and contribute to improving functional efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Assist in preparation and managing of budget and forecasts for business units
• Update detailed operating and projections/financial models, working closely with multiple departments
• Assist in analyzing and monitoring financial and operational performance.
• Assist with monthly closes and coordinate with Accounting to ensure accurate financial results and reporting
• Identify trends and issues and address problems to ensure quality financial results
• Assist in corporate finance and business development work. Perform quantitative analyses to help evaluate and implement strategic options.
• Assist in developing KPIs and new measurements and metrics to assess business performance.
• Assist in driving financial considerations in decision-making framework to improve business profitability and capital efficiency
• Prepare presentations for management and participate in ad hoc projects as needed

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance or Accounting or related field
• Advance proficiency in Microsoft Word processing and spreadsheet applications; ability to utilize database application
• Advanced level of Microsoft Excel (Pivot tables, Vlookups, and nestedifs formulas)
• Ability to interpret Financial Data from various systems and in various formats.

Skills and Competencies:

• Excellent analytical and quick-decision making skills
• Strong attention to detail with highly organized, advanced office skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to learn new processes quickly
• Ability to manage multiple decision processes while working in a fast-paced paperless environment using multiple systems and databases
• Ability to resolve problems

Job Title: Account Associate
Detailed Description

• This role is responsible for the delivery of the financial and business processes and systems in line with corporate standards; the post holder will undertake specific work within Finance and contribute to improving functional efficiency.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Audit account payable checks, verifying accuracy of vendor names, amounts, addresses, authorizations, and other key payment information.
• Review bi-weekly check proposals to identify inappropriate transactions in conjunction with the disbursement audit process, primarily by verifying appropriate authorization of new vendors.
• Reconcile all vendor additions, deletions, and changes in Accounts Payable against the monthly vendor change report.
• Review bi-weekly duplicate A/P payment reports; investigate and resolve potential duplicate payments prior to release of payment.
• Prepare monthly reconciliations of store bank accounts.
• Post payroll journal entries and prepare account reconciliations.
• Assist with preparation of monthly consolidated financials and variance reports by collecting data; analyzing and investigating variances; summarizing information and trends.
• Responds to financial inquiries by gathering, analyzing, summarizing, and interpreting data
• Prepares special reports that will be requested by management from time to time.

SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

• Excellent analytical and quick-decision making skills
• Strong attention to detail with highly organized, advanced office skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to learn new processes quickly
• Ability to manage multiple decision processes while working in a fast-paced paperless environment using multiple systems and databases
• Ability to resolve problems

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance or Accounting or related field
• 5 years’ work experience
• Advance proficiency in Microsoft Word processing and spreadsheet applications; ability to utilize database application
• Advanced level of Microsoft Excel (Pivot tables, Vlookups, and nestedifs formulas)
• Ability to interpret Financial Data from various systems and in various formats

Job Title: Content & Social Media Intern
Location: Lagos
Employment type: Contract / Interim
Detailed Description

• We are looking to recruit a Content & Social Media Intern to join our marketing team.
• The intern will work with the social media team, content team, and marketing staff to schedule content for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, Google+, Pinterest, and Youtube.
• The intern will also help monitor performance across platforms, and help with competitive and benchmark analyses.
• No coffee runs for this intern: this internship will require real marketing work: building out lists, digging into data, writing posts, and working on other high impact marketing projects within a fast-paced environment

Responsibilities
A typical day as a Content & Social Media Intern might include:

• Content publishing across global social media channels
• Research and analysis, using public tools such as Google Trends,
• Social Media Campaign Management
• Play a key role in launching social marketing campaigns, while learning how to build and protect our company’s brand.
• Develop strategies focused on increasing engagement, awareness and followers.
• Research for third-party resources that would be on interest to social media followers.
• Assist with new social influencer and branding campaigns
• Keep an eye on trends and participate in brainstorming sessions

Requirements

• Intermediate knowledge of analytics software like Google Analytics, as well as in-app analytics for each social media platform.
• Graduate of Communications, Marketing, Social Media or equivalent field of study.
• Experience with social media management systems like Hootsuite.
• Experience creating content for social media.
• Ability to write clearly and quickly, while adhering to company’s voice and tone.
• A collaborative spirit and experience working with other writers, designers, and developers.
• Ability to manage multiple projects with varying timelines.

Job Title: Data Insight Intern (Excel)
Location: Lagos
Job Description

• We are looking for a Data Insight Intern. As a data analyst you will be responsible for complex data management within the production team, data sourcing and data quality.

Responsibilities

• Data and big data cross-analysis in order to identify cause/effect correlations and drive business decisions
• Maintenance and improvement of KPIs Dashboards to support performances
• Market research and related results analysis
• Preparation of reports and presentations
• Explore first-party and third-party data to generate insights for product and business leaders.
• Present and interpret analytics findings and participate actively in discussions of results.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in a Quantitative discipline (e.g., Statistics, Economics, Mathematics, Marketing Analytics) or significant relevant coursework
• Knowledge of advanced MS Excel skills such as pivot tables, charts and creating complicated formulas,
• Strong analytical skills to help interpret data, analyze results using statistical techniques and provide ongoing reports
• Proficient in MS Office applications such as MS Visio, MS Word and MS Power Point
• Comfortable in using advanced statistical data modeling techniques and tools
• A strong passion for empirical research and for answering hard questions with data
• Ability to communicate complex quantitative analysis in a clear, precise, and actionable manner.

Skills and Competencies:

• Excellent analytical and quick-decision making skills
• Strong attention to detail with highly organized, advanced office skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to learn new processes quickly
• Ability to manage multiple decision processes while working in a fast-paced paperless environment using multiple systems and databases
• Ability to resolve problems.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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