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About Us

Kaplan International Pathways, a division of Kaplan Inc., offers life-changing study opportunities for international students from more than 100 countries around the world. Our university preparation programmes provide a blend of English language training, academic modules and study skills to ensure that students have the skills they need to progress to and excel on undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes at leading universities. We call these programmes ‘Pathways’.

We currently have 10 Pathways colleges in the UK, as well as numerous locations across the US, Australia and Asia Pacific. In fact, if you gained a degree from a UK university, the chances are that you’ve studied alongside some international students who came through a similar route before entering their degree programme.

For several years now, we’ve been a committed and successful provider of internships for sandwich placement students from a range of universities. We are now to looking to appoint a Finance intern for the next academic year 2021-2022 with a start date of 1^st July Initially based from home until we transition back to office working, you’ll be joining our Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) team.

We are looking for someone who is keen to gain invaluable accountancy experience in entry level work in an FP&A team and who enjoys broad variety in their work. It is principally a Management Accounts role providing accounting support to our US and UK Pathways Businesses and our Head of Financial Planning and Analysis. From an FP&A perspective, the role will have responsibility for supporting with month-end reporting, helping to create the reports that are sent to the business, supporting with variance analysis and balance sheet reconciliations, including intercompany reconciliations.

Main areas of focus for the role

• Processing accounting transactions for US Pathways and Global Marketing.
• Performing accounting analysis to help the business understand and manage its costs.
• Performing accounting reconciliations of key balance sheet accounts.
• Assist in the production of monthly finance reports, which are sent to the business with commentary on business performance.
• Supporting on finance work in budgets and forecasts.
• Ad-hoc project work

What kind of intern would this placement suit?

The internship involves a high degree of autonomy so if you are someone who likes control over your work and enjoys organising your day, this internship will suit you. You will also benefit from working in a supportive team with colleagues who will be eager to help and train you. We are keen for you to contribute ideas on ways of working and will give you opportunities to influence decisions about how we do things.

About you

• Strong motivation for undertaking an internship, with ability to articulate your goals.
• Studying for a degree in business, accounting/finance.
• Interest in business, accounting and finance, customer service, systems
• Ability to use Excel.
• Ability to work in a post where numeracy, attention to detail and data analysis are core functions of the role.
• A strong and proven commitment to teamwork ethos
• Ability to work to deadlines and multi-task
• Strong communication skills including the ability to listen and respond to each situation as appropriate.
• Enthusiasm for learning new skills.
• Solution-finding mindset
• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to follow set processes.
• Self-disciplined and accountable for producing high-quality work, without supervision.
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to investigate problem areas with an inquisitive mind.

What we will offer you
As our FP&A Intern, you will join a highly committed, passionate team of international education professionals.

To help you succeed in your role, we will train you so that you have a full understanding of our business goals and context and we will work with you to determine what additional training you will need to do your job better and develop professionally. We will also work hard to ensure that you are supported and guided so that you enjoy your job and achieve your potential. We will ensure you have exposure to the wider finance team, with opportunities to shadow.

Application method

If our company and role feel like a good fit for your skills, experience and interests, we’d love to hear from you so do please send us your CV and a covering letter, explaining what you’d like to get from your placement year and what you believe you have to offer to our team and our business. (We do read covering letters so please don’t skip this vital part of the application process).

Closing date: 20th June 2021

At Kaplan International, we are committed to working in a diverse organisation and strive to provide equality of opportunity for all. We encourage and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment or identity, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnership. If you would like to be considered for an interview under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme, please complete this form or email us on disabilityconfident@kaplan.com

As part of our commitment to safeguarding, successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Applicants must be able to provide proof of eligibility to work in the UK.