Management Accounting Intern (Jun 2024)

About GSK Malaysia

GSK plc, formerly GlaxoSmithKline plc, is a British multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology company with global headquarters in London, England. In Malaysia, GSK has been operating for over 60 years, starting its first operations in October 1958.

Your role

GSK Malaysia is looking for an intern who will be partnering with SMAS analysts on weekly and month-end closing activities. Responsible for the preparation of journal entries, preparation of balance sheet reconciliations, and execution of internal control by GSK Internal Control Framework. The intern will be assigned different parts of the process and trained to support various key activities.

Your key responsibilities will be as follows:

• Maintenance of inventory master data.
• Accounting of goods in transit.
• Calculation of purchase price variance.
• Execute month-end close steps under the month-end close checklist (MEC) and SOP.
• Responsible for the preparation of journal entries, preparation of balance sheet reconciliations, and execution of internal control under the GSK Internal Control Framework.
• Execute transaction interfaces between ERP systems; extraction of reports from ERP and Bison.
• Raise and post journal entries.
• Inventory reports.
• Manufacturing overhead reports, OPEX.
• Data collection for monthly and quarterly corporate reports.
• Provide support to analyst members within the team thereby ensuring quality is maintained.
• Data collection (KPI) to measure customer service levels.
• Participate in continuous improvement initiatives.
• Other ad-hoc activities like participating in any compliance audits and responding to audit queries

Training & development

The learning outcome expected from this program is that you will be able to:

• Obtain a high-level overview of the month-end close activities and reconciliations.
• Obtain a high-level overview of control by the GSK Internal Control Framework.
• Collaborate with team members and other stakeholders to ensure successful SMAS month-end processes for manufacturing sites, including inventory, purchase price variations, and Opex.
• This role will allow YOU to lead key activities to progress in YOUR career.

Benefits

GSK will equip you with everything you need to succeed – and reward your hard work. Here are some benefits that the company offers for this role:

• Competitive base salary
• Flexible working options available for most roles
• Access to healthcare & wellbeing programs
• Learning and career development

Career progression

GSK doesn't state whether the intern will have a chance for full-time employment after this internship program. However, it's common that the company will prioritize well-performing interns for its future hiring. Additionally, having internship experience in GSK will certainly enhance your skills & experience and add more value to your CV, and open new career opportunities in the future.

Work-life balance

Office hours regularly start from 9 AM to 5 PM, Monday to Friday. In addition, GSK also applies flexible working hours that give more room to employees to balance their personal lives and careers even better.

Company culture

GSK has a flexible and life-friendly working policy. The company's personalized approach to work enables colleagues to have more choices about how they work to meet both their personal needs and the needs of their business. Through regular check-in conversations, managers discuss with colleagues how they can thrive in all aspects of their lives and deliver their best work at GSK, supported by a range of life-friendly policies.

 

 

 

 

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About you

• Business skills and competencies
  • Educational background – Accounting/Finance degree.Proficient in the use of IT and software/systems, especially Excel skills.
• Behavioral skills and competencies
  • Strong written and oral communication skills.
  • Deadline-driven, flexible with self-reliance to work in an empowered environment.
  • Proactive attitude to process improvement.
  • Awareness and ability to work within culturally diverse teams.
  • Demonstrated ability to take initiative, think and work independently, problem-solve, work in teams, and focus on delivering assigned work.
  • Strong drive for performance and attention to detail.

Sources

The following sources were used in researching this page:

• jobs.gsk.com/en-gb/jobs/389114
• glassdoor.com/Reviews/GSK-Malaysia-Reviews-EI_IE3477.0,3_IL.4,12_IN170.htm?filter.iso3Language=eng