Audit Intern

  • Full-time

Company Description

Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins works with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate.

Eurofins is the global leader in food, environment, pharmaceutical and cosmetic product testing and in agroscience Contract Research Organisation services. Eurofins is one of the market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and in the support of clinical studies, as well as having an emerging global presence in Contract Development and Manufacturing Organisations. The Group also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialised and molecular clinical diagnostic testing and in-vitro diagnostic products.

In over just 30 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to 55,000 staff across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of 900 laboratories in over 50 countries. Eurofins offers a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products.

In 2020, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR € 5.4 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.

Job Description

The overall objective of this position is to assist the Technical Accounting & External Audits Oversight Manager in driving the Company’s audit and accounting excellence. The intern will:

-       Support the manager in ensuring that appointments of audit firms are in line with group guidelines and standards and comply with contractual terms;

-       Perform monthly analysis of completion rates as well as data mining on statutory audit completion results;

-       Manage the external audit fee approval process;

-       Support the manager in working with local and group finance teams to mitigate potential issues and deficiencies;

-       Participate in the regular updating of the Group Accounting Manual;

-       Participate in the development of accounting related training materials;

-       Participate in group-wide projects.

Qualifications

·       Currently enrolled in 3rd year of a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in auditing and/or accounting;

·       Strong analytical skills and attention to detail;

·       Fluency in English is required

Additional Information

This is a paid internship.
Internship agreement is required.

Duration: 6 months

Starting dates: as soon as possible, flexible.

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