Internship – Finance & Administration Team CDP Europe

Location: Berlin, Germany

CDP Europe, one of the world’s leading climate change charities, is seeking a highly motivated individual to support CDP’s Finance & Administration team in Europe.

About Finance & Administration: We are seeking a highly motivated, proactive and diligent intern to join CDP Europe’s Finance & Administration team. This position is an exciting opportunity to take over several financial accounting tasks.

The role includes:

• Support finance day-to-day activities;
• Assist with communication and administration of vendors and debtors;
• Support in filing and collecting travel claims, timesheets and similar records;
• Support in collecting statistics and evidence for reports to donors;
• Provide finance related research and administrative support as required;
• Assist with ad-hoc tasks as required.

The successful candidate will have:

• Enrolled student in a bachelor or master’s program at a German university;
• Must be a mandatory internship within your studies (Pflichtpraktikum);
• Strong interpersonal and creative problem-solving skills;
• Ability to work independently and precisely under pressure, be proactive and set priorities;
• Demonstrates a high level of dedication, flexibility and resilience;
• Good command of spoken and written German and English;
• Detail-oriented attitude, combined with a structured and analytical working style;
• Ability to work independently as well as to deal with interfaces;
• Very good knowledge of Microsoft Office (esp. Excel, PowerPoint, Word);
• Frist experiences with accounting systems (DATEV) are a plus.

What we offer:

• Exciting and challenging tasks in an international, dynamic, innovative and highly motivated team;
• 200 Euro per month internship compensation;
• 7,5 vacation days for the internship period of three months;
• Flexible working hours;
• Monthly contribution to the standard public transport ticket (BVG Monatskarte);
• Modern office at Sony Centre/Potsdamer Platz with free hot and cold beverages;
• Working with many dedicated and passionate people for a better future.

The position is open only for candidates enrolled at a German University. The successful candidate will work five days per week in our Berlin office and must be able to work legally in Germany. The internship will last for a maximum period of three months. The intern will work with and report to the respective Finance Manager.

Interested? Interested candidates should submit their complete application documents (motivation letter, CV and references/certificates if available) in English, as a single PDF file and via email to [email protected] with “Internship Finance and Administration team – First name Last name” in the subject line.

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Please note that we only provide feedback to shortlisted candidates due to the sheer volume of applications. If you do not hear from us within 14 days of the closing date, please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Thank you for your understanding.