Internship - Accounts Payable Accountant

**Posting Date**:24 Jan 2025

**City**:Genova

**Location**:Genova, Italy, 16128

**Contract Type**:Internship

**Division**:Global Administration & Financial Statement

**Level of experience**:Intern
- RINA is currently recruiting for a **Internship - Accounts Payable Accountant** to join its office in Genoa (Italy) within the Global Administration & Financial Statement Division.

**Mission**
- As an Accounts Payable Intern, you will support the management and processing of financial transactions related to the company's payments to vendors, suppliers, and other creditors. Your primary focus will be to assist in accurately recording, documenting, and preparing invoices and expenses, while gaining experience and learning the processes involved in ensuring timely payments. #LI-VB1**Key Accountabilities**

**Invoice Processing**:

- Learn to receive and review incoming invoices for accuracy, completeness, and compliance with company policies
- Assist in matching invoices with purchase orders and receiving documents to ensure proper authorization and receipt of goods or services
- Support the coding and entry of invoices into the accounting system for payment

**Vendor Management**:

- Support the maintenance of relationships with vendors by addressing inquiries or discrepancies regarding invoices
- Assist in resolving payment issues or discrepancies through communication with vendors

**Payment Processing**:

- Help prepare and process payments through various methods, such as electronic funds transfers (EFT) or other payment systems
- Contribute to ensuring payments to vendors are timely and accurate, in accordance with payment terms

**Recordkeeping and Documentation**:

- Assist in maintaining accurate and organized records of accounts payable transactions
- Support the preparation and maintenance of reports related to accounts payable activities

**Month-end Reconciliation**:

- Learn how to reconcile the accounts payable sub-ledger with the general ledger
- Assist in the month-end closing process by providing reports and documentation as needed

**Compliance and Policies**:

- Gain an understanding of internal policies, accounting principles, and relevant regulations to ensure compliance

**Continuous Improvement**:

- Observe and identify opportunities for process improvements and efficiency enhancements within the accounts payable function

**Communication**:

- Collaborate with other departments, such as procurement and finance, to support accurate and timely processing of payments

**Problem Resolution**:

- Assist in investigating and resolving discrepancies or issues related to accounts payable

**Ad Hoc Tasks**:

- Participate in other financial tasks or projects as assigned by supervisors or management

**Education**
- Bachelor’s Degree in Economics or Business Administration Finance Management**Qualifications**
- Interest in accounts payable, accounting and finance
- Understanding of accounting principles and practices is essential
- Knowledge of spreadsheet software (e.g., Microsoft Excel) for data analysis and reporting
- Analytical skills with the ability to identify discrepancies and effectively problem-solve
- Fluency in Italian and a good level of English (both written and spoken) is required

**Competencies**
- ADDRESS THE WAY - Have a big picture of different situations and reinterpret it in a perspective way
- BUILD NETWORK - Forge trust relationships, across departments, and outside the organization
- CLIENT INTIMACY - Embrace internal and external client needs, expectations, and requirements to ensure maximum satisfaction
- EARN TRUST - Take everyone's opinion into account and remain open to diversity
- MAKE EFFECTIVE DECISIONS - Structure activities according to priorities, actions, resources and constraint
- MANAGE EMOTIONS - Recognise one's and other's emotions and express and regulate one's reactions
- PIONEER CHANGE - Actively embrace change and benefit from the new circumstances
- PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT - Promote commitment by keeping promises as a Role Model
- THINK FORWARD - Capitalise on experiences and translate them into action plans for the future
- With over 5,600 employees and 200 offices in 70 countries worldwide, RINA is a multinational player which provides certification, marine classification, product testing, site supervision and vendor inspection, training and engineering consultancy services across a wide range of sectors. Our business model covers the full process of project development, from concept to completion. The aim is to guarantee a project’s technical, environmental and safety - and sometimes also economic and financial - sustainability.
- At RINA, we endeavor to create a work environment where every single person is valued and encouraged to develop new ideas. We provide equal employment opportunities and are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels respected and safe from discrimination or harassment of any kind. We are also compl