Finance Intern

The International Water Management Institute (IWMI), a CGIAR Research Center, is seeking applications from enthusiastic students who are looking to gain professional experience in the field of finance. The internship will be based at IWMI’s headquarters in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Scope of internship

During this internship in the finance department of IWMI, you will gain a broad understanding of the accounting procedures and processes in an international organization. You will also have an opportunity to work with an enterprise resource planning (ERP) and be able to interact with staff at IWMI’s headquarters in Colombo, Sri Lanka, and its regional offices across Asia and Africa. This will give you an insight into working with people from different countries and cultures.

IWMI is an Executive Level (non-public sector) Training Organization approved by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CA Sri Lanka).

The intern will assist in the following areas:

• Assist with recording and processing financial transactions in the ERP system, including journal vouchers, payment vouchers, receipts, and other required entries.
• Assist with processing supplier invoices, creating payables in ERP, where applicable.
• Prepare journal vouchers for manual expense claims, medical claims, and other finance-related transactions.
• Assist to handle petty cash transactions and maintain accurate petty