Company Profile: Candi is a dedicated solar partner for businesses across Asia and Africa. Combining the international capital of our Swiss-based platform with local expertise in these regions, we’re able to provide a unique offering to this underserved sector. In doing so, we aim to have a big social impact, reduce carbon emissions, create jobs, increase energy access, and save money for businesses of all sizes in emerging markets.
Our approach is to take the risk so our partners don’t have to, providing businesses with flexible, end-to-end solar and battery solutions that are built to last. Our shared value model leverages our experience in customisable finance and performance offerings, quality engineering, and data-enabled asset management to help guarantee optimised systems, lowering the barrier to entry and maximising returns. www.candi.solar
Job Summary: The company is looking to recruit an ambitious and energetic Finance Intern, who will help Candi to lead the revolution of solar. Given that Candi is taking solar into a new realm with a new set of tools, the role will require creativity, innovation and a new way of thinking.
Specifically, the job requires taking ownership of the following for the South African team:
- Ensuring accuracy and completeness in our financial records to support seamless operations
- Assisting with loading payments on the accounting system and helping ensure smooth, timely pay runs
- Managing monthly invoicing and statements, playing a key role in our cash flow process
- Taking charge of accounts receivable management and collections, ensuring we stay on top of incoming funds
- Performing daily, weekly, and monthly reconciliations on major accounts to keep everything balanced and on track
- Generating insightful reports that guide cost analysis and supporting all departments
- Overseeing Inventory: Keeping our inventory system in perfect order and up to date
- Tracking, managing, and maintaining our asset register
- Driving the close process: leading the charge on month-end close and balance sheet reconciliations for a seamless wrap-up
- Staying on top of compliance: updating and managing company secretarial and statutory documents
- Liaising with auditors and assisting with the annual audit process
Location: Johannesburg
Duration: 12 month internship
Hours: Full-time (combined with working from home)
Job Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or a related field
- Strong academic record
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel
- Prior work experience is a plus, though not required
Working Culture:
- You agree to live out the Candi values every day of your employment: this includes to put empathy before ego, being authentic no matter what, that we get it done as one and follow the Candi principle that less is more.
- A dynamic, cross-functional team player, willing to take initiative on projects in the context of a multicultural scale-up trying to execute big, bold ideas.
- Having experience working for an international company, or having studied or worked abroad, is considered a plus.
- You must be open, honest, trustworthy, a strong communicator, and understand that what we get done as a team surpasses what we get done individually.
- Candi is an equal opportunities employer.
Candi is unique because...
- We focus on helping businesses of all sizes in emerging markets get access to cheap, clean rooftop solar energy.
- We have a strong emphasis on a client-centric & innovation-driven working culture.
- We are an international team where remote working is commonplace, where we trust our team members to actively carve out a role for themselves according to their skillset.
Only qualified candidates will be contacted.
