Employment Type: Internship
Contract Duration: 6 months extendable to 11 months
Why you will love working here
At IATA, we represent over 350 airlines worldwide, striving to make
aviation safer, smarter, more sustainable, and inclusive.
• Our Values are not just words on a page - they are the energy behind everything we do: ONE IATA - We collaborate across teams, TRUSTED - We do the right thing, INNOVATIVE - We make tomorrow better, INCLUSIVE - We embrace diverse perspectives.
• With over 30,000 courses available, we believe in continuous learning and support your growth in an ever-changing industry.
• Diversity, equity, and inclusion are our priorities. We are certified by the Equal Salary Foundation, offering equal pay and family-friendly policies.
• We encourage community involvement through volunteering and strive to make tomorrow better for aviation and our communities. We offer time off so you can support causes important to you.
• We promote work-life balance with flexible work options, including remote and hybrid work, a generous 'work from abroad' policy, and you get your birthday off!
About the team you are joining
You will join the Corporate Finance Team, a
collaborative and internationally minded team supporting accurate, timely and
reliable financial reporting across the organization. The team works closely
with regional finance teams and corporate stakeholders, combining accounting
expertise, analytical thinking and process improvement to support the monthly
close and consolidation. We value curiosity, attention to detail, teamwork and
a willingness to learn, and we welcome different perspectives and backgrounds
What your day would be like
In this role, you will contribute to the finance
close and reporting process by helping prepare reporting packages, reviewing
financial data, following up on reconciliations and supporting
consolidation-related analysis. You may work on data quality checks, variance
analysis, KPI reporting, dashboard updates, process documentation and
automation initiatives. Your work will help improve the accuracy, consistency
and efficiency of financial reporting and will give you practical exposure to
corporate finance, consolidation and statutory reporting activities
Key
Responsibilities
- Support monthly consolidation reporting, and preparation of finance reporting packages.
- Assist with account reconciliations, close monitoring, and follow-up of outstanding items or data quality exceptions.
- Perform financial analysis, variance analysis, and trend reviews to support accurate management and corporate reporting.
- Maintain and enhance finance KPI reports, dashboards, and monitoring tools using Excel, Power BI, SAP BW, SharePoint, and other reporting tools.
- Support reporting automation, process improvements, and standardization initiatives within the finance close and reporting cycle.
- Maintain governance documentation, KPI definitions, reporting schedules, and process documentation.
-Track finance action items, project updates, and continuous improvement initiatives using JIRA and other collaboration tools.
We would love to hear from you if
A degree in progress or completed in Accounting, Finance, Business, Economics, or a related field.
An interest in financial reporting, consolidation, accounting processes or finance transformation.
Strong analytical skills, attention to detail and confidence working with financial data.
Good Excel skills; exposure to SAP, Power BI, SharePoint or other reporting tools would be an advantage.
Good communication skills in English and a collaborative mindset.
Curiosity,
reliability and a willingness to learn in a dynamic corporate finance
environment. We encourage applications from candidates with diverse academic,
professional and cultural backgrounds
Travel Required: 0
Learn more about IATA’s role in the industry, our benefits, and the team at iata/careers/. We are looking forward to hearing from you!
