Accounting Trainee

Build a career powered by innovations that matter  At Novanta, our innovations power technology products that are transforming healthcare and advanced manufacturing—improving productivity, enhancing people's lives and redefining what's possible.  We create for our global customers engineered components and sub-systems that deliver extreme precision and performance for a range of mission-critical applications—from minimally invasive surgery to robotics to 3D metal printing.

Novanta is one global team with over 26 offices located in The Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific.  Looking for a great place to work?  You have found it with a culture that embraces teamwork, collaboration and empowerment.  Come explore Novanta.

Summary

The role offers a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience across various accounting functions, including Accounts Payable and Employee Expenses.

The trainee will rotate through these departments, gaining a comprehensive understanding of our financial operations:

- Accounts Payable incoming invoices

- Employee expenses

- Accounts Payable payments

Your Responsibilities

• Accounts Payable – Incoming invoices:

Process vendor invoices and ensure timely payments.

Reconcile supplier statements and resolve discrepancies.

Assist in month-end closing activities.

• Employee Expenses:

Review and process employee expense reports in Concur

Ensure compliance with company policies and procedures.

Assist in the preparation of expense analysis reports.

• Accounts payable - Payments

       Prepare manual and regular payments in the bank.

       Propose changes to master data to payments specialist in case of any deviations in the payment file.

       Allocate payments according to the statement from the bank.

       Review and assess bank templates correctness.

The plan of the rotation will be set up at the beginning of the program and the sequence of the Departments can be changed based on the priority of the organization.

For each part, the responsibilities will be set up separately and evaluated separately at the end of the assignment.

Your Experience, Education, and Skills

• Currently pursuing a degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• Knowledge of accounting.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organize, analyze, and interpret data from various sources and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent attention to detail and organizational abilities.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and some accounting software (preferably SAP/Oracle, but not a must).
• Strong written and verbal English.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to manage time effectively and Self-learning capabilities.
• Ability to find solutions, not only causes

We offer

• Internship (part-time job) with flexible working time which is compatible with studies (min. 60% of full-time job)
• Creative, innovative & friendly work environment, great team, new offices
• Opportunity to grow in your career

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Novanta is proud to be an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action workplace. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, military and veteran status, disability, genetics, or any other category protected by federal law or Novanta policy.

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