Financial Capex Intern

IPEX is one of the North American leading providers of advanced plastic piping systems. Our mission is to shape a better tomorrow by connecting people with water and energy.

We currently have an exciting 4-month opportunity as a Financial Intern-Capex Planning. This role is based in our Verdun, Quebec office and reports to the Supervisor-Capex.

Do not miss the opportunity to join a diverse group of people-centric professionals, leaders with vision and rapid problem solvers, entrepreneurs in spirit and status quo-fighters!

Job Summary

As a Financial Intern - CapEx Planning & Control, you will support the team in a wild range of tasks that promote the optimization of capital investments and drive financial discipline for the organization. You will be involved in the development of new reporting tools and processes, in increasing the consistency and reliability of the data, and increasing user adoption and compliancy.  If you are a detail-oriented and a results-driven passionate asset, we invite you to join our dynamic team and contribute to our company's success.

Principal Responsibilities

Reporting:

• define standard check and reporting to ensure data quality and consistency

• develop and support the development of reporting tools (excel, PowerBI and/or others), tailored to specific internal customers and audience

Process Improvement:

• implement best practices, tools, and methodologies to improve efficiency, accuracy, and effectiveness in financial analysis for decision-making

• identify opportunities to streamline and enhance the CapEx planning

CapEx Support:

• support the execution capital projects and identify assets that require to be depreciated based on different criteria

• collaborate with the team to identify and resolve areas of improvement

Document and Train:

• document current process and tool

• develop training material and education around the tools

• train end users and stakeholders

Qualifications & experience

Education & Certificates

• 2nd to 3rd year for a bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, business administration, or a related field

• relevant experience in handling tasks that require attention to details

Technical Skills & Experience

• great analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret and manipulate large datasets

• good attention to detail and accuracy in financial analysis and reporting

• intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Excel

• good communication skills within a team environment

• strong organizational and time management skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines

• ability to work independently as well as collaboratively in a team environment

COMPETENCIES:

Think Strategically - Understanding the vision and mission of the organization, looking ahead to future trends, opportunities, and threats to develop a big picture view, and translating that into innovative strategies to gain competitive advantage for the organization.

Embrace and Manage Change - Embracing, adapting to, and championing change, including helping others understand what the change means to them.

Be Customer Obsessed - Developing a deep understanding of customers (internal and external) and demonstrating a commitment to exceeding their expectations.

Collaborate & Influence - Building and maintaining effective working relationships, ensuring alignment within and across groups, and using one’s understanding of others to gain buy-in and support and achieve shared goals.

Drive Accountability and Results - Accomplishing goals to the highest of standards and driving accountability in self and others in alignment with the values of IPEX NA.

Improve & Innovate - Seeking to continuously improve the way we work and looking for new and unique approaches and ideas to achieve better outcomes.

Demonstrate a Development Mindset - Demonstrating a commitment to continuous learning and development for self and others, recognizing strengths and development needs, and taking ownership for ongoing learning and growth.

Promote Diversity & Inclusion - Understanding, valuing, and leveraging differences, and creating an inclusive work environment.

KEY RELATIONSHIPS: 

Frequent communications within the group of finance and our internal customers across the organization.

WORKING CONDITIONS: 

Will always work indoors in corporate office environment with long periods of sitting.

Employee may experience progressive degrees of changing factors in the work process (changing work priorities, deadlines, accuracy).

You are looking for a challenge in finance? This position is for you. We offer a safe environment, a balanced schedule and high capital budgets in a growing company. The selected candidate will be offered a competitive salary as per his experience and a complete benefits package.

IPEX is committed to providing accommodations for people with disabilities throughout the recruitment process and, upon request, will work with qualified job applicants to provide suitable accommodation in a manner that takes into account the applicant’s accessibility needs due to disability. Accommodation requests are available to candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process for IPEX jobs. To request an accommodation, please contact HR at HR@ipexna.com

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