Finance Intern

Join our team. Help us build a brighter future

Our Finance internships offer a unique opportunity to launch your career as you’ll get immersed in our globally diverse organization, develop your skills and build your professional network. As a dsm-firmenich intern, you’ll spend one year learning about a worldwide growing and transforming industry and gaining invaluable experience working on projects at our finance headquarters in Switzerland.

dsm-firmenich Internship Class of 2024 will be third graduating class of the program.
- Fully integrated within our teams, you will benefit from our 1-year internship program
- Diversified hands-on experience
- Management of one project with a clear deliverable
- Induction and Individual mentoring program
- Get together opportunities in an international environment (site visits, management exposure, social and team building events)
- Tailor-made trainings (systems, office tools, soft skills, dsm-firmenich training)
- Potential opportunities to continue your career with dsm-firmenich

What You Will Do

You’ll gain experience working on end-to-end projects and performing “live” finance activities based on the needs and requirements of the Business. Being caring, courageous and collaborative, you’ll bring ideas to propel our thinking and drive to set our pace.

You’ll have the capacity to build your professional network and participate in training sessions, team-building activities. You’ll interact with senior management, business leaders, and our global finance organization. You’ll also tour our facilities and gain insight into neighbouring departments, such as marketing, R&D and Manufacturing. At the end of our program, you will be a young professional with:

- Solid experience in both finance and project management
- Strong expertise and insights in one of the leading worldwide industries
- Agility and team-oriented mindset

Who We Hire
- Completed Master’s or Bachelor’s degree with additional business qualification
- Gained already a first experience through apprenticeship, business specific preferably, international internships, or studies abroad
- Possess strong analytical, communication and interpersonal skills
- Have the relevant technology skills (e.g. MS-Office, BI systems, Powerpoint)
- Have a strong command of English, both written and spoken as it is our working language.

Where You'll Work

You’ll work in our offices in Kaiseraugst and/or Geneva, Switzerland

Recruitment Process

Recruitment open till end of May; start date beginning Sep or earlier.

dsm-firmenich is fully dedicated to inclusion because when people feel engaged and empowered, their creativity and innovation drives unprecedented progress. We aim to build a workplace where opportunity really is equal, so everyone can thrive. We do not discriminate there’s a place for everyone at dsm-firmenich.

dsm-firmenich is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. dsm-firmenich people are as diverse as our customers. For us that includes a commitment to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law.

We are committed to providing reasonable support for disabled applicants in our recruiting process. Should you need assistance, and are comfortable to share this, please let us know.

As innovators in nutrition, health, and beauty, dsm-firmenich reinvents, manufactures, and combines vital nutrients, flavors, and fragrances for the world’s growing population to thrive. With our comprehensive range of solutions, with natural and renewable ingredients and renowned science and technology capabilities, we work to create what is essential for life, desirable for consumers, and more sustainable for the planet. dsm-firmenich is a Swiss-Dutch company, listed on the Euronext Amsterdam, with operations in almost 60 countries and revenues of more than €12 billion. With a diverse, worldwide team of nearly 30,000 employees, we bring progress to life every day, everywhere, for billions of people.

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