Finance Intern

Company OverviewArcesium is a global financial technology firm that solves complex data-driven challenges faced by some of the world's most sophisticated financial institutions. We constantly innovate our platform and capabilities to meet tomorrow's challenges, anticipate the risks our clients encounter, and design advanced solutions to help our clients achieve transformational business outcomes.Financial technology is a high-growth industry as change and innovation continue to disrupt the status-quo and prompt major transformation. Arcesium is at a particularly interesting time in our own growth as we look to leverage our successfully established market position and expand operations in pursuit of strategic new business opportunities. We value intellectual curiosity, proactive ownership, and collaboration with colleagues, and we empower you to meaningfully contribute from day one and accelerate your professional development.Position SummaryArcesium seeks an exceptional Tax Intern to join our global Tax function. This role involves supporting the team in building a structured, audit-ready view of tax deliverables, direct tax, indirect tax, and notices/assessments, across countries, while keeping SOPs current and helping formalize the preparer-reviewer control framework. This internship provides an excellent learning opportunity by contributing to real projects and gaining valuable experience in tax operations, process documentation, and using AI tools (Claude) to accelerate tracker-building, SOP drafting, and data organization work.ResponsibilitiesGlobal Deliverables TrackingMaintain the master global tax deliverables tracker (all filing types, by country)Build and maintain a Direct Tax Tracker: corporate tax filings, advance tax, WHT compliance, provision-support schedules, TP documentation status - by country/entity, with due dates and statusBuild and maintain an Indirect Tax Tracker: GST/VAT/service tax filings by country/entity, filing frequency, input credit reconciliation statusBuild and maintain a Tax Notice / Assessment Log: date received, authority, issue summary, response due date, status, owner - for ad-hoc notices and assessments separate from recurring filingsSOP & Process SupportReview existing SOPs for gaps/outdated content; flag for SME inputDraft/update SOPs using a standardized templateSupport the preparer-reviewer sign-off mechanism - logging preparer, reviewer, and sign-off dates before filingAI-Enabled Tracker & Documentation BuildingUse Claude to draft first-cut tracker structures (columns, categorization logic, status taxonomies) from source lists like country filing calendars or existing spreadsheetsUse Claude to convert unstructured inputs (emails, notice PDFs, old SOP docs) into structured tracker rows or SOP drafts, which the intern then reviews and validates with the tax teamUse Claude to build lightweight dashboards/summary views (e.g., pivot logic, status roll-ups) on top of the trackersQualificationsPursuing/recently completed a degree in Accounting, Finance, Commerce, or TaxationBasic understanding of corporate tax and indirect tax compliance conceptsGood written communication for SOP and tracker documentationStrong Excel skills (pivot tables, lookups, basic dashboarding)Comfort using AI tools (Claude/ChatGPT) for drafting and structuring work - will be trained on internal usage normsDetail-oriented, organized, comfortable with structured/repetitive workThe expected monthly base salary for this position is $5,500.The applicable annual base salary paid to a successful applicant will be determined based on multiple factors including without limitation the nature and extent of prior experience and educational background.Arcesium's Personal Data Privacy Notice for Candidates is linked here .LI-CM1LI-RemoteRecruiting SecurityEmails from genuine Arcesium recruiters who are employees of the company will always come from the @arcesium.com domain. In some cases, you may also be contacted by independent search firms engaged to recruit on our behalf; emails from their employees should always come from their firm's applicable domain. We'll never ask for your banking information or any payment as part of the recruiting process. If something seems off or you're contacted by an unexpected third party, please reach out to us at View email address on click.appcast.io (US/UK), View email address on click.appcast.io (India) or View email address on click.appcast.io (Portugal/Sweden) .Arcesium is an equal opportunity employer.J-18808-Ljbffr