Apprentice

The Finance and Administration Department at INSEAD encompasses a diverse range of critical functions, including Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A), Finance, Legal, Procurement, Risk, and Audit. This department plays a pivotal role in ensuring the institution's financial health, compliance, and operational efficiency, supporting INSEAD's mission to deliver world-class education and research.

INSEAD seeking an Apprentice, FP&A to join our FP&A team in Finance and Administration. This an apprenticeship based at our Europe Campus in Fontainebleau. 

About the role

The FP&A Apprentice will support the FP&A team in day-to-day activities, including maintaining critical business reports, monitoring and cleaning commitments, processing accounting reclassifications, contributing to Business Partnering activities, and supporting simplification and automation initiatives.

This will enable the FP&A team to dedicate more time to priority projects and value-added activities (e.g., Horizon post-implementation, process documentation, upskilling and training, and scenario modelling).

Your role within the team

• Support the elaboration of the budget.
• Participate to projects, measure the impact in order to take the right decisions.
• Produce KPIs for the management.
• Validate expenses and expenses reports making sure the processes were well applied.
• Translate accounting and purchasing into business.
• Track budget, commitments (PO), and accounting entries (invoices), including data entry to update forecasts.
• Engage discussions and business partnering with some departments.

The ideal candidate 

• You will do a Master in Finance starting in September 2026.
• Knowledge in accounting and skills.
• Excellent attention to details.
• Culturally sensitive and comfortable working in a multicultural international environment. 
• At ease with Excel and Pack Office, familiar with technology.
• Good communicational skills both in French and English.
• Reliable, and ability to adapt.

Kindly submit your application along with a CV in English.

In France, apprenticeship contracts are agreements combining work and study, allowing young individuals to gain vocational training and practical experience while being paid and working towards a diploma or qualification.

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