Finance Intern in Surrey

Colgate-Palmolive Company is a global consumer products company operating in over 200 countries specializing in Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care, Skin Care, and Pet Nutrition. Our products are trusted in more households than any other brand in the world, making us a household name!

Join Colgate-Palmolive, a caring, innovative growth company reimagining a healthier future for people, their pets, and our planet. Guided by our core values—Caring, Inclusive, and Courageous—we foster a culture that inspires our people to achieve common goals. Together, let's build a brighter, healthier future for all.

Location: Woking, UK

Duration: 12 months

Salary: £24300 - £27000

Reporting to: Finance Manager

Hill’s Pet Nutrition is seeking an enthusiastic Finance Intern to join our dynamic UK & Ireland Finance team based in Woking. You will play a key role in supporting cross-functional business objectives across general accounting, sales, brand, and marketing finance. This role offers a unique opportunity to build your commercial acumen, gain exposure across local market departments, and directly impact operational performance within an industry-leading business. The primary focus of this position is to support month-end activities, maintain internal financial controls, and provide high-quality reporting to key stakeholders. This internship is designed to be a welcoming and enriching stepping stone into the professional world.

What you will be doing:

• Support business priorities by executing month-end closing procedures and maintaining quarterly controls (including 3-way/4-way matches) across sales, customer, and marketing accounting functions.
• Monitor and manage purchase order processes by reviewing open commitments monthly, closing aged POs, and supporting invoice coding queries.
• Maintain financial data accuracy across commercial systems, including weekly subsidiary reporting reviews, monthly sell-in/sell-out updates, and customer invoice coding.
• Ensure internal compliance by assisting the Finance Department with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) testing, control management, and internal/external audit engagements.
• Administer vendor and customer setup processes to facilitate smooth business operations and customer support.

What you will bring:

• University degree in Economics, Accounting, Finance or similar field.
• Relevant work experience or academic project experience would be a plus.
• Strong organisational, decision-making, and problem-solving skills to effectively challenge the status quo.
• Proactive, self-motivated mindset with effective interpersonal skills to collaborate with internal teams and external stakeholders.
• Eye for details, analytical and comfortable working with numbers, metrics and spreadsheets.

Our journey begins with our people—developing strong talent with diverse backgrounds and perspectives to best serve our consumers around the world and fostering an inclusive environment where everyone feels a true sense of belonging. We are dedicated to ensuring that each individual can be their authentic self, is treated with respect, and is empowered by leadership to contribute meaningfully to our business.

Colgate is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, marital status, veteran status (United States positions), or any other characteristic protected by law. Reasonable accommodation during the application process is available for persons with disabilities.