By joining APHRC as a Finance Intern, you'll dive into real-world tasks, from processing payments in Microsoft Dynamics to assisting with audits. We're looking for recent grads with a Bachelor's in Finance, Accounting, or a related field, plus skills in Microsoft Office. If you're organized, analytical, and eager to learn, this is your chance to gain hands-on experience in a leading research institution.
The African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) is a premier research-to-policy institution, generating evidence, strengthening research and related capacity in the African research and development ecosystem, and engaging policy to inform action on health and development.
The Center, through its Research and Related Capacity Strengthening (RRCS) Division, seeks to strengthen individual and institutional research capacity to enable African researchers to fully participate in defining and implementing priority population and health programs on the continent. As part of individual capacity strengthening efforts, APHRC has, over the years, been running a demand-driven research internship program whose objective seeks to nurture talented young Africans to become future scholars and research leaders.
For the 2026 period, the Research and Related Capacity Strengthening (RRCS) Division has opened internship opportunities in the following projects for 3-6 months, starting May 2026.
Project 35 – Finance Intern - (2 interns)
Project Description
The Finance Department focuses on supporting the organization’s financial management processes to ensure accuracy, accountability, and compliance with financial policies and regulations. This involves assisting in the preparation, monitoring, and reporting of financial activities while enhancing efficiency in financial operations.
Internship Activities
- Support the Payables Accountant in ensuring efficient, timely and accurate recording and payment processing in Microsoft Dynamics.
- Assist in creating and maintaining an effective filing, archiving and record keeping system- both paper and electronic.
- Assist in bank reconciliation and verification of vendor balances in the system.
- Assist in the organization and preparation of bi-weekly meetings which includes preparation of bi-weekly reports and taking minutes.
- Support annual audits by retrieving the sampled documents.
- Assist in ensuring proper documentation of payment vouchers and all other supporting documents.
- Assist in the thorough review and verification of all transactions at point of entry by ensuring appropriate purchase order matching, credit terms and adherence to appropriate authorization and budget confirmation and clearance.
- Support in the effective running of daily financial activities of APHRC.
Preferred background and skills
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration or related field; should have graduated in the last six (6) months.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.
- Strong organizational, analytical and interpersonal skills.
- Have a CPA or ACCA or working towards completion.
Deadline: Monday, April 13, 2026
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