Financial Operations Intern

Your mission

Your role is to directly support our Financial Analyst with the operational financial process from beginning to end. You will analyse complex problems and work together to optimise the process. You will work through all the details of how to best implement process improvements.

Timeline

This vacancy will be open on a rolling basis, until the right candidate has been found. If you're interested, please apply as soon as possible!

Key Responsibilities and Duties

• Process and maintain the daily accounts payable and receivable activities and assist in forecasting cash flows
• Support in the preparation of the monthly and quarterly reports
• Prepare supporting documents for reports, audits and financial reviews
• Collaborate with Circle leads to verify financial data
• Work on ad-hoc financial analyses to support the circles

Your profile

You are an independent, self-starting student or recent graduate or equivalent in the field of business & financial administration, business management, or accounting. You have strong analytical skills and are knowledgeable about financial operations.

Technical: Comfortable and skilled working with Excel and Google Sheets. A working understanding of AP/AR and basic bookkeeping (P&L, balance sheet, debit/credit) is needed to work independently. Affinity with Exact Online is preferred.

Personal: Precise and reliable. Confident communicator. Discrete and professional. Independent worker. Proactive and solution-oriented.

Education: MBO or HBO student in Finance, Accounting, Business Economics, or similar. Ideally in their final year or a recent graduate. Dutch language proficiency is strongly preferred.

Why us?

This is a paid internship for a minimum of 4-5 days a week for a period of 6-8 months, but ideally in a full-time capacity, to start in September 2026. We offer a stipend of €775 per month and 13 paid leave days based on full-time 6 months internship. If you live outside Amsterdam, we can provide travel reimbursement.

We offer a challenge for a passionate person that loves to learn and take on responsibilities in a vibrant and talented team, as well as the opportunity to grow your experience in managing the financial and administrative backbone of a dynamic and impact-driven organisation. You are expected to work from our office at least 50% of your time to enable proper supervision and learning on the job.

For this job, you must be based in the Netherlands. Dutch citizenship is not required, but you need to have a valid work permit to work in the Netherlands; Circle does not act as visa sponsor for internships.

Join Us

If you are motivated to contribute to a global team that is accelerating the transition to a circular economy, and you have the skills and experience we’re looking for, we would love to hear from you! Circle Economy is an equal-opportunity employer. We welcome and encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply. To apply, please respond with your CV and a motivation letter, and remove any photos to decrease the chance of unconscious bias.

About Us

ABOUT CIRCLE ECONOMY

At Circle Economy, we are working towards an economy that ensures the planet and all people can thrive. We are a global impact organisation with an international team of passionate experts based in Amsterdam. We empower industries, cities and nations with practical and scalable solutions to put the circular economy into action.

The team conducts research across borders and sectors, translating key findings into solutions that drive impact. Through capacity development and training, we provide the knowledge, skills, roadmaps and strategies to pilot and implement circular economy interventions. We work with a diverse portfolio of international partners and clients to develop and activate the networks and tools needed to scale systemic transformation.

Our Culture

We are a team of over 30 driven and ambitious professionals from diverse backgrounds and more than 10 different countries, sharing the belief that the circular economy creates prosperity for all. We work in a lively and dynamic atmosphere in our open office space right in the heart of Amsterdam.

Our Values

As a team, we have guiding principles of Belonging, Collaboration, Courage, and Transformation that define our mindsets and are inherent in the way we work each day, particularly in the way we treat one another and others. Our values serve as a compass to guide our internal culture and shape our external impact. They further our greater mission and don’t impose ideology but enable ideas.