Internship – IT Finance Controlling & Digitalisation

Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic, and labelling is accurate.Eurofins is dedicated to delivering testing services that contribute to the health and safety of society and the planet, and to its corporate responsibility to protect the environment and ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion across the entire network of Eurofins companies.Job DescriptionAre you passionate about finance, digitalisation, and looking to gain hands-on experience in a global IT Controlling environment? Join our dynamic and international Group IT Finance Controlling team, where you will contribute to financial planning, digital transformation, and tool optimisation across a growing network of companies. As an IT Finance Controlling & Digitalisation Intern, you will work at the intersection of finance and technology, supporting both the Group IT Finance Controlling team in Brussels and collaborating with the IT Development team. You will contribute to the budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and digitalisation of financial processes, to increase accuracy, efficiency, and transparency across the network. Key Responsibilities Assist in the annual budget cycle, forecasts, and mid-term planning for IT expenses.Support monthly reporting by generating financial statements, updating management reports, and tracking KPIs. Help with variance analysis on budget deviations. Collaborate on financial digitalisation initiatives by testing new tools and improving existing systems. Conduct pilot testing and troubleshooting for financial tools and dashboards. Guide end-users through new tools and updates, and collect feedback for future improvements. Assist in purchase order management and approval processes. Implement structural changes of master data (including the creation and review of Business Units, and Business Unit Clusters) and oversee the status throughout. Duration: 6 months. Starting date: January 2026. This internship is compensated. An internship agreement with your university is required. QualificationsEducation: Currently pursuing a degree in engineering, finance, accounting, business administration, or related field. End-of-studies internship preferred. Technical Skills: Proficient in Microsoft Excel (pivot tables, formulas). Experience with VBA programming and knowledge of Coupa is a plus. Strong interest in IT systems and digital tools. Languages: Fluent in English (written and spoken). Personal Skills: Analytical mindset with a structured and detail-oriented approach. Strong communication and problem-solving abilities. Comfortable working in a multicultural, cross-functional environment. Additional InformationWhat We Offer By joining the team, you will gain valuable experience in both controlling and financial digitalisation to help kick-start your career. Expert coaching, mentorship, and structured training will help you grow professionally. We offer an attractive compensation package that includes extra-legal benefits such as covered transportation, organic meals, access to sports activities, and bonding events with other interns. We support your development! Do you feel you don’t match 100% of the requirements? Don’t hesitate to apply anyway! Eurofins companies are committed to supporting your career development.We embrace diversity!  As an Equal Opportunity Employer, the Eurofins Network of companies believe in strength and innovation through diversity. We prohibit discrimination against employees or applications based on gender identity and/or expression, race, nationality, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, and everything else that makes employees of Eurofins companies unique.Sustainability matters to us!  We are well on our way to achieving our objective of carbon neutrality by 2025, through a combination of emission reduction and compensation initiatives. We encourage our laboratory leaders to make sustainable changes at their local level, and in addition to their initiatives we count on our dedicated carbon reduction team to help us to achieve this goal!Find out more in our career page: https://careers.eurofins.com/Company description: Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate.The Eurofins network of companies believes that it is a global leader in food, environment, pharmaceutical and cosmetic product testing and in discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and agroscience contract research services. It is also one of the market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, and in the support of clinical studies, as well as in biopharma contract development and manufacturing. It also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialised and molecular clinical diagnostic testing and in-vitro diagnostic products.In over 35 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to ca. 62,000 staff across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of more than 900 laboratories in 62 countries. Eurofins companies offer a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products.In 2023, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR 6,515 million, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.