Financial Operations Internship at Wayfair May 2024 Start

• This is a role for May 2024 start.
• This is a hybrid role: MoThur in the office.

Shopping for home is often overwhelming. Wayfair is an extreme case its visited by two million people daily shopping across more than 10 million products: Home furnishings dcor home improvement housewares and more. We work hard to conceal the complexity of this experience.

Every customer should come away feeling like theyve found the perfect item for them. Shopping for the home should be exciting and were the team that makes that happen. The team is responsible for liaising with suppliers & internal stakeholders such as category managers and supplier operations to ensure that all invoices are compliant good quality and processed for payment. To ensure a seamless customer experience the team handles payments to suppliers to ensure that orders are being processed and are ready to be delivered to our customers. Due to an inhouse built system the team can consistently implement new enhancements and updates.

Who we are

Our Global Finance Operations team is responsible for the core day to day financial activities that drive the business for our Customers Suppliers and our Freight network. This group is responsible for the timely and accurate processing of orders invoices billing and payments including month end and all stakeholder support. This function is key to the overall success of the operations.

Being an Intern in Wayfairs Finance team

As an intern you will be assigned a dedicated mentor who along with the wider finance team will ensure you are extensively trained and professionally developed so that you can meaningfully support our experienced team with a variety of day to day tasks as well as project work. While we expect that there will be concentration in areas such as accounts payable accounts receivable accruals and audits we will ensure that you are afforded exposure to all aspects of our core processes and systems to gain an understanding of all elements of the groups functions.

Here is some information on what you may do depending on which team you join through supporting one or more of our financial teams with their work.

Financial Operations Intern

• Work in close collaboration with direct teams onshore and offshore
• Assist and Support various Accounts Payable or Accounts Receivable processes either in the Product or NonProduct teams
• Research and resolve invoice/billing discrepancies
• Assist in the preparation of daily payment runs via bank transfer
• Monthly reconciliations of supplier/carrier accounts
• Assist with Billing Collections and Cash Application
• Manage core data changes in system
• Research and resolve invoice discrepancies and issues
• Monitor processes for accuracy discounts allowances rebates pay terms
• Correspond with Suppliers/Carriers and respond within agreed SLAs
• Support month end process and assist as needed

What Youll Need

• Excellent interpersonal skills and team player
• Excellent documentation and communication skills; fluent in English written and verbal
• Experience with MS Office with excellent knowledge of Excel;
• Pragmatic approach to problemsolving.
• Experience with automation scripting is an advantage (Excel VBA or Python or R).
• Ability to identify the most efficient ways to complete assigned tasks.
• Desire to always learn and a collaborative teamplayer attitude.
• Knowledge & experience of Excel Data Model Power Query advantageous.
• Previous experience in accounting financial modeling is an advantage but not essential.
• Bachelors Degree preferably in Business or Finance;
• Exceptional attention to detail
• Selfmotivated individual
• Passionate about your work and always aiming to improve processes;
• An ability to manage multiple priorities and ensure that deadlines are consistently met;

Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities

Wayfair is fully committed to providing equal opportunities for all individuals including individuals with disabilities. As part of this commitment Wayfair will make reasonable accommodations to the known physical or mental limitations of qualified individuals with disabilities unless doing so would impose an undue hardship on business operations. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process please let us know by completing our .

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About Wayfair Inc.
Wayfair is one of the worlds largest online destinations for the home. Whether you work in our global headquarters in Boston or Berlin or in our warehouses or offices throughout the world were reinventing the way people shop for their homes. Through our commitment to industryleading technology and creative problemsolving we are confident that Wayfair will be home to the most rewarding work of your career. If youre looking for rapid growth constant learning and dynamic challenges then youll find that amazing career opportunities are knocking.

No matter who you are Wayfair is a place you can call home. Were a community of innovators risktakers and trailblazers who celebrate our differences and know that our unique perspectives make us stronger smarter and wellpositioned for success. We value and rely on the collective voices of our employees customers community and suppliers to help guide us as we build a better Wayfair and world for all. Every voice every perspective matters. Thats why were proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race color ethnicity ancestry religion sex national origin sexual orientation age citizenship status marital status disability gender identity gender expression veteran status genetic information or any other legally protected characteristic.

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