Finance Systems Intern

About Mura

Founded in 2016, Mura intends to become the world’s leading producer of recycled hydrocarbons, creating a circular economy for plastic, whilst helping to decarbonise the petrochemical industry and eliminate global plastic pollution.

Our technology, HydroPRS, can recycle all types of plastic back into the chemicals and oils from which they were made, producing recycled feedstock for the manufacture of new plastic, reducing the need for new and fossil-fuel derived plastics.

By recycling waste plastics instead of being processed by Energy from Waste generates a large saving in carbon emissions, aiding petrochemical companies to reach their net-zero targets. We are partnering with the biggest global brands to scale worldwide and feed a sustainable plastics economy in the next decade. Our plan is to have capacity for 1,000,000 tonnes of plastic recycling in operation or development by 2025.

We are partnering with the entire plastic recycling value chain, including international consumer brands, resin producers and waste management companies to scale our process worldwide. This feeds a sustainable circular economy and strives towards Net Zero.

Our ambition is to have 1,000,000 tonnes of plastic recycling capacity in operation or development by 2025.

The first operational Hydro PRS processing plant is currently in construction at Redcar in Teesside, which is due to be fully operational late 2023. As part of the business operational readiness for the new processing plant, the finance team, need to have the appropriate people, processes, systems and reports in place so that we are ready to do business when the plant goes live.

A small programme team are working to deliver the solution.

What does that mean?

As the 2023 academic year is ending this is an excellent opportunity, for a finance student to participate in the test and implementation of a new operational accounting system and related activities, gain valuable experience across a wide range of programme and finance related tasks.

We are currently in the process of implementing a new ERP/Finance system, getting our accounting and business rules in place, preparing our data, understanding who will do which part of which process. Designing what roles we need in finance to execute each task. Understanding how sales invoicing, payments and financial statements will be done when the first plant is operational.

An opportunity for a finance intern has been created to support the programme and take on finance related activities to ensure we are ready for operational go live.

Summary of Key Roles and Responsibilities

MASTER DATA & DATA MIGRATION

• Maintain our newly designed master data and keep up to date by working with the finance and programme team.
• Chart of Accounts, including cost centres and project accounting.
• Customer Records and Analysis
• Supplier Records and Analysis
• Headcount Data
• Products & Raw Materials.

REPORTING

• Assist with the design of a catalogue of reports we need to manage the business

PMO (Project Management Office)

• Assist with the programme documentation and communications.
• Assist with presenting key design decisions for approval.

TEST & TRAINING

• Participate in sessions to understand exactly how finance tasks will be executed.
• Procurement and general supplier invoices and payments
• Receiving and paying for raw materials
• Processing employee expenses
• Managing sales contracts, dispatching goods, invoicing customers and revenue analysis.
• Dealing with inter-company transactions
• Dealing with multiple currency transactions
• Financial Accounting close and preparation of internal and external financial statements.

The above is not a complete list of activities as we are in the implementation stage of the programme but there is an opportunity to gain experience across a wide range of finance & finance systems activities.

Skills and Experience

We are looking for candidates that can demonstrate the following :

• Working towards a 2:2 or higher in a finance related degree
  
• Good knowledge with excel and an interest in progressing these skills
• Excellent IT skills, including MS Office
• Excellent communication skills
• Enthusiasm and willingness to learn
• Inquisitive, with an interest in finance and a drive to build experience in this area.