Thursday, October 10, 2013

Internship – Graphic Design – Zouk (posted on 10 OCT 2013)

Company
Zouk
Industry
Entertainment & Club
Location
Singapore
Position Type
Internship
Post Date
10 October 2013
Closing Date
n.a.

Employer Description
Zouk is the sensation that established Singapore on the international dance music scene. Over the last 21 years we have continued to deliver progressive and fresh music but there's something deeper that keeps the Zouk magic alive - the people. It is the winner of the Singapore Experience Awards 2010: Best Nightspot and Best Customer Service (Nightspot). Zouk is synonymous with creativity, forward-thinking, quality events and the best clubbing experiences. We are looking to recruit a Graphic Design Intern to join our dynamic team!

Responsibilities
  • Design posters for events and activities
  • Ad hoc assisting event planning
  • Post and update social media
  • Communicate with internal and external parties on any graphic design matters

Qualifications
  • Education in relevant fields
  • Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite (Mainly Photoshop, Illustrator) and Microsoft Office
  • Flexible and able to understand design briefs
  • Creative, organized, detailed and ability to execute
  • Able to work under pressure and tight deadlines 

Application link

Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Internship – Advisory (IT Risk & Assurance) – Ernst & Young (posted on 07 OCT 2013)

Company
Ernst & Young
Industry
Financial Services, Investment Management, Management Consulting
Location
Singapore
Position Type
Internship Program
Post Date
13 Aug 2013
Closing Date
n.a.

Employer Description
EY is a global leader in assurance, tax, transactions and advisory services. Our 167,000 people are united by our shared values, which inspire our people worldwide and guide them to do the right thing, and our commitment to quality, which is embedded in who we are and everything we do.

The current business climate combines challenge and uncertainty with escalating competition. Our clients are increasingly asking for our advice on how to succeed in these conditions. We work with them to address their specific circumstances and to achieve sustainable improvement in their business performance.

Because Advisory is a diverse and fluid business area, your experiences will be wide and varied. You’ll quickly be given responsibility to deal with complex business problems – an excellent way to build the skills you’ll need for a long and fulfilling career.

Responsibilities
IT is one of the key enablers for modern organizations. Our IT risk and assurance team works with clients to improve the competitive advantage of their IT operations by enhancing efficiency and effectiveness.issues; company level and country level research.
 
Information Technology Risk & Assurance
You’ll help clients manage their overall IT risk position, deliver value from IT and work alongside clients to make IT more efficient. You’ll also assist clients to manage the risks associated with running IT operations, and to optimize and secure technology so that it services the business effectively and enhances results.
 
Performance Improvement
You’ll work with clients to drive value and improve performance through business growth strategies and transformation in operations, finance, customer, supply chain, people and technology functions.
 
Risk
You’ll help clients make better and faster decisions as global risks change at a dramatic pace. You’ll also help clients continuously evaluate their risk management processes and identify the risks that matter.
 
Advisory for Financial Services
You’ll work with our Financial Services clients to improve their performance, transform their business functions and manage their risk and compliance issues. Our clients in banking and capital markets, insurance and asset management have an increasing number of difficult business challenges to deal with, which require our specific-industry focus and capabilities.

Qualifications
  • Polytechnic or University students who can work from Dec 2013 - Jan/Feb 2014.
  • Self motivated, proactive and committed
  • Neat and meticulous
  • Good working attitude
  • Able to work under pressure

Application link

Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Graduate Program – Management Associate (Core Executive Program) – National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) & SPRING Singapore (posted on 08 OCT 2013)

Company
NTUC & SPRING Singapore
Industry
F&B
Location
Singapore
Position Type
Graduate Program
Post Date
08 October 2013
Closing Date
n.a.

Employer Description
The National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) and SPRING Singapore have launched a new Core Executive Programme (CEP) on 12 Sep 2012 to help match Singaporean/PR university graduates/polytechnic Diploma holders with less than 3 years’ work experience to work in promising small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the retail and food & beverage (F&B) sectors as Management Associates. Our goal is to work with the participating companies and help groom these Management Associates to eventually fill up middle and senior positions in the organisations.

Responsibilities
  • Comprehensive 12-18 months structured training:
  • On-the-Job training (OJT) programme
  • Business management, leadership and service excellence training courses conducted by reputable professional development centres like NUS Extension and NTUC LearningHub
  • Retail or F&B related skills training delivered by established training providers; and
  • A facilitated 4D3N benchmarking visit overseas to major retail and F&B entities

Qualifications
  • Singaporean or Singapore Permanent Resident
  • Has less than three years of accumulated working experience (exclude Internship, NS and Part-time)
  • A graduate with a degree or diploma from NTU, NUS, SMU, UniSIM, SUTD, SIT, SP, NYP, RP, TP or NP
  • A graduate with a degree from 4-year institute

Application link

Monday, October 7, 2013

2014 Internship Global Asset Management – UBS (posted on 07 Oct 2013)

Company
UBS
Industry
Banking
Location
Singapore
Position Type
Internship
Post Date
07 October 2013
Closing Date
17 November 2013

Program Overview
Global Asset Management is a large-scale asset manager with businesses diversified across regions, capabilities and distribution channels. It offers investment capabilities and styles across all major traditional and alternative asset classes including equities, fixed income, currencies, hedge fund, real estate, infrastructure and private equity that can also be combined into multi-asset strategies. The fund services unit provides professional services including fund set-up, accounting and reporting for both traditional investment funds and alternative funds.

Our asset management business offers investment capabilities across all major traditional and alternative asset classes. These include equity, fixed income, currency, hedge fund, real estate, infrastructure and private equity investment capabilities. You will work alongside our talented asset managers and specialists while you learn about our organization, our clients and our wide range of investment products and services.

Responsibilities
As an intern on our ten-week structured summer internship program you will work alongside some of the brightest and best, learning about our organization, a specific business area, our clients and the products and services we offer. Throughout the ten weeks, events are run to ensure your experience is packed with learning, training and networking opportunities. Evaluation will also be a serious element of the programme and successful interns may be offered a permanent graduate position for the following year.

Qualifications
We seek highly talented individuals who can bring something different to our organization and offer them superb career opportunities to match their potential.

Academic credentials are important but these need to be coupled with excellent communication skills, creativity, perseverance and tenacity.

We are looking for graduates with a range of perspectives, experiences and skills, who have the potential to make a real difference.

It’s true that building a career in financial services is a demanding option. You’ll need a strong personality, an ability to learn and think quickly and the determination to excel. The return on your investment will be a truly rewarding career with unlimited opportunities.

Also, research of a desired business area is key, whether utilising the wealth of information to be found on the internet or speaking to those already working in the industry.

Application link


Thursday, October 3, 2013

Graduate Associate - Audit – KPMG (posted on 03 OCT 2013)

Company
KPMG
Industry
Audit
Location
Singapore
Position Type
Graduate Program
Post Date
03 October 2013
Closing Date
31 March 2014

Employer Description
KPMG in Singapore invites highly motivated and dynamic graduates to join our growing audit practice.

The Audit function is structured along four lines of business, each addressing a key industry cluster in the marketplace. Each line of business is further divided into sectors as a means to effectively organize technical and industry knowledge and dedicated teams to address the unique industry demands of the marketplace.

The Audit function is divided into 4 business unit – Electronics & Chemicals (E&C), Diversified Industrials & Infrastructure (DI&I), Financial Services (FS) and Real Estate & Consumer (RE&C). Depending on the job assignments, new entrants will work on 80% of their portfolio in a particular business unit and the other 20% in other business units.

Tax and Advisory functions are organised by service lines and lines of business. Tax and Advisory Associates will receive general training in the respective service lines before specialising in a particular industry.

Responsibilities
As an Audit Associate, you will gain exposure to top companies within one of the above industry clusters. You will work in teams to acquire an in-depth understanding of our client`s business, carry out the audit based on audit planning, prepare appropriate audit work papers, understand the relationships between objectives of the audit sections, the need for the sufficiency of audit evidence, and presentation of the conclusions.

Qualifications
Graduates with Accounting, Business, Finance or Economics majors.

Application link

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Wednesday, October 2, 2013

2014 Global Data Training Program – Bloomberg (posted on 01 Oct 2013)

Company
Bloomberg
Industry
Financial Services
Location
Singapore
Position Type
Graduate Program
Post Date
01 Oct 2013
Closing Date
n.a.

Employer Description
Bloomberg, the global business and financial information and news leader, gives influential decision makers a critical edge by connecting them to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas. The company's strength - delivering data, news and analytics through innovative technology, quickly and accurately - is at the core of the Bloomberg Professional service, which provides real time financial information to more than 310,000 subscribers globally. Bloomberg's enterprise solutions build on the company's core strength, leveraging technology to allow customers to access, integrate, distribute and manage data and information across organizations more efficiently and effectively. Through Bloomberg Law, Bloomberg Government, Bloomberg New Energy Finance and Bloomberg BNA, the company provides data, news and analytics to decision makers in industries beyond finance. And Bloomberg News, delivered through the Bloomberg Professional service, television, radio, mobile, the Internet and two magazines, Bloomberg Businessweek and Bloomberg Markets, covers the world with more than 2,300 news and multimedia professionals at 146 bureaus in 72 countries. Headquartered in New York, Bloomberg employs more than 15,000 people in 192 locations around the world.

Responsibilities

  • Sourcing and qualifying relevant market sector information
  • Updating and processing data onto the Bloomberg database adhering to time sensitivity
  • Maintaining and enhancing the existing database
  • Responding to client queries via Help Desk, phone, and email
  • Liaising with stakeholders to develop & deliver projects and initiatives
Qualifications

  • Understanding of the financial markets
  • Effective research and analytical skills
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Strong problem solving and critical thinking skills
  • Capable of handling multiple tasks simultaneously in a time sensitive environment
  • Commitment to enhancing and developing products
  • Recent work experience or internship in Finance, Business or related discipline preferred
  • Strong technical skills and experience of statistics is beneficial
  • Advanced level of proficiency in Excel is essential
  • Fluency in more than one language a plus
Application link

Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Internship - Research – European Chamber of Commerce (posted on 1 OCT 2013)

Company
European Chamber of Commerce
Industry
International Policy
Location
Singapore
Position Type
Internship
Post Date
1 October 2013
Closing Date
n.a.

Employer Description
The European Chamber of Commerce in Singapore, known as EuroCham, was established in 2001 and is composed of the European National Business Groups in Singapore as well direct corporate members. It provides European business with a communication and lobbying channel to Singaporean and European political & economic circles and is the sole European representative at the Singapore Business Federation (SBF) council. It represents the common interests of European businesses in promoting bilateral trade, services and investments between the countries of Europe and Singapore & the region.

Responsibilities

a) EuroCham Activities
  • Support EuroCham Committees (reports, minutes, research activities)
  • Provide content and background information for exhibitions and events
  • Participate in survey execution and result analysis

b) ASEAN Regional Economic Integration Assessment
  • Provide regular updates on ‘ASEAN Tariffs & Non-Tariffs Barriers to Trade’ and upload data online
  • Liaise with experts, industry associations, chambers and government bodies
  • Gather market information on the ASEAN and the EU trade blocs
  • Coordinate the overall research activities with relevant stakeholders 

c) Website Update and Management
  • Daily monitoring of the press
  • Update and manage overall website content
  • Update information pool on ASEAN and EU

Qualifications
At least a University degree in Economics, Business or International Policy Studies (with economic focus)
Fully fluent in English, other European languages are an asset
Ability to work in a small team and good organisational skills
Flexibility, outgoing and pro-active attitude
Computer literacy (Microsoft Office, internet research)

Application link
Interested candidates can submit CV and application letter to Mr Matteo Vezzosi: internship@eurocham.org.sg