- Creation and maintenance of freelancer contracts
- Maintaining and updating the cost tracking system regularly
- Coordinating the invoicing process of project expenses recharged our clients
- Ensuring the accurate scheduling of freelancers and design resources on team planners
- Monitoring accounts payable activities to ensure timely payment processing
- Assisting consultants in maintaining accurate and up-to-date timesheets
- Facilitating the setup of projects on our project management platform
- Maintaining and updating Smartsheet Workspaces
- Experience with Google Sheets or Excel, preferably within an office environment
- Solid organisational skills, including attention to detail and multi-tasking skills
- Good communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work within an international team
- Excellent with time management, prioritisation and multi-tasking skills
- Good analytical skills and writing ability
- Technical skills: Google Sheets/ MS Excel, Slack, awareness or experience of Smartsheets would be a plus
- 25 days of holiday per year - with an option to buy/ sell up to 5 days
- Pension, Life Assurance and Income Protection
- Flexible benefits platform with options including Private Medical, Dental Insurance & Critical Illness
- Employee assistance programme, season ticket loans and cycle to work scheme
- Volunteering opportunities and charitable giving options
- Great learning and development opportunities
WGSN - Mindset Operations Intern - London, United Kingdom - WGSN LLC
Description
The role
We are looking to hire an Operations Intern to join our global team of consultants in London.
Working at WGSN
Together, we create tomorrow
A career with WGSN is fast-paced, exciting and full of opportunities to grow and develop. We're a team of consumer and design trend forecasters, content creators, designers, data analysts, advisory consultants and much more, united by a common goal: to create tomorrow.
WGSN's trusted consumer and design forecasts power outstanding product design, enabling our customers to create a better future. Our services cover consumer insights, beauty, consumer tech, fashion, interiors, lifestyle, food and drink forecasting, data analytics and expert advisory. If you are an expert in your field, we want to hear from you.
Role overview
We are looking to hire a curious and inquisitive Operations Intern to support the successful running of all parts of our consultancy business. You will have experience with Excel or Google Sheets, ideally in an office setting, and demonstrate good organisation, communication, and collaboration skills. This is a great opportunity to get hands-on experience of our operational and financial functions and systems. Additionally, this role offers access to the broader company, fostering opportunities for growth and professional development.
The team
At WGSN we have a high performing Consultancy team, WGSN Mindset, made up of Researchers, Strategists, Consultants, Directors and Data Analysts who work hard to deliver highly strategic, creative and actionable bespoke trend research to our clients.
Key accountabilities
Support the Operations Manager to ensure our consultancy division's commercial and financial processes are effective and accurate, via the following:
This list is not exhaustive and there may be other activities you are required to deliver.
Skills, experience & qualifications required
What we offer
Our benefits and wellbeing package offers flexible benefits you can tailor to your own personal needs, including: