Finance, Internship, Applegreen

Finance Summer Intern - Applegreen Head Office

Location: Applegreen Head Office, 17 Joyce Way, Park West Business Park, Dublin 12

Duration: Full time from June 2026 - End of August 2026

Broad, multi-faceted experience working for 3 months across the Finance function in some of the below areas:

• Financial Accounting

• Taxation

• FP & A

• Treasury

• Internal Audit

• Mergers and Acquisitions

Main activities would include some of the below:

Financial accounting

• Month-end procedures including reconciliations performance / review;

• Posting of journals;

• Preparation of supporting schedules / reporting packs;

• Supporting statutory audit;

• Involvement in ad hoc projects; and

• Involvement in SAP implementation.

Taxation

• Experience across various Tax heads including corporation tax, payroll taxes, VAT, Relevant Contract Tax etc.;

• Preparation of tax analysis / computations feeding into computations / returns;

• Involvement in the preparation of VAT returns;

• Involvement in tax process reviews (VAT rates etc);

• Assistance with ad-hoc tax queries from the business;

• Research for tax queries using relevant tax legislation and tax authority manuals; and

• Involvement in tax planning for projects.

Treasury

• The overall management of the Group’s balance sheet, cash and liquidity positions;

• The employment of appropriate Group funding strategy and structures;

• Management of the group’s cash balances;

• Forecasting of cash and financing requirements over short, medium and long term horizons

• Helping ensure that future sources of financing are available as required for the group’s ongoing capital expenditure programme (via structured finance, debt capital markets, bank finance, etc.).

Internal Audit

• Performance of ad hoc risk reviews and internal control GAAP assessment;

• Involvement with audit team in the performance of head office process audits; and

• Performance of site audits in conjunction with site auditors.

Mergers and Acquisitions

• Experience working as part of a project team on potential acquisitions;

• Supporting in the preparation of investment cases for senior management on potential future transactions;

• Involvement in investment committee meetings with Group c-suite to discuss investment cases; and

• Ad hoc support in financial analysis of different project scenarios.

Required skills and aptitudes:

• Applegreen is in a rapid growth phase, and we are looking for high calibre interns
• Be a confident, people person who can fit into the function seamlessly and adopt a hands-on approach to their work.
• ‘Can do’ attitude, positive and solution orientated individual.
• Ability to work in a fast paced and changing environment.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal skills and teamwork skills.
• Ability to work cross functionally and to tight deadlines
• Attention to detail.
• High proficiency in Microsoft Office, web analytics and social media platforms.
• Good organisational and planning skills.
• Ability to adapt to a professional environment.
• Highly motivated, dynamic and creative.