Summer Trainee, Bad Debt Management

During the summer you will gain valuable experience from your own field of study. We offer versatile and responsible tasks in an international company that builds for a more sustainable tomorrow. We are inspired by the limitless opportunities offered by the bioeconomy, and we lead the way towards a future beyond fossils. Join us on this exciting path!

We are now looking for a Summer Trainee, Bad Debt Management in Finance Operations to our office located in Tampere.

Greetings from your future manager

“This is a great opportunity to be part of a team with motivated and skilled colleagues and operate in challenging but interesting expertise area in a truly global platform. Bad Debt Management team is responsible of managing legal collection and insolvency related proceedings as well as dealing with the bad debt booking and reporting related tasks for all UPM businesses and regions. Our summer trainees will learn the whole bad debt management process and its connections to other processes. Trainees will be trusted with responsibility, but also having the full support of the team. We are looking forward to welcoming new colleagues to join our team having a positive attitude and a good team spirit!”  – Mari Tenkanen, Manager, Bad Debt Management

What you’ll do

Main tasks and responsibilities as a Trainee in Bad Debt Management team is participating together with controllers in the following tasks:

• Get to know and carry out standard insolvency and legal collection processes of UPM’s customers globally

• Work with collection agencies and partner lawyers worldwide

• Learn to understand bad debt booking principles and carry out bad debt booking activities

• Participate in processing trade credit insurance claims

• Ensure compliance in own responsibility area

• Work as an active part of the team in networking and delivering expertise in a timely, accurate and effective manner to all stakeholders worldwide

Who you are

• You are a student with finance or business law background and already advanced in your studies

• You have good collaboration and communication skills

• You have analytical and detailed oriented mindset

• You are flexible, take initiative and have positive attitude towards changing environment with a can-do attitude

• You are fluent in English and preferably also in Finnish, other language skills are considered as an asset

• Experience of using SAP, Excel or Sharepoint are considered as an asset

What we offer to you 

• Meaningful job: We are proud of what we do. Our work highlights the expertise of our personnel, the high quality of our products and the company's values. 

• Inspired and motivated teams: We have highly skilled workforce. We are a multifaceted, international organisation that works as a team to achieve our shared objectives.  You will become a part of our motivated and supporting work community. 

• Development opportunities: With us you can build up your expertise. We provide opportunities to support your development throughout every stage of your summer traineeship. We offer you a chance to develop in an innovative work environment.  

• Responsibility for people and environment: Our ethical principles embrace people as well as the environment. We are always striving to build a more sustainable future. 

Are you ready? 

Read more about summer recruitment process in Finland, applying, timeline, all available positions and more information on www.upm.com/summer or www.upm.com/kesa in Finnish.

Application period ends 14 February 2023. Notice that new positions can still be opened during application period. 

We will start processing the applications already during the application period. Please add your resume and CV at the same stage of application. 

For support with submitting your application please contact the HR Service Center at summer@upm.com or +358204146600.

A security background check may be performed for those selected to UPM positions, in accordance with the company recruitment guidelines and the Security Clearance Act 726/2014.

UPM is a non-smoking workplace in Finland. 

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