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Working student (m/f/d) Finance Excellence

Hapag-Lloyd
Germanyfull_timeVerifiedPosted 3 Feb 2026

About the role

As part of the Finance Excellence team at Hapag-Lloyd, working students support ongoing initiatives to strengthen, standardize, and further develop global finance processes and products. The role provides hands-on exposure to finance digitalization, process improvement and governance topics, combining process understanding, data analysis, and technology enabled improvements within Finance.

  • Support the Finance Process Excellence team at Hapag-Lloyd in the analysis, documentation, and improvement of Order-to-Cash, Procure-to-Pay, Record-to-Report processes
  • Assist in preparing and analyzing finance and process insights from SAP, FIS, Celonis and Qliksense to identify efficiency, transparency, and automation opportunities
  • Support process mining and data-driven analyses, including basic dashboard preparations and interpretation
  • Contribute to the documentation of finance processes, standards, and controls in a structured and consistent manner
  • Support finance digitalization initiatives, including process standardization, automation, and system enhancements
  • Assist in preparing presentations, reports, and analyses for Finance stakeholders
  • Collaborate with BA, IT, DIA, and Regional teams for Finance Excellence
  • Currently enrolled as a Bachelor’s or Master’s student in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, Business Informatics, Data Analytics, or a comparable field 
  • Strong interest in finance, technology, and data-driven work
  • Knowledge of Excel or analytics tools is an advantage
  • Analytical mindset with a structured, reliable, and detail-oriented working style
  • Good communication skills in English; German is an advantage
  • High motivation to learn, and develop in a professional Finance environment
  • Team-oriented attitude and curiosity for finance topics

With a fleet of 313 modern container ships and a total transport capacity of 2.5 million TEU, Hapag-Lloyd is one of the world’s leading liner shipping companies. In the Liner Shipping segment, the Company has around 14,000 employees and 400 offices in 140 countries. Hapag-Lloyd has a container capacity of 3.7 million TEU – including one of the largest and most modern fleets of reefer containers. A total of 133 liner services worldwide ensure fast and reliable connections between more than 600 ports on all the continents. In the Terminal & Infrastructure segment, Hapag-Lloyd has equity stakes in 21 terminals in Europe, Latin America, the United States, India and North Africa. Around 3,000 employees are assigned to the Terminal & Infrastructure segment and provide complementary logistics services at selected locations in addition to the terminal activities.

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