We are an innovative biotechnology company with over 10 years of experience developing transformative therapies for patients with serious diseases. As a growing international organization, our finance team plays a critical role in supporting research, clinical development, manufacturing, and corporate operations.
This internship offers a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience across multiple areas of finance within a dynamic biotech environment. The successful candidate will work closely with experienced finance professionals and gain exposure to both day-to-day operations and strategic projects.
Finance Intern - 12-month Internship
London
Full or part-time
Intern / Student
Your mission
Job Description
Major Activities and Responsibilities
The Finance Intern will support a variety of activities across the finance function, including:
Financial Operations
Financial Reporting
Budgeting and Forecasting
Compliance and Controls
Business Partnering
Special Projects
Desirable
This role is ideal for a student seeking broad exposure to finance within a growing biotech company, providing experience across operational, reporting, planning, and strategic finance activities.
The Finance Intern will support a variety of activities across the finance function, including:
Financial Operations
- Assist with accounts payable and accounts receivable processes.
- Support invoice processing, supplier reconciliations, and payment runs.
- Help maintain accurate financial records and documentation.
- Assist with employee expense reviews and reimbursements.
Financial Reporting
- Support month-end and quarter-end close activities.
- Assist in preparing financial reports and management information.
- Help analyse financial data and investigate variances.
- Contribute to reporting packages for internal stakeholders.
Budgeting and Forecasting
- Support the preparation and monitoring of departmental budgets.
- Assist with forecasting activities and financial modelling.
- Analyse spending trends and provide insights to the finance team.
Compliance and Controls
- Assist with audit preparation and documentation requests.
- Support maintenance of internal controls and finance policies.
- Help ensure compliance with accounting standards and company procedures.
Business Partnering
- Work with teams across the organization, including Research & Development, Clinical Operations, Manufacturing, HR, and Legal.
- Support ad hoc analyses and presentations for business stakeholders.
- Participate in cross-functional projects and process improvement initiatives.
Special Projects
- Assist with systems implementations and finance transformation projects.
- Support data analysis and process automation initiatives.
- Contribute to strategic projects as the company continues to grow.
Skills and Qualifications
Essential- Currently studying towards a degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, Mathematics, Life Sciences, or a related discipline.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
- Good Microsoft Excel skills.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines.
- Positive attitude and willingness to learn.
Desirable
- Interest in biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, or life sciences.
- Experience using financial systems or data analysis tools.
- Knowledge of accounting principles.
- Advanced Excel skills (PivotTables, Lookups, Power Query).
What you will gain
- Exposure to a broad range of finance activities within a biotechnology company.
- Experience working alongside senior finance professionals.
- Understanding of how finance supports drug development and commercial operations.
- Practical experience with financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and compliance.
- Development of analytical, technical, and business partnering skills.
- Opportunity to contribute to meaningful projects in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment.
Personal attributes
We are looking for someone who is:- Curious and eager to learn.
- Proactive and willing to take initiative.
- Organised and detail-oriented.
- Collaborative and able to work effectively with different teams.
- Comfortable working in a dynamic and evolving environment.
This role is ideal for a student seeking broad exposure to finance within a growing biotech company, providing experience across operational, reporting, planning, and strategic finance activities.
About us
MeiraGTx is a clinical-stage gene therapy company focused on developing potentially curative treatments for patients living with serious diseases. We currently have six programs in clinical development including three ocular indications, a salivary gland condition, and a Parkinson’s disease program. Our initial focus on diseases of the eye, salivary gland and central nervous system is based on the significant unmet medical need coupled with the high potential gene therapy has to provide meaningful clinical benefit in these areas. With headquarters in New York and London, our global footprint provides us the opportunity to partner with leading institutions around the world, allowing us to deepen our understanding of diseases and their progression.
Our team was built with deep expertise in gene therapy development, allowing us to efficiently advance our programs from preclinical to clinical development. Our core capabilities in viral vector design and optimization and gene therapy manufacturing give us a differentiated approach to developing gene therapies. Additionally, we are developing proprietary technology to potentially enable innovative gene therapy treatments whose expression can be turned on and off with an easily administered small molecule. We believe temporal control of gene therapy products has the potential to transform the gene therapy landscape.
Our state-of-the-art manufacturing facility, completed in early 2018, was designed to meet global regulatory requirements, including the current good manufacturing practices (cGMP) required by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) in the UK and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The 29,000-square foot facility has the flexibility and capacity to produce sufficient product for all our clinical trials and will scale to commercial capacity.