Fintech Intern

About Sleek

Through proprietary software and AI, along with a focus on customer delight, Sleek makes the back-office easy for micro SMEs.

We give Entrepreneurs time back to focus on what they love doing - growing their business and being with customers. With a surging number of Entrepreneurs globally, we are innovating in a highly lucrative space.

We operate 3 business segments:

1. Corporate Secretary: Automating the company incorporation, secretarial, filing, Nominee Director, mailroom and immigration processes via custom online robots and SleekSign. We are the market leaders in Singapore with ~5% market share of all new business incorporations
2. Accounting & Bookkeeping: Redefining what it means to do Accounting, Bookkeeping, Tax and Payroll thanks to our proprietary SleekBooks ledger, AI tools and exceptional customer service
3. FinTech payments: Overcoming a key challenge for Entrepreneurs by offering digital banking services to new businesses

Sleek launched in 2017 and now has around 15,000 customers across our offices in Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia and the UK. We have around 500 staff with an intact startup mindset.

We have recently raised Series B financing off the back of >70% compound annual growth in Revenue over the last 5 years. Sleek has been recognised by The Financial Times, The Straits Times, Forbes and LinkedIn as one of the fastest growing companies in Asia.

Backed by world-class investors, we are on track to be one of the few cash flow positive, tech-enabled unicorns based out of Singapore.

We are looking for a Payments Intern that is excited about the below Mission and Outcome.

Mission: To support the payments operations team by assisting with transaction monitoring, process optimization, and data-driven insights — ensuring smooth, compliant, and efficient payment flows for merchants and customers.

Outcomes:

1. Operational Support & Accuracy
2. Process Improvement Project
3. Data & Insights Contribution
4. Compliance & Risk Awareness
5. Cross-Functional Collaboration & Learning

The Payments Intern will support the day-to-day operations, analysis, and continuous improvement of the payment product, the Sleek Business Account, within Sleek. The role is designed to give the intern hands-on exposure to transaction flows, reconciliation, payment systems, compliance requirements, and merchant support within a fast-paced financial technology environment.

Your role will be to:

• Assist in the monitoring, reconciliation, and settlement of daily payment transactions (card, bank transfer, digital wallets, etc.).
• Help investigate payment exceptions, delays, or discrepancies, and support resolution with internal teams or external partners (banks, acquirers, processors).
• Assist in preparing management insights on payment costs, revenue optimization, customer payment behavior.
• Learn and assist with the application of AML, KYC, PCI-DSS, and regulatory requirements in payment operations.
• Help maintain and review documentation for compliance audits or risk assessments.
• Map and document existing payment processes, identifying inefficiencies or manual dependencies.
• Work closely with the Product, Compliance, Customer Success, and Tech teams to ensure seamless payment journeys for our clients.
• Assist with any ad-hoc tasks.

Requirements

To be applicable for this role, you will need to be located in Singapore and be able to commit to a 6-month internship period.

As a Payments Intern, you will contribute to the growth of our fast-evolving payments product, supporting our efforts as we scale our operations, enhance features, and deliver exceptional service and value to our clients.

• Bachelor's Degree and above (final year or fresh graduates)
• You possess attention to detail
• Any criminal history
• Any political exposure
• Any bankruptcy or adverse credit history

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Benefits

Some other great things about working at Sleek…

Humility and kindness: Humility is a core attribute we hire for, which means we have a culture of not taking ourselves too seriously and being able to laugh. Kindness is also incredibly important. We are committed to creating and nurturing a diverse and inclusive environment.

Flexibility: You’ll be able to work from home 2-3 days per week. If you need to start early or start late to cater to your family or other needs, we don’t mind, so long as you get your work done and proactively communicate. You can also work fully remote from anywhere in the world for 1 month each year

Financial benefits: We pay competitive market salaries and provide staff with generous paid time off and holiday schedules. Certain staff at Sleek are also eligible for our employee share ownership plan and can share in the upside of our stellar growth trajectory as we work toward listing on a prominent stock exchange in the Asia Pacific region.

Personal growth: You’ll get a lot of responsibility and autonomy at Sleek - we move at a fast pace so you’ll be making decisions, making mistakes and learning. There’s also a range of internal and external facing training programmes we run. We’re also at the forefront of utilising AI in our space and are developing a regional centre of AI excellence. It is our intention that if you leave Sleek, you leave as a more well-rounded person and professional.