Human Resources Intern

Description Summary:

The Human Resources Intern will report to the Senior HR Manager, Administration & Human Resources. The ideal candidate will have the opportunity to learn many areas of and grow within the Company. He/she will assist the Admin and HR team in providing a liaison with CTA’s parent company and branches, record and document high level executive meetings, assist with some payroll, compensation and performance management functions, and provide support for a variety of HR projects.

Major Tasks & Responsibilities:

• Assist as HR liaison with communications among Parent Company and its branches.
• Assist with internal HR activities assigned by Parent Company.
• Attend internal executive meetings to assist in handling sensitive & confidential information including managing meeting minutes, internal postings, and filings.
• Learn and assist with quarterly commission calculations for sales and support teams.
• Help to move forward the development and implementation of commission automation systems.
• Assist with the Performance Appraisal process and address User system needs.
• Assist with the expatriate program, including compensation, benefits, work permit visa applications, and tax compliance for incoming, outgoing, current, and returning expatriate employees.
• Support work permit and immigration applications, tracking all related needs.
• Support compensation-related projects.
• Conduct data analysis to support HR initiatives and HR reporting.

Engage in other areas of HR and payroll to learn how they interconnect.

• Bring ideas to streamline HR processes and assist in managing the CTA HR and OA system.
• Other HR/Admin department duties as needed.

Essential Skills, Qualification and Education Needed:

• Bachelor’s degree preferred in Human Resources, Economics, Finance, Accounting, Business analytics or business-related field.
• 1-2 years of experience handling administrative functions in a professional environment.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with verbal, written, face-to-face and over the phone interactions with partners and all levels of staff and management in both English and Mandarin required.
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office 365 applications including Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Expert proficiency in Microsoft Excel including vLookups, Pivot Tables and other advanced formulas, VBA, and data visualization.
• Ability to efficiently handle multiple tasks simultaneously, while prioritizing efficiently.
• Proficiency to read, interpret, and verify data from multiple formats in English and Mandarin.
• Able to handle complex data requests, reports, and predictive data modeling.
• Proven ability to handle confidential information & documentation with integrity and professionalism.
• Willing collaborator with a true bias for action.

About Us:

China Telecom Americas is the largest subsidiary of China Telecom Corporation, one of the world's leading providers of integrated communications and information technology services to enterprises in over 110 countries around the globe. With headquarters in Herndon, Virginia, and offices in Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, San Jose, Toronto, Vancouver and São Paulo Brazil China Telecom Americas is advancing transpacific enterprise connectivity through an end-to-end suite of custom-built IT/network solutions from next gen network architectures, managed cloud and data center services, security, content delivery (CDN), unified communications, mobility solutions and more.