Finance & Accounting Intern

Nestlé first entered the Korean market in 1979 through a joint venture and started introducing brands including Nescafé Taster’s Choice® and Nesquik. Nestlé’s chocolates and coffee were smuggled out of American military bases and sold on the black market after the Korean War before Nestlé’s official entry into the market.

The former legal entity of Nestlé in the market, Hankook (Korea) Nestlé, was merged into Lotte-Nestlé Korea, a joint venture created between Nestlé S.A. and Lotte Group in 2014. Nestlé Korea was established in the same year as a separate legal entity.

History of Nestlé in Korea
1979 Hanseo Foods established (by Nestlé S.A. & the Agriculture & Fishery Development Corporation)
1987 Hankook (Korea) Nestlé established
1988 Hanseo Foods changed its name to Nestlé Foods
1989 Coffee Creamer factory established
1993 Nestlé Foods merged into Hankook Nestlé
The second coffee factory established
2004 Pulmuone Waters, a joint venture between Nestlé Water and Pulmuone, established
2006 Nestlé Purina Petcare Korea merged into Hankook Nestlé
2007 Taster’s Choice Supremo launched
Nespresso business commenced
2010 Nescafé Dolce Gusto launched
2013 Strategic alliance established with Nongshim for confectionery business
2014 Nestlé Korea LLC established
Lotte-Nestlé Korea, a joint venture between Nestlé S.A. and Lotte Group, established
(Former Hankook Nestlé merged into the JV)

2025 Announced the dissolution of the Lotte-Nestlé Korea JV by the end of 2026 and the business transfer of Nestlé Purina PetCare business to Nestlé Korea by April 1st, 2025.

• Actively support and assist in post-integration activities of a new business, mainly in areas of financial reporting, budget control, forecasting, and improving ways of working.

• Lead or actively contribute to a project in Finance & Control, e.g. cost benchmarking and cost improvement initiatives, finance process standardization and simplification/automation, business scenario financial simulation.

• Support various finance routines to maximize exposure during the internship period.