Accounting Intern

Who we are

Most new business comes from referrals by existing clients. Kilnworks Insurance is a family-owned agency with 39 people in a storefront on Main Street. We close at 3 p.m. on Fridays in the summer.

The internship

Part-time remote role, 4 to 6 hours a day. You need to be careful, consistent and good with Excel. Remote, open to candidates across the US. Day-to-day communication is in Slack and Google Meet.

Day to day

• Reconcile bank statements with the books every week
• Support internal and statutory audit requests from the auditors
• Check vendor invoices against purchase orders before payment
• Organise scanned invoices and supporting documents in shared folders for audit
• Track accounts receivable ageing and share a weekly list of overdue invoices
• Raise sales invoices from the billing sheet and send them to clients
• Help prepare the trial balance and supporting schedules for month-end close
• Maintain vendor and customer ledgers and follow up on mismatches

Who can apply

• Based in the US for the duration of the internship
• Authorized to work in the US. CPT and OPT candidates are welcome to apply
• Good MS Excel skills, including VLOOKUP and pivot tables
• Working knowledge of double-entry bookkeeping and basic journal entries
• Laptop and stable internet. Some tools need a Windows machine
• Able to keep financial data strictly confidential
• Accurate and patient with repetitive data entry
• Available 20 to 30 hours a week for at least 4 months

What you'll learn

• Practical bookkeeping and reconciliation on live company accounts
• You will handle at least one tax return cycle with supervision
• Month-end close and audit preparation from start to finish

Duration: 6 months

Start date: Mar 2027

Stipend: $19.50 - $24.00/hr

What we offer

• Return offer opportunities
• Company laptop
• Paid sick time
• Flexible hours
• Learning and development stipend
• Home office setup stipend

Interview process: a phone call, a meeting with the hiring manager, and a final conversation with the team.

Duration: 6 months. Start: Mar 2027.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Kilnworks Insurance.