Accounting Intern - Remote

Advisory services include transaction due diligence, valuation, forensic accounting and IT risk. We provide audit, tax and advisory services to private companies, public entities and nonprofits.

About the role

Part-time remote role, 4 to 6 hours a day. You need to be careful, consistent and good with Excel. The internship is fully remote. Interns join our Washington team on daily calls and get a named mentor. Expect to work a schedule that overlaps with US Eastern business hours until about noon ET. We use Slack, Notion and Google Meet. Cameras on for team calls.

Responsibilities

• Reconcile bank statements with the books every week.
• Support internal and statutory audit requests from the auditors.
• Organise scanned invoices and supporting documents in shared folders for audit.
• Maintain vendor and customer ledgers and follow up on mismatches.
• Update the fixed asset register.
• Track accounts receivable ageing and share a weekly list of overdue invoices.
• Check vendor invoices against purchase orders before payment.

Requirements

• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree, graduating 2028.
• Available for the full internship period.
• Working knowledge of double-entry bookkeeping and basic journal entries.
• Clear written communication for emails to vendors and clients.
• Available 20 to 30 hours a week for at least 4 months.
• Good MS Excel skills, including VLOOKUP and pivot tables.

What you'll learn

• Certificate and a reference useful for articleship or entry-level accounts roles.
• Month-end close and audit preparation from start to finish.
• You will handle at least one tax return cycle with supervision.
• Strong Excel habits for accounting work.

Duration: 6 months

Start date: Jan 2027

Stipend: R19,000-R20,000 per month

Perks

• Internet allowance.
• Company laptop.
• Mentorship.
• Online learning budget.

We may close the role early, so do not wait too long to apply.

Duration: 6 months. Start: Jan 2027.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Washington & Company.