Accounting Intern

Bookkeeping clients still drop off receipts in a shoebox now and then. Our clients are mostly sole proprietors, rental property owners and small family businesses. Remote work is fine outside busy season, and most people come in two or three days a week.

Overview

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 UK. Monday to Friday, regular working hours, flexible start and finish. We ship you a laptop and accessories before your first day.

Responsibilities

• Maintain vendor and customer ledgers and follow up on mismatches
• Reconcile bank statements with the books every week
• Process expense claims after checking bills and approvals
• Raise sales invoices from the billing sheet and send them to clients
• Support internal and statutory audit requests from the auditors
• Organise scanned invoices and supporting documents in shared folders for audit
• Help prepare the trial balance and supporting schedules for month-end close
• Update the fixed asset register

What we're looking for

• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree, graduating 2027 or 2028
• Available for the full internship period
• Able to keep financial data strictly confidential
• Available 20 to 30 hours a week for at least 4 months
• Good MS Excel skills, including VLOOKUP and pivot tables
• Laptop and stable internet. Some tools need a Windows machine
• Clear written communication for emails to vendors and clients
• Working knowledge of double-entry bookkeeping and basic journal entries

Preferred

• Articleship or internship experience at a CA or audit firm
• Familiarity with Xero

What you'll learn

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

Duration: 6 months

Start date: Jan 2027

Stipend: £12,000 - £13,500 per year

Perks

• Mentoring from an experienced team member
• Reference on completion
• Laptop provided
• Access to online training

Duration: 6 months. Start: Jan 2027.

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