Accounts Assistant Placement

About us:

Our clients are mostly sole proprietors, rental property owners and small family businesses. Two partners, three staff accountants and a front desk admin keep the place running. Partners sit on the same floor as staff, with doors usually open.

The internship:

Part-time remote role, 4 to 6 hours a day. You need to be careful, consistent and good with Excel. This role is fully remote within Ireland.

What you'll do:

• Help prepare the trial balance and supporting schedules for month-end close
• Reconcile bank statements with the books every week
• Process expense claims after checking bills and approvals
• Support internal and statutory audit requests from the auditors
• Maintain vendor and customer ledgers and follow up on mismatches

Who can apply:

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

What you get out of it:

• Certificate and a reference useful for articleship or entry-level accounts roles
• You will handle at least one tax return cycle with supervision
• Strong Excel habits for accounting work
• Practical bookkeeping and reconciliation on live company accounts

Duration: 4 months

Start date: Mar 2027

Stipend: €16,500 - €17,000 per year

Perks:

• Paid holiday accrued during the placement
• Graduate scheme fast-track interview
• Reference on completion
• Laptop provided

Successful applicants will be contacted within a week of the closing date.

Duration: 4 months. Start: Mar 2027.

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