Accounts Assistant Placement

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.

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 UK. Normal working hours, Monday to Friday.

Day to day

• Update the fixed asset register.
• Maintain vendor and customer ledgers and follow up on mismatches.
• Check vendor invoices against purchase orders before payment.
• Organise scanned invoices and supporting documents in shared folders for audit.
• 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.

Who can apply

• Eligible to work in the UK.
• Based in the UK for the duration of the internship.
• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree, graduating 2026 or 2027.
• Available for the full internship period.
• Able to keep financial data strictly confidential.
• Accurate and patient with repetitive data entry.
• Good MS Excel skills, including VLOOKUP and pivot tables.
• Clear written communication for emails to vendors and clients.

Duration: 3 months

Start date: Dec 2026

Stipend: £14.00-£19.00 an hour

What we offer

• Laptop provided.
• Graduate scheme fast-track interview.
• Reference on completion.

Duration: 3 months. Start: Dec 2026.

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