Bookkeeping Intern

About us

Local business owners call with questions year-round, not just at tax time. Bookkeeping clients still drop off receipts in a shoebox now and then. We have been family run since 1988. Busy season means 55-hour weeks from February through April 15, and summers are lighter.

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 Canada.

Responsibilities

• Organise scanned invoices and supporting documents in shared folders for audit
• Maintain vendor and customer ledgers and follow up on mismatches
• Help prepare the trial balance and supporting schedules for month-end close
• Update the fixed asset register
• Reconcile bank statements with the books every week

What we're looking for

• Eligible to work in Canada
• Available for the full internship period
• Based in Canada for the duration of the internship
• Working knowledge of double-entry bookkeeping and basic journal entries
• Good MS Excel skills, including VLOOKUP and pivot tables
• Able to keep financial data strictly confidential
• Laptop and stable internet. Some tools need a Windows machine

Nice to have

• Familiarity with Xero

What you'll learn

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

Duration: 10 weeks

Start date: May 2027

Stipend: $21.00 to $24.50 an hour

Perks

• Home office setup stipend
• Paid sick time
• Mentorship from a dedicated buddy and manager

Offers are contingent on a background check and drug screen.

Duration: 10 weeks. Start: May 2027.

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