Bookkeeping Intern

About Heronport Consulting:

Most engagements run three to nine months, with a small team on site part of the week.

About the role:

Part-time remote role, 4 to 6 hours a day. You need to be careful, consistent and good with Excel. Remote within Ireland. The team meets in Galway once a quarter, travel covered. You can set your own hours around a daily morning check-in. You get a company laptop and a headset before you start.

What you'll do:

• Check vendor invoices against purchase orders before payment
• Maintain vendor and customer ledgers and follow up on mismatches
• Process expense claims after checking bills and approvals
• Reconcile bank statements with the books every week
• Support internal and statutory audit requests from the auditors

Who can apply:

• Eligible to work in Ireland
• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree, graduating between December 2027 and June 2028
• Based in Ireland for the duration of the internship
• Able to keep financial data strictly confidential
• Good MS Excel skills, including VLOOKUP and pivot tables
• Available 20 to 30 hours a week for at least 4 months
• Working knowledge of double-entry bookkeeping and basic journal entries
• Accurate and patient with repetitive data entry
• Clear written communication for emails to vendors and clients

What you get out of it:

• Strong Excel habits for accounting work
• Month-end close and audit preparation from start to finish
• Practical bookkeeping and reconciliation on live company accounts
• Certificate and a reference useful for articleship or entry-level accounts roles

Duration: 4 months

Start date: Feb 2027

Stipend: €1,450-€1,600 pcm

Perks:

• Mentoring from an experienced team member
• Reference on completion
• Graduate scheme fast-track interview
• Paid holiday accrued during the placement

Unfortunately we cannot offer visa sponsorship for this role.

Duration: 4 months. Start: Feb 2027.

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