Bookkeeping Intern

Founded in 1997, the business is still family-owned. Founded in 1997, we now have 11 employees. Most branch managers started on the counter or in the warehouse.

Overview:

Part-time remote role, 4 to 6 hours a day. You need to be careful, consistent and good with Excel. Remote position. Most of the team is in Düsseldorf, but nobody is required to come in.

Responsibilities:

• Process expense claims after checking bills and approvals.
• Check vendor invoices against purchase orders before payment.
• Support internal and statutory audit requests from the auditors.
• Track accounts receivable ageing and share a weekly list of overdue invoices.
• Reconcile bank statements with the books every week.
• Raise sales invoices from the billing sheet and send them to clients.
• Update the fixed asset register.
• Organise scanned invoices and supporting documents in shared folders for audit.

What we're looking for:

• Based in Germany for the duration of the internship.
• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree, graduating between December 2027 and June 2028.
• Available for the full internship period.
• Able to keep financial data strictly confidential.
• Laptop and stable internet. Some tools need a Windows machine.
• Available 20 to 30 hours a week for at least 4 months.
• Working knowledge of double-entry bookkeeping and basic journal entries.

Nice to have:

• Familiarity with Xero.

What you'll learn:

• Strong Excel habits for accounting work.
• Practical bookkeeping and reconciliation on live company accounts.

Duration: 4 months

Start date: Feb 2027

Stipend: €940 - €1,200 per month

What we offer:

• Paid public holidays.
• Letter of recommendation.
• Company laptop.

Please submit your CV in English.

Duration: 4 months. Start: Feb 2027.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Hofmann Distributors GmbH.