Finance and Accounts Intern

Who we are:

Since 1982, the firm has served farms and agricultural businesses across Western Australia. Founded in 1982, we now have 70 employees. We track time in six-minute increments.

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 Perth, but nobody is required to come in. We use Slack, Notion and Google Meet. Cameras on for team calls.

What you'll do:

• Track accounts receivable ageing and share a weekly list of overdue invoices.
• Raise sales invoices from the billing sheet and send them to clients.
• Help prepare the trial balance and supporting schedules for month-end close.
• Maintain vendor and customer ledgers and follow up on mismatches.
• Reconcile bank statements with the books every week.
• Check vendor invoices against purchase orders before payment.

Requirements:

• Based in Australia for the duration of the internship.
• Available for the full internship period.
• Working knowledge of double-entry bookkeeping and basic journal entries.
• Accurate and patient with repetitive data entry.
• Good MS Excel skills, including VLOOKUP and pivot tables.
• Able to keep financial data strictly confidential.

What you get out of it:

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

Duration: 6 months

Start date: Mar 2027

Stipend: $29,000 - $31,000 per year

What we offer:

• Paid holiday accrued during the placement.
• Flexible working hours.
• Reference on completion.

You must have full working rights in Australia.

Duration: 6 months. Start: Mar 2027.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Harbour Tax Services.