Human Resources Intern

About us:

Our tax practice handles individual, partnership, S corp and trust returns, plus planning for business owners. Outsourced CFO work is a growing part of the practice, especially for startups and medical groups. Busy season means 55-hour weeks from February through April 15, and summers are lighter.

About the role:

Get hands-on HR generalist exposure: documentation, attendance tracking, engagement activities and HR analytics in Excel. You can work from home anywhere in Germany. We have no office requirement.

What you'll do:

• Prepare offer letters, appointment letters and experience letters from templates.
• Track attendance and leave data and flag gaps to managers before the payroll cut-off.
• Draft and update HR policies such as leave, remote work and reimbursement, for review by the HR manager.
• Coordinate onboarding for new joiners: documents, laptop request, welcome email and first-week schedule.
• Answer routine employee questions on leave balance and holidays over Slack.

Who can apply:

• Eligible to work in Germany.
• Based in Germany for the duration of the internship.
• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree, graduating 2027 or 2028.
• Laptop with MS Office or Google Workspace and stable internet.
• Good command of MS Excel or Google Sheets: VLOOKUP, filters, basic pivots.
• Basic understanding of HR functions from coursework: recruitment, onboarding, payroll, labour law.

Preferred:

• Exposure to an HRMS like Keka, Zoho People, greytHR or BambooHR.
• Interest in HR analytics.

Duration: 4 months

Start date: Feb 2027

Stipend: €890 - €1,150 per month

What we offer:

• Paid public holidays.
• Mentorship.
• Online learning budget.

Duration: 4 months. Start: Feb 2027.

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