Tax Intern

Bookkeeping clients still drop off receipts in a shoebox now and then.

The internship:

Part-time remote role, 4 to 6 hours a day. You need to be careful, consistent and good with Excel. The company is based in London, the UK. We are a distributed team spread across a few time zones. The internship is fully remote. Interns join our London team on daily calls and get a named mentor. Working hours overlap with UK business hours.

What you'll do:

• Support internal and statutory audit requests from the auditors.
• Update the fixed asset register.
• Maintain vendor and customer ledgers and follow up on mismatches.
• Help prepare the trial balance and supporting schedules for month-end close.
• Organise scanned invoices and supporting documents in shared folders for audit.
• Process expense claims after checking bills and approvals.
• Raise sales invoices from the billing sheet and send them to clients.
• Reconcile bank statements with the books every week.

Who can apply:

• Authorized to work in the US. CPT and OPT candidates are welcome to apply.
• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's program, graduating 2028.
• Available 40 hours a week for the full internship.
• Able to keep financial data strictly confidential.
• Working knowledge of double-entry bookkeeping and basic journal entries.
• Good MS Excel skills, including VLOOKUP and pivot tables.
• Clear written communication for emails to vendors and clients.

Nice to have:

• Familiarity with Xero.

What you'll learn:

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

Duration: 3 months

Start date: Feb 2027

Stipend: $18.50 - $22.00/hr

What we offer:

• Mentorship from a dedicated buddy and manager.
• Flexible hours.
• Home office setup stipend.

Duration: 3 months. Start: Feb 2027.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Severn Certified Public Accountants Ltd.