FINANCE INTERNSHIP

If you have just finished, or are close to finishing, a finance or accounting qualification and you want to learn how revenue really works in a subscription business, this is a rare chance to learn it properly. You will work alongside our Operations Accountant on contract reconciliation and revenue recognition, with structured guidance and review at every stage.

This is a genuine development role. We are not looking for someone who already knows how to do this. We are looking for someone who wants to. The internship runs for 12 months and is paid.

About the internship

Our Operations Accountant owns the reconciliation of our customer contracts and the preparation of the monthly revenue recognition journals. As our Finance Intern, you will learn that work from the ground up and progressively take on parts of it under supervision.

You will start by supporting the reconciliation process, then build towards preparing schedules and draft journals yourself. Everything you prepare will be reviewed and signed off by the Operations Accountant or the Head of Finance before it goes anywhere, so you can learn in an environment where it is safe to ask questions and safe to get things wrong.

You will also get exposure to the wider finance operation, including invoicing, accounts payable, supplier orders and how opportunities move through Salesforce into our accounting system. By the end of the internship, you should understand how a contract becomes an invoice, and how an invoice becomes recognised revenue.

What you will be doing

•     Learning the contract base. Helping to reconcile customer contracts across the contract register, Salesforce, Sage Intacct and the renewal spreadsheet, and checking contract terms, values and dates against source documents.

•     Investigating differences. Working through variances between contracted, billed and recognised amounts, and learning to document what you find clearly enough for someone else to follow.

•     Supporting revenue recognition. Assisting with the monthly deferred and accrued revenue schedules and, over time, preparing draft revenue recognition journals for review.

•     Building the supporting workings. Helping prepare the schedules and analysis that sit behind the monthly revenue reporting.

•     Keeping the audit trail clean. Filing and maintaining supporting documentation so that every reconciliation can be traced and evidenced.

•     Wider finance exposure. Assisting with invoicing, accounts payable processing, supplier statement reconciliation and supplier orders, particularly at month end.

•     Learning the systems. Getting hands-on with Sage Intacct, Salesforce and advanced Excel.

All work is prepared under the direction of the Operations Accountant and reviewed before submission or posting. You will not be expected to make technical accounting judgements on your own.

What we are looking for

Essential:

•     A completed or in-progress qualification in accounting, finance or a related field (degree, diploma, or study towards SAICA, SAIPA, CIMA or ACCA).

•     Comfort with numbers and a natural instinct to check your own work.

•     Working knowledge of Excel, and a willingness to become genuinely good at it.

•     Attention to detail, and the patience to work through a reconciliation until it balances.

•     Willingness to ask questions, take feedback and act on it.

•     Reliability around deadlines, since month end does not move.

•     Clear communication in writing and in person.

Advantageous, but genuinely not required:

•     Any prior exposure to a finance or accounting environment, including vacation work or part-time bookkeeping.

•     Familiarity with an accounting system or CRM.

•     An interest in the technology or software sector.

What you will get out of it

•     Structured, hands-on training in contract reconciliation and revenue recognition, which is specialist experience that is difficult to get early in a career.

•     Direct mentorship from the Operations Accountant, with regular review and feedback, and visibility of the Head of Finance.

•     Practical experience on Sage Intacct, Salesforce and advanced Excel.

•     Exposure to the full order-to-invoice-to-revenue cycle, not just one narrow task.

•     Support towards your professional qualification, including courses, workshops, webinars and Sage University.

•     An office-based role, so you learn by sitting alongside the finance team rather than working things out alone over email.

•     A real view of whether this is the career you want, and a genuine reference either way.