Finance Intern
Presence
🇿🇦 Hirezar Summary for South African Applicants
This fully remote full time position at Presence is open to applicants from South Africa. As a remote position, you can work from anywhere in South Africa — whether you're based in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, or a smaller town.
Job Description
About Presence
Presence is the leading provider of teletherapy solutions for children with diverse needs. Our award-winning technology connects speech-language pathologists, school psychologists, occupational therapists, and mental health specialists to K-12 school districts nationwide. With a growing network of over 2,000 clinicians and more than 7 million teletherapy sessions delivered, we're dedicated to ensuring every child has access to the support they need.
At Presence, we embrace the benefits of being a remote-first company while recognizing the importance of in-person connection to advance our mission. We place a high value on "cameras on" engagement, schedule coordination, and cross-functional communication to stay connected while working in different places. Travel is also an important part of many roles, helping us build stronger relationships with our teams, clinicians, and school partners. The frequency will vary by role and responsibilities, but may include activities such as department offsites, team gatherings, and school or industry events.
About the internship:
We're looking for a Finance and Accounting Intern to join our team for Summer 2026. Reporting to the Controller and working closely with the accounting team, you'll play a meaningful role in advancing our mission to deliver teletherapy solutions for children with diverse needs. This internship is designed to be a hands-on, immersive experience where you'll gain real-world exposure to accounting processes and internal management reporting, build valuable skills in performance management and the use of artificial intelligence, and contribute to impactful projects from day one. It's a great opportunity for someone who is currently in an accounting or finance program and is excited to learn, grow, and make a difference within a mission-driven organization supporting children with special needs.
This is a remote 8-week, part-time internship program running from June 15 through August 7, with interns working up to 25 hours per week. Your specific weekly schedule will be determined in partnership with your manager based on team needs and your availability. The preferred schedule of this internship is Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
What will you do at Presence:
* Collaborate with the Controller to design and implement comprehensive management reporting frameworks for critical business processes, such as cash flow monitoring, key customer reporting, and provider compliance.
* Analyze trends, identify risks and opportunities, and contribute recommendations to leadership.
* Leverage AI-driven tools to assist in transforming raw data from source systems into actionable management insights. This role offers the opportunity to innovate with AI tools, apply internal communication strategies and gain deep experience in performance management through advanced data analytics.
* Present findings and recommendations to Senior Management, highlighting the value add to the busPlease mention the word **BEAUTIFULLY** and tag RMjYwNDoyZGMwOjEwMToyMDA6OjI4NTA= when applying to show you read the job post completely (#RMjYwNDoyZGMwOjEwMToyMDA6OjI4NTA=). This is a beta feature to avoid spam applicants. Companies can search these words to find applicants that read this and see they're human.
Tips for South African Applicants
Timezone Advantage
South Africa (SAST, UTC+2) overlaps well with European business hours and has a few hours of overlap with US East Coast. Mention your timezone flexibility in your application.
Salary in Context
Even without a listed salary, international remote roles typically pay 2-3x more than equivalent local positions in South Africa due to the exchange rate advantage.
Application Tips
Tailor your CV to international standards — use a clean format, highlight remote work experience, and include your English proficiency. Many SA applicants succeed by emphasising their strong work ethic and cultural adaptability.
Load Shedding Preparedness
If you're applying for a remote role, having a backup power solution (UPS, inverter, or generator) and mobile data as a backup internet connection shows employers you're prepared for South Africa's infrastructure challenges.
About Presence
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