Position

We are hiring 1 Internal Accounting Intern.

Primary mentor: Founder — business context, financial decision-making, and AgenonBooks product direction Technical mentor: The accounting agency currently serving Agenon — you will have a direct working relationship with them for technical accounting and tax questions On-demand consultant: The Founder may bring in a senior accountant ad-hoc when complex cases arise, such as foreign currency scenarios, multi-entity consolidation, or audit preparation

Why this is a rare opportunity for accounting students

This role gives you 3 layers of opportunity:

Layer 1 — Real ownership from Day 1

Unlike roles where a full-time Senior Accountant “babysits” interns, you will own the end-to-end internal accounting workflow from Phase 2 onward.

The Founder mentors you on business and product context. The accounting agency supports you on technical accounting topics.

Layer 2 — Direct working relationship with a professional accounting agency

Most accounting interns report to one in-house senior accountant and rarely see how a professional accounting agency operates.

At Agenon, you work directly with the agency. You will learn from a team that has exposure to multiple clients, multiple accounting cases, and real operational workflows.

Layer 3 — Contribute to AgenonBooks, our AI-powered internal accounting product

Agenon is building AgenonBooks — an internal accounting and SaaS metrics dashboard with AI assistance.

You will not only use existing accounting software like MISA. You will also act as a domain expert helping us build AgenonBooks: proposing accounting workflows, beta testing features, checking accuracy, and designing report templates.

This is rare. Most accounting interns only learn how to use tools. Here, you learn how accounting tools are designed.

Honest note about workload and our current setup

We want to be transparent so you can decide whether this role is a good fit.

Agenon is currently in the pre-revenue stage, so we do not yet have a high transaction volume.

Current situation:

Number of active contracts: low, around 5–10 vendor and intern contracts
Number of invoices per month: low, fewer than 20 per month
Number of vendors: small, including Cloudflare, Alwyzon, Google Workspace, Anthropic, and a few smaller suppliers
Revenue: no significant revenue yet

This is why the initial allowance is low: 500,000 VND/month. It reflects the actual workload at the current stage.

As the business grows — PackPilot shipping on 31/05 and KiddoTap launching in Q3 — the workload will increase quickly, and the allowance will be reviewed monthly with the Founder.

The real trade-off of this role:

❌ Current workload is low, so the current allowance is also low ❌ There is no full-time Finance Lead for daily technical mentorship, so you need to proactively ask the agency when needed

✅ Real ownership from Day 1, without being “babysat” ✅ Direct exposure to a professional accounting agency — rare for students ✅ Opportunity to help build AgenonBooks, an AI-powered accounting product ✅ When the business scales, you already have context and are in a strong position to convert full-time with an official salary

If you need daily senior mentorship and high income immediately, this is not the right role.

If you want real responsibility, agency exposure, product co-design experience, and a path to becoming a full-time startup accountant, this is a rare opportunity.

Why Agenon is different

An Accounting Intern at Agenon will not spend 8 hours a day simply entering data into MISA like many traditional internships.

From Week 1, you will:

Own day-to-day internal accounting work
Work directly with a professional accounting agency
Build our accounting system and workflow from zero
Contribute to AgenonBooks as the accounting domain expert
Propose workflows, beta test features, and design report templates
Build outputs that become a real portfolio for future cohorts and for Agenon’s scale-up stage

You will leave the program with a real portfolio:

A chart of accounts designed for Agenon
Monthly reconciliation reports you have actually run
A vendor management playbook you have documented
Specific contributions to AgenonBooks, such as workflow proposals, feature feedback, and report templates

This is not a paper exercise.

AI-first documentation — the core difference from traditional accounting

Accounting Interns at Agenon are expected to use AI to generate internal accounting documentation. You are not expected to manually draft everything from scratch.

This is a core difference between traditional accounting work and the AI-augmented accounting workflow we are building.

You will use AI to generate documents such as:

Monthly expense reports
Vendor tracking sheets
Reconciliation summaries
Internal financial dashboards
Contract indexes
Audit trail documents

These documents will be generated from source data such as MISA exports, bank statements, and invoices. Your job is to review, verify, and correct them before submission.

Agenon does not yet have complete internal accounting SOPs or templates. You will help build the templates and workflow from the ground up, then iterate with the Founder and accounting agency.

This will become one of your most important portfolio pieces.

All documentation must meet two standards:

AI-friendly

Structured clearly with account codes, transaction IDs, vendor tags, anchors, and machine-parseable formats.

Human-readable

Easy for the Founder and accounting agency to review and cross-check.

You will learn how to prompt AI to generate accounting documents based on Vietnamese accounting standards, Agenon’s naming conventions, and internal reporting needs.

Critical caveat for accounting

AI must never replace data verification.

AI can generate templates, structure, and summaries. But you must verify every number before submitting anything to the Founder or accounting agency.

Accounting data errors are serious. They can affect audit, tax, legal compliance, and business decisions.

This is the core difference between this role and other roles like PO or Content.

AI may assist 70% of the workflow, but accuracy verification is 100% your responsibility.

Concrete example

At the end of the month, you export MISA bank reconciliation data.

Instead of manually writing a variance summary for 4 hours, you prompt AI to extract anomalies and generate a variance summary template in 30 minutes.

Then you spend 2 hours verifying every item against the original bank statement.

The output is a reconciliation report ready for Founder review. The time saved is used to investigate the root cause of variances — the more senior part of the work.

Many bootcamps and online courses teach AI prompting, but mostly with mock data.

At Agenon, you will train on real accounting data from an operating company, with real Founder review and access to the accounting agency for technical questions when needed.

What you will do

Mentorship structure: Founder as primary mentor, accounting agency as technical mentor, and on-demand senior accountant consultation when needed.

Note: Phase gates are counted from your start date after signing the agreement. Demo Day for the full cohort will take place at the end of August 2026.

Phase 1 — Apprentice

First 4 weeks after start — Current-state audit and foundation setup

Track 1 — Internal Accounting Work

The Founder will onboard you into Agenon’s financial context:

Business model
Vendor list
Revenue plan
Current financial setup

You will join an intro call with the accounting agency, facilitated by the Founder. You will meet the agency team, understand their service scope for Agenon, and set up the baseline communication channel.

You will audit Agenon’s current financial documents:

Inventory all contracts, including vendor, employee, and intern contracts
Inventory all invoices, both input and output, from the last 6 months
Map all vendors and payment terms
Identify gaps, such as missing documents, poor organization, or inconsistent naming

You will build the foundation system with AI assistance:

Chart of accounts for Agenon, based on VAS standards and reviewed by the agency
Vendor master list in Google Sheets or Notion
Contract tracker with key terms and renewal dates
Invoice index with scanned copy links

You will also read agency-provided context documents on:

Vietnam tax basics for software production
CIT code 6201
Foreign Contractor Tax for foreign SaaS vendors such as Alwyzon, Cloudflare, and Anthropic

When something is unclear, you are expected to ask the agency.

Track 2 — AgenonBooks Domain Contribution

You will read the AgenonBooks PRD.

AgenonBooks is built with NestJS, React, and TypeScript. It focuses on management accounting and SaaS metrics dashboards.

You will contribute by:

Auditing workflow gaps in traditional MISA workflows
Identifying pain points AgenonBooks should solve
Mapping accounting domain knowledge into product requirements
Providing input on chart of accounts, journal entry patterns, reconciliation logic, and VAS compliance rules
Beta testing AgenonBooks features currently in development
Giving feedback on accuracy, UX, and workflow fit
Joining bi-weekly product review sessions with the Founder

In Phase 1, the accounting workload is intentionally light because Agenon is still pre-revenue.

This gives you time to learn from the agency, build a strong foundation system, and contribute domain expertise to AgenonBooks.

Phase 2 — Contributor

Weeks 5–8 — Own the monthly cycle and support AgenonBooks beta

Track 1 — Internal Accounting Work

You will become the primary owner of the monthly closing cycle.

Responsibilities include:

Collecting and categorizing all expense receipts from the Founder and 2 leads
Matching transactions with bank statements
Reconciling MISA entries, with quarterly agency review
Conducting variance analysis: actual vs. budget
Submitting monthly summaries to the Founder

You will handle vendor management:

Track payment schedules
Coordinate invoice processing with vendors
Propose Foreign Contractor Tax calculations for foreign vendors, with agency verification

You will prepare AI-assisted management reports:

Monthly P&L summary for the Founder
3-month rolling cash flow forecast
Expense breakdown by category and product line

You will coordinate with the agency for quarterly tax filings.

Your role is to prepare the data package. The agency executes the filing. You observe and learn how they operate.

Allowance review happens at Week 8. If the workload has changed, the allowance will be adjusted.

Track 2 — AgenonBooks Contributor

You will run the monthly closing process in parallel:

MISA as the production accounting system
AgenonBooks as the beta system

You will compare outputs, identify discrepancies, and log bugs or feature gaps.

You will also contribute to:

Report template design
P&L by product
Cash flow forecast
Vendor aging report
Workflow proposals
AI-suggested journal entries
Auto-categorization logic
FCT auto-flagging for foreign vendors
Bi-weekly bug logs and feature request reports
Bi-weekly product review sessions with the Founder

Phase 2 is a true dual-role phase.

You will execute real accounting work with immediate impact while also contributing to product development with long-term impact.

AI-augmented workflows help keep the throughput manageable.

Phase 3 — Lead

Weeks 9 to end of program

You will lead 1 comprehensive project. You can choose one of the following options.

Option A — Agenon Internal Accounting Playbook v1

Build a comprehensive internal accounting playbook covering:

Chart of accounts
Expense policy
Vendor management SOP
Monthly closing SOP
Audit trail standards

This will become the foundation for a full-time accountant when Agenon scales.

Option B — Multi-product Financial Reporting Framework

Build a framework to track revenue and expense by product line:

PackPilot
KiddoTap
TendLog

This prepares Agenon for multiple revenue streams and becomes the foundation for management accounting.

Option C — Pre-fulltime Compliance Readiness

Work with the agency to build a roadmap for moving from early-stage minimal compliance to scaled compliance.

Topics may include:

Employee payroll setup
Social insurance
Official labor contracts
Contract templates
Compliance handover for full-time hiring

Option D — AgenonBooks Domain Lead

This is the rarest path.

You will own the accounting domain workstream for AgenonBooks end-to-end.

Responsibilities include:

Driving monthly migration from MISA to AgenonBooks
Providing input for the real production cutover decision
Documenting accounting workflow specifications for 5+ feature areas
Covering journal entries, reconciliation, vendor management, multi-product P&L, and compliance reporting
Running UAT for the Agenon team
Building user guides and training materials for the future full-time accountant
Preparing the final report: AgenonBooks vs. MISA gap analysis and roadmap recommendation for the Founder

Option D is best suited for candidates interested in a hybrid Finance + Product career.

You will be the user, domain expert, and product co-designer of a real software product.

Other Phase 3 deliverables

All candidates will also complete:

Final P&L and cash flow report for Q3 2026, used by the Founder for Q4 strategic planning
Handover documentation and maintenance plan for the next cohort
One final project presentation at Demo Day at the end of August

Real outputs you will leave the program with

By the end of the program, you should have:

1 chart of accounts designed for Agenon and compliant with Vietnamese accounting principles
1 live vendor and contract tracking system
4 monthly closing cycles completed
AI-assisted reporting templates, including P&L summary, cash flow, and expense breakdown
1 comprehensive playbook or framework from Option A, B, C, or D
AgenonBooks contribution portfolio, including workflow proposals, feature requests, report templates, bug logs, and possibly user guides or training materials
Hands-on experience with both MISA and AgenonBooks
Exposure to both legacy accounting software and AI-powered accounting tools
A working relationship with a professional accounting agency
Practical AI-augmented accounting workflow experience

Requirements

Must-have

Year 2 or above student majoring in Accounting, Auditing, Finance, Banking & Finance, or a related field
Or a student from another major who is preparing for or already has a basic accounting certificate
Basic understanding of accounting principles, including debit/credit, P&L, balance sheet, and journal entries
You do not need to be advanced, but you must be able to understand introductory accounting materials
Self-starter mindset
Ability to proactively ask questions, research issues, and escalate to the Founder when needed
Prior experience using AI tools for work or study
Good English reading ability, especially for English invoices from foreign vendors such as Anthropic and Cloudflare, and FCT-related materials
Strong Vietnamese writing ability for coordination with the accounting agency
Strong attention to detail and accuracy
Strong sense of privacy and confidentiality
Commitment of 10–15 hours per week from your start date until 31/08/2026

Nice to have

Familiarity with MISA or similar accounting software such as BRAVO, FAST, or Meliasoft
Prior internship at an accounting firm, Big4, or a company with an accounting department
Basic understanding of Vietnamese tax, including VAT, CIT, and PIT
Advanced Excel or Google Sheets skills, including pivot tables, VLOOKUP, and nested formulas
Prior experience prompting AI to generate structured documents such as reports, summaries, or tables

Mindset we are looking for

Accuracy-first

Accounting is not “almost correct.” Even 99% correct can still be wrong.

Self-starter

There is no full-time Finance Lead to babysit you daily. You need to be comfortable researching, asking the agency, and escalating to the Founder when stuck.

AI-curious but skeptical

You use AI to augment your work, but you do not blindly trust AI with financial data.

Detail-oriented

You pay attention to a 100,000 VND variance the same way you would pay attention to a 100 million VND variance.

Process-thinking

You do not only execute tasks. You build systems and improve workflows.

Comfortable asking “basic” questions

Accounting has many technical areas. We prefer you ask the Founder or agency instead of pretending you understand.

Discretion

You handle company financial information maturely.

Honest about limitations

You do not say “reconciliation is complete” when there is still a variance you do not understand.

What you will learn

You will learn internal accounting end-to-end for a startup moving from pre-revenue to growth stage:

Chart of accounts
Vendor management
Expense tracking
Monthly closing
Management reporting

You will learn AI-augmented accounting workflows:

Prompt engineering for reporting
Reconciliation summaries
Faster documentation throughput
Verification-first financial review

You will gain hands-on experience with:

MISA
AgenonBooks
AI-powered internal accounting workflows
Accounting software product design

You will also learn how to work with a professional accounting agency.

Most accounting interns only work under one in-house senior accountant. Here, you will see how an agency operates across multiple cases and clients.

You will also gain exposure to Vietnamese tax basics relevant to a SaaS startup:

VAS
CIT for software production
CIT code 6201 incentives
Foreign Contractor Tax for foreign vendors

As Agenon grows into multiple products, you will also learn multi-product financial reporting across PackPilot, KiddoTap, and TendLog.

Most importantly, you will learn how to build an accounting system from zero.

There is no inherited template. You help design the foundation.

Benefits

Allowance

The allowance is 500,000 VND/month for the first 3 months.

This reflects the current low workload during Agenon’s pre-revenue stage.

The allowance will be reviewed monthly with the Founder. When the workload increases significantly — more invoices, more contracts, more transactions, or multiple products generating revenue — the allowance will be adjusted accordingly.

Expected adjustment logic:

Month 1–3: 500,000 VND/month as baseline workload
When there are 30+ invoices/month or at least 1 product with recurring revenue: increase to 1,000,000–1,500,000 VND/month
When multiple products generate revenue: continue reviewing based on workload

Why 500,000 VND?

Honest answer: the current internal accounting workload is low because Agenon does not yet have many transactions.

We do not want to offer zero allowance because internal accounting still has stable routine work, unlike some PO or Content roles that depend more heavily on product growth.

At the same time, we do not want to pay 2–3 million VND when the workload currently matches around 500,000 VND.

So 500,000 VND is an honest reflection of the real current workload, with a commitment to adjust when the workload increases.

Equipment and access

You will receive:

Company email
Full access to required tools
Slack
Notion
Google Workspace
MISA license
Read-only banking access where applicable
Accounting agency contact information and working channel

Mentorship

You will have:

Bi-weekly 1-hour pairing session with the Founder
Working channel with the accounting agency for technical questions
Async agency support based on their SLA
On-demand consultation with a senior accountant for complex cases, coordinated by the Founder

Full-time conversion path

Top performers may receive a full-time offer at the end of the program, depending on budget and Q4 2026 revenue.

This would include an official salary and social insurance according to Vietnamese law.

The accounting role has a clear conversion path because as Agenon scales, a full-time internal accountant will become necessary.

Completion benefits

All interns will receive:

Reference letter from the Founder
Portfolio of real outputs
Completion certificate

If you build a strong working relationship with the accounting agency, you may also request a reference from them. This can be highly valuable for your accounting career.