Senior Accountant

About the role

Fenner, Melstrom & Dooling, PLC is currently seeking a tax professional with a minimum of five years of experience.

Summary of Responsibilities

• Responsible for managing client relationship by organizing completion of individual and business tax returns and coordinating clients’ data for the accurate and timely completion of financial statements engagements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, and ongoing business consulting.
• Performs diversified tax and accounting assignments.
• Demonstrates competency in technical skills, work quality, and application of professional and firm standards.
• Mets budget time constraints and client deadlines.
• Participates in planning and scheduling of client engagements.
• Prepares working papers for tax preparation.
• Prepares routine correspondence to client and taxing jurisdictions.
• Must have exceptional communication skills and a solid business background.

Essential Functions

• Performs diversified tax and accounting assignments.
• Demonstrates competency in technical skills, work quality, and application of professional and firm standards.
• Mets budget time constraints and client deadlines.
• Participates in planning and scheduling of client engagements.
• Prepares working papers for tax preparation.
• Prepares routine correspondence to client and taxing jurisdictions.
• Must have exceptional communication skills and a solid business background.

Other Functions

• Seasonal accounting assignments.
• Other reports.
• Special projects.
• Duties as may be assigned.

Required Experience

• At least five (5) years’ experience in public accounting, demonstrating a progression in complexity of attestation and accounting tasks and tax knowledge.

Why YOU Want To Work On The FMD Team

• Beautiful downtown Birmingham office space offers best working environment bar none.
• Medium size office with highly professional, friendly staff offers better workplace environment with a variety of challenging job assignments.
• Less demanding billable hour goals than with larger firms.
• Flexible work schedules with better work/life balance.
• Competitive salary and benefits.
• Mix of tax and attestation with ability to specialize in a certain area.
• The opportunity to work directly with partners and clients.

Compensation

Commensurate with experience

Requirements

• Excellent oral and written communications skills.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Technical expertise.
• The ideal candidate should have a client-focused work ethic and have a passion for high-level client service.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in tax or accounting; Master’s degree in tax preferred.
• Minimum of forty hours continuing professional education is required each year.

Required Licenses, Certificates Or Knowledge

• Current certified public accountant’s license.
• A member in good standing with the AICPA and MICPA.
• Proficiency in use of computers and computer accounting and tax software programs.