Senior Tax Accountant

Job Details

We are a local accounting firm looking to hire a Senior Tax Accountant. This is a full-time position at a dynamic, fast-growing, and intimate local CPA firm with potential for advancement and ownership opportunities. If you're seeking a significant role in your career, this could be the right fit.

Why Join Us?

• Eligible for Profit Sharing Bonus Plan
• Simple Retirement Plan eligible after 3 months of employment (includes 3% company match)
• Pay for networking memberships with approval
• Pay for 40 CPE hours towards seminars/webinars with approval
• Health insurance, dental and vision coverage eligible after 3 months of employment. Employee is responsible for 50% of health insurance cost. Employee is responsible for 100% of additional family members. 100% dental and vision plan paid by the firm.
• CTCPA society dues paid for by firm

Responsibilities

• Tax return preparation and tax planning analysis and projections
• Overall management of client accounts, including handling routine client questions, and working with clients to obtain necessary information for financial and tax return completion
• Communicate improvement and business growth opportunity ideas regarding clients to management
• Research IRS and various state notices on an independent basis, and represent before the IRS and CT Department of Revenue
• Preparation of accurate tax work papers
• Conduct tax research for all situations
• Aid other staff with software & support in tax and accounting areas
• Analyze income statements and balance sheets and communicate findings to management, including but not limited to journal entries for monthly, quarterly, and year-end clients, bank and General Ledger reconciliations, fixed asset maintenance
• Supervise annual closing process for clients, including assisting personnel with maintaining accurate information by verifying, allocating, posting, reconciling transactions, and resolving any discrepancies found
• Prepare and record asset, liability, revenue and expenses entries by compiling and analyzing account information
• Help build organization finance and accounting infrastructure and internal controls
• Responsible for specific client internal control audits

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, MBA preferred
• Minimum 3-8 years of previous tax work-related experience
• CPA earned or in progress
• Strong analytical, interpersonal and communication skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office products, and QuickBooks
• Draeger software experience is a plus
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, deadlines and budgets
• Perform complex financial analysis
• Integrity, Intellectual Strength and Agility
• Passionate learner and welcomes opportunities to be stretched
• Bring an Entrepreneurial point of view to the Senior Tax Accountant role
• An energized professional - seeking greater responsibilities and more autonomy with clients
• Passion and curiosity to look through the financials into the business, to identify potential opportunities for client gain
• Engaging and thrive in building relationships internally and externally

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or related field
• Minimum 3-8 years of previous tax work-related experience
• CPA earned or in progress

Skills

• Microsoft Office products
• QuickBooks
• Draeger software experience

Benefits

• Profit Sharing Bonus Plan
• Simplified Retirement Plan with 3% company match after 3 months of employment
• Pay for networking memberships with approval
• Pay for 40 CPE hours towards seminars/webinars with approval
• Health insurance, dental and vision coverage eligible after 3 months of employment. Employee is responsible for 50% of health insurance cost. Employee is responsible for 100% of additional family members. 100% dental and vision plan paid by the firm
• CTCPA society dues paid for by firm

Pay

Compensation details are not specified in the job posting.

Schedule

Schedule details are not specified in the job posting.