Jobs · Accounting · Kentucky

Tax Associate

H&R Block · Mount Sterling, KY · 3 wk ago
On-siteAccountingFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements (maybe split into Required Qualifications and Preferred Qualifications?), Benefits, Pay, Schedule, Skills? The posting includes: About The Role paragraph, then bullet list of duties (actually sentences). Then Required Qualifications list, Preferred Qualifications list, Why work for us (benefits/culture). Also mentions competitive hourly rate, opportunities to increase earnings. No explicit pay amount, schedule (15-35 hours per week, up to 40 peak, evenings/weekends). Benefits: "competitive pay, comprehensive benefits, and support for life both in and outside of work." Not specific benefits details. We should only include sections when posting has real, specific content. For Pay: they mention "competitive hourly rate" but no specific number. That's vague but still some content. The instruction: never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g., "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. Here they state competitive hourly rate (not a number) but it's still a statement about pay. Is that considered filler? It's vague but it's actual statement. Might be okay. For Schedule: they give specific hours: 15–35 hours per week, up to 40 during peak, availability evenings and weekends. That's specific. So Schedule section is appropriate. Benefits: they mention "competitive pay, comprehensive benefits, and support for life both in and outside of work." That's vague but mentions comprehensive benefits. Could be considered filler? Might be okay to include Benefits section with that sentence. However they also have "Why work for us" paragraph describing culture, purpose, etc. That could be Benefits or maybe a separate section like "About Us". But we only have allowed headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We could put the "Why work for us" under Benefits. Or maybe under About the role? Already have About the role. Could create a Benefits section with that paragraph. We also need to use

for section headings. Use
  • for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and

    for prose. We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID. We must preserve all substantive information. Let's extract: About the role: paragraph: "As a seasonal Tax Associate at H&R Block, you’ll begin a career in tax and client services—no prior tax experience required. With training and support from day one, you’ll work directly with clients to gather information, prepare tax returns, and answer questions while building valuable skills and strong client relationships. You’ll earn a competitive hourly rate, with opportunities to increase your earnings as you build tax knowledge and grow in the role. This role is in-person at a local H&R Block tax office." Responsibilities: list of duties (the bullet-like sentences after "Meet with clients..."): - Meet with clients to gather information and understand their tax situation - Prepare complete and accurate tax returns with training and support from experienced teammates - Explain tax information clearly and provide recommendations in a way clients can easily understand - Identify tax savings opportunities and recommend relevant products and services - Apply problem-solving skills to analyze client information and address questions or unique situations with guidance and available resources - Build strong client relationships and support office priorities through teamwork, collaboration, and a client-first approach Required Qualifications: list: - Successful completion of the H&R Block Income Tax Course^1 (note footnote) - Experience interacting with customers or clients in a service-oriented environment - Strong communication skills, including explaining information clearly and asking questions to understand needs - Problem-solving skills, including organizing information and identifying solutions - Comfort using digital tools and systems included AI based tools like Copilot and ChatGPT - High school diploma / GED/ equivalent Preferred Qualifications: list: - Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or a related field - Experience in a client-facing or consultative role, such as financial advising, insurance, retail sales, or professional services - Experience asking questions and recommending solutions based on customer needs - Ability to work 15–35 hours per week, with availability up to 40 hours during peak periods - Availability to work evenings and weekends during tax season Why work for us / Benefits: paragraph: "At H&R Block, our purpose is simple: to provide help and inspire confidence in our clients and communities everywhere. For more than 70 years, we’ve led the tax industry and we continue to evolve through our Block Next strategy, blending human expertise with digital innovation. That same commitment to care extends to our associates. When you join us, you become part of a High Performing, Connected Culture built on strong relationships, continuous learning, and a shared commitment to making a meaningful impact. We invest in your well-being through competitive pay, comprehensive benefits, and support for life both in and outside of work." Pay: mention competitive hourly rate, opportunities to increase earnings. Could be a short paragraph. Schedule: from preferred qualifications: ability to work 15–35 hours per week, up to 40 peak, evenings/weekends. Could be separate Schedule section. We must not duplicate content. The schedule info appears also in Preferred Qualifications; we could move it to Schedule section and remove from Preferred Qualifications to avoid duplication. But instruction: preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. If we remove from Preferred Qualifications, we lose that detail there unless we keep it there as well. Duplication is allowed? They said remove duplicated lines. So we should avoid duplicating the same sentence in two places. So we should place schedule info only once, perhaps in Schedule section, and not repeat in Preferred Qualifications. Similarly, pay info appears in About the role; we could keep it there and not create separate Pay section unless we have extra pay details beyond that. The About the role already mentions competitive hourly rate and opportunities to increase earnings. That's enough for Pay. So we may not need a separate Pay section. However the instruction: never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. It does state competitive hourly rate (pay) and schedule details. So we could create Pay and Schedule sections, but we must not duplicate content. So we could move the pay sentence to Pay section and remove from About the role? But About the role also contains other info; we could keep the pay sentence there and also have Pay section? That would duplicate. Better to extract pay sentence into Pay section and adjust About the role to not include that sentence? But we must preserve all substantive information; we can keep it in Pay section and also keep it in About the role? That would be duplication. The instruction says remove duplicated lines. So we should avoid duplication. So we need to decide where to place each piece. We could keep About the role as the introductory paragraph without the pay sentence, and put pay sentence in Pay section. Similarly, schedule sentence moved to Schedule section, and remove from Preferred Qualifications. Let's craft: About the role paragraph: "As a seasonal Tax Associate at H&R Block, you’ll begin a career in tax and client services—no prior tax experience required. With training and support from day one, you’ll work directly with clients to gather information, prepare tax returns, and answer questions while building valuable skills and strong client relationships. This role is in-person at a local H&R Block tax office." Responsibilities: list as above. Requirements: maybe combine Required Qualifications and Preferred Qualifications under a single Requirements section? But we have headings: Requirements, Qualifications, Skills. Could use Qualifications for Required, and Preferred Qualifications maybe under Skills? Or we could have Required Qualifications under Qualifications, Preferred Qualifications under Skills? However Skills heading is allowed. But we need to preserve all info. Let's think: The posting has Required Qualifications and Preferred Qualifications. We could make a section "Requirements" containing both required and preferred? But then we lose distinction. Better to have "Required Qualifications" under heading "Qualifications" and "Preferred Qualifications" under heading "Skills"? Not ideal but acceptable. However the instruction: Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So maybe combine into one "Qualifications" section with subheadings? But we cannot use subheadings other than h3? We could use

    for section headings only; inside we could have

    with bold? Not allowed? We could just list all qualifications (both required and preferred) in a single list, but we would lose the distinction. However the instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; not necessarily preserve the distinction between required and preferred? It's substantive info that some are required, some preferred. If we combine, we lose that nuance. So we should keep them separate. Thus we can have two sections: "Required Qualifications" and "Preferred Qualifications". But allowed headings list includes "Qualifications". Not "Required Qualifications". However we could use "Qualifications" heading and inside we can have two sub-sections? Not allowed to add extra headings beyond those? The instruction: use

    for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It gives examples but not exhaustive? It says use

    for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). Likely they expect only those headings. So we should map content to those headings. So we need to fit Required Qualifications under "Qualifications". Preferred Qualifications maybe under "Skills"? Or we could put both under "Qualifications" and differentiate with prose? Could add a note like "Required:" and "Preferred:" inside the list items? That would preserve info. Let's do that: Under Qualifications section, we have a list where each item indicates if it's required or preferred. Eg: - Required: Successful completion of the H&R Block Income Tax Course^1 - Required: Experience interacting with customers or clients in a service-oriented environment - Required: Strong communication skills, including explaining information clearly and asking questions to understand needs - Required: Problem-solving skills, including organizing information and identifying solutions - Required: Comfort using digital tools and systems included AI based tools like Copilot and ChatGPT - Required: High school diploma / GED/ equivalent - Preferred: Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or a related field - Preferred: Experience in a client-facing or consultative role, such as financial advising, insurance, retail sales, or professional services - Preferred: Experience asking questions and recommending solutions based on customer needs - Preferred: Ability to work 15–35 hours per week, with availability up to 40 hours during peak periods - Preferred: Availability to work evenings and weekends during tax season That preserves required vs preferred. Then we can have a Benefits section for the "Why work for us" paragraph. Pay section: we need to include competitive hourly rate and opportunities to increase earnings. Could be a short paragraph. Schedule section: we already included schedule info in Qualifications (preferred). But we said we would not duplicate. If we put schedule info in Qualifications, we shouldn't also have a Schedule section. However the instruction says never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. It does state schedule, but we already placed schedule info in Qualifications. That's okay; we don't need a separate Schedule section. But we might still want a Schedule section to highlight it. However that would duplicate. So better to not have a separate Schedule section; keep schedule in Qualifications. Pay: we have not yet placed pay info anywhere else besides About the role (we removed it). So we need a Pay section. Thus final sections: - About the role (paragraph) - Responsibilities (ul) - Qualifications (ul with required/preferred labels) - Benefits (paragraph from Why work for us) - Pay (paragraph about competitive hourly rate and increase opportunities) We should not include Schedule section. Check for any other info: The footnote "1 - Enrollment in or completion of the H

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