Staff Accountant

Job Description

Job Description

STAFF ACCOUNTANT 

Purtill & Company is a 4-person CPA firm located conveniently to I-691 in Cheshire, Connecticut. We’re seeking a talented and motivated full-time professional with a CPA or on a CPA track with the required education.  We’ll help you get your CPA.

Besides normal CPA firm work, we also handle challenging accounting, tax, and consulting assignments - more advanced than found in similar firms - and you'll have the opportunity to participate with us. Examples include tax audits and appeals, workouts, mergers, and acquisitions. We don't do GAAP audits, bookkeeping, or payroll.  We also work normal hours, without the required “busy season” over time.

RESPONSIBILITIES WILL INCLUDE:

·   Tax and business planning

·   Financial statement preparation

·   Business and personal tax preparation

·   Business Consulting

·   Accounting support

REQUIREMENTS:

·   1+ years of public accounting experience or other related fields

·   BS degree in accounting

·   Tax preparation background

·   Knowledge of UltraTax CS software would be a plus

·   Ability to work independently

·   Detailed and deadline-oriented

·   Experience with QuickBooks, Excel, Word

·   Experience with PowerPoint, and WordPerfect would be a plus.

·   Must be a self-starter, have strong analytical abilities, strong computer and good communication skills.

Company Description

Founded in 1983, Purtill & Company is a specialized firm of Certified Public Accountants in Cheshire, Connecticut. Its practice focus is management accounting, including consulting and accounting for closely held businesses. The firm serves as accountants and business advisors to a number of successful small and middle-market companies. It also handles business and tax planning, start-ups, bankruptcies, workouts, bank relations, tax defense and appeals, computer systems design, business valuations and similar assignments.

Purtill & Company staff are qualified resellers and installers for Visual AccountMate accounting software and developers of specialized accounting applications. They have written many modifications to AccountMate to customize it to client needs and have developed custom accounting applications for small and middle-market businesses.

Company Description

Founded in 1983, Purtill & Company is a specialized firm of Certified Public Accountants in Cheshire, Connecticut. Its practice focus is management accounting, including consulting and accounting for closely held businesses. The firm serves as accountants and business advisors to a number of successful small and middle-market companies. It also handles business and tax planning, start-ups, bankruptcies, workouts, bank relations, tax defense and appeals, computer systems design, business valuations and similar assignments.\r\n\r\nPurtill & Company staff are qualified resellers and installers for Visual AccountMate accounting software and developers of specialized accounting applications. They have written many modifications to AccountMate to customize it to client needs and have developed custom accounting applications for small and middle-market businesses.