Senior Tax Accountant

Senior Tax Accountant

A diverse, senior-level full-time position is available at a dynamic, fast-growing, yet intimate local CPA firm with potential to advance and possible ownership opportunities. CPA or working on CPA credentials is a must with 3+ years tax experience required. Candidate must also be well versed in QuickBooks and other accounting softwares. Some audit work may be required.

Job responsibilities include:

• Tax return preparation and tax planning analysis and projections.
• Responsible for overall management of client accounts, including handling routine client questions, and work with clients to obtain necessary information for financial and tax return completion.
• Communicate improvement and business growth opportunity ideas regarding clients to management.
• Researching IRS and various state notices on an independent basis, and represent before the IRS and CT Department of Revenue.
• Ability to supervise staff and prepare accurate tax returns with little or no supervision.
• Conduct tax research for all situations.
• Assist other staff with software & support in tax and accounting areas.
• Responsible for analysis of 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.
• Prepares and records 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 include:

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, MBA preferred.
• Minimum 3-5 years of previous tax work-related experience.
• CPA earned or in progress.
• Strong analytical, interpersonal and communication skills.
• Must be proficient in Microsoft Office products and QuickBooks.
• Drake software experience is a plus.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, deadlines and budgets.
• Perform complex financial analysis.

Soft skills for senior accountant position include:

• Integrity, intellectual strength and agility.
• Passionate learner and welcomes opportunities to be stretched.
• Bring an entrepreneurial point of view to the senior 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.