Senior Accountant

Fenner, Melstrom & Dooling, PLC Tax Professional Opportunity

Fenner, Melstrom & Dooling, PLC was founded in 1973. The firm originated from the sole proprietorship of McGraw & Co. founded in Detroit, Michigan in 1952. Now located in Birmingham, Michigan, the firm employs approximately thirty individuals including partners, professional staff, computer technicians, and support staff.

Fenner, Melstrom & Dooling's integrated service capabilities encompass traditional accounting and tax services, as well as sophisticated financial planning and consulting. We provide expertise in specialty areas like corporate mergers and acquisitions, succession planning, and business valuations.

As with any successful organization, our people are our most important asset. We recruit the very best. The result is an unmatched team of professionals with all the requisite skills to help our clients excel. And because teamwork demands strong individual performance, we provide on-going education, which keeps each member of our staff on the leading edge.

We offer competitive salary and benefit packages to a select group of individuals with a deep-seated commitment to quality which sets us apart from the competition.

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.

Essential Functions:

• Performs diversified tax and accounting assignments.
• Demonstrates competency in technical skills, work quality, and application of professional and firm standards.
• Meets 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, and 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

Qualifications:

• 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.

Educational Requirements:

• 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.