Senior Accountant

Fenner Melstrom & Dooling PLC; Birmingham (MI); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and benefits

Downtown Birmingham office

Professional development

Job summary

Fenner, Melstrom & Dooling, PLC in Birmingham, MI seeks a tax professional with at least five years of public accounting experience to manage client relationships and coordinate data for individual and business tax returns, while ensuring timely financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

The role covers diversified tax and accounting assignments, preparation of working papers, correspondence, and client communications.

Qualifications

• Five or more years of public accounting experience with tax and attest services.
• Experience managing client relationships and coordinating data for tax returns.
• Strong technical knowledge of GAAP and tax regulations.

Responsibilities

• Manage client relationships and coordinate data for individual and business tax returns.
• Prepare working papers and routine tax correspondence; ensure deadlines.
• Assist in planning engagements and provide business tax consulting.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Strong organizational skills

Technical accounting and tax expertise

Client-focused work ethic

Education

Bachelor’s degree in tax or accounting

Master’s degree in tax preferred

Tools

Proficiency in tax software

Job description

Description

About Our Company

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‑stated commitment to quality which sets us apart from the competition.

Why You Want to Work for Fenner, Melstrom & Dooling, PLC

• Located in beautiful downtown Birmingham, close to clients, restaurants, shopping and more
• Competitive salary and benefits
• Highly professional, friendly staff with team-oriented approach
• Leading edge of professional standards and technology hardware and software
• Variety of challenging work assignments

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.