Staff Tax Accountant

Accountfully; United States; Remote; USD 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading accounting firm seeks a Staff Tax Accountant to join their remote team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for preparing tax returns, managing client projects, and demonstrating strong problem-solving skills. This role offers a collaborative work environment, competitive salary, and comprehensive benefits.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

401k with company match

Generous PTO policy

Flexible remote-first work environment

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• One to two years of experience in accounting and tax preparation.
• Enrolled Agent (EA), CPA or CPA candidate preferred.

Responsibilities

• Prepare tax returns and supporting documents for individuals and corporations.
• Assist with tax planning and react to IRS notices.
• Manage multiple client projects efficiently.

Skills

Attention to detail

Problem solving

Communication skills

Time management

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

QuickBooks Online

Excel

Job description

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Base pay range

$55,000.00/yr - $65,000.00/yr

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Accountfully is a full service accounting and tax firm that helps businesses ranging from pre-revenue to over $10million in revenue per year, with all of their accounting needs. At Accountfully we believe "People are Greater than Numbers." We pride ourselves on having an engaging, fun, and collaborative culture for our teams. We understand the importance of work-life balance and offer this role as a remote opportunity.

Staff Tax Accountant’s Embody Accountfully’s Core Values Which Include:

• Growth Mindset: learning and growing as a professional and in their role
• Solutions Oriented: proactively solving problems and earning efficiencies
• Teamwork: working together to accomplish goals
• Integrity: consistent and professional in all interactions
• Accountability: ownership of quality work products

What We’re Looking For in a Staff Tax Accountant:

• Basic financial statement understanding.
• Problem solver, independent thinker, asks thoughtful questions.
• Excellent attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Identifies opportunities for efficiencies in day to day workflow.
• Proficiency with time management and meeting deadlines while managing multiple client projects.
• Flexibility to adapt to firm and client specific practices.
• Demonstrates a high level of initiative and self-motivation, thriving in independent work settings to proactively drive tasks and projects to successful completion with minimal supervision.

Our Staff Tax Accountants Are Equipped To Manage The Following Areas Of Responsibility:

• Prepare tax returns and supporting work papers for individuals, C corporations, S corporations, and partnerships.
• Prepare extension calculations and quarterly estimates.
• Perform tax research.
• Assist with tax planning projects.
• Respond to notices from the IRS and other taxing authorities.
• Assist with other ad-hoc tax projects.
• Represent Accountfully with a high-level of professionalism in all communications.

Our Staff Tax Accountants Bring the Following Education and Experience to the Role:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• One to two years experience in accounting and tax preparation in a public accounting firm.
• Enrolled Agent (EA), CPA or CPA candidate preferred, but not required.

Our Staff Tax Accountants Bring the Following Skills to the Role:

• A knack for producing work with a high-level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong critical thinking and interpersonal skills.
• Tax Law Knowledge.
• Debit and credit understanding.
• Systems Knowledge (Time Tracking, Excel, QuickBooks Online, Task Organizer and Workflow Management, Tax Preparation Software-Ultratax).
• Ability to manage time and workload in a remote environment.
• Professional, kind and proactive in all client-facing communication (written and on camera).

Accountfully Offers Our Staff Tax Accountants:

• A comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, short-term disability insurance.
• A 401k with a company match.
• Twelve company-paid holidays and a generous PTO policy including rollover days.
• A fun, collaborative, and engaging remote-first work environment, including an annual in-person summit.
• A client book of a wide range of company types and sizes, many of them are mission-focused and impact-driven.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Associate

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Accounting/Auditing

• Industries

  Accounting

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