Tax and Accounting Associate

Atchison & Vassalos, CPAs; Charlottesville (VA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and a performance-?

32-hour weeks considered full-time

Schedule flexibility

Job summary

Atchison & Vassalos, CPAs in Charlottesville, VA is seeking a motivated tax and accounting professional to join our small firm. You will prepare individual, business, trust, and nonprofit returns while handling monthly bookkeeping for small business clients.

We offer a mentoring path, opportunities to modernize workflows with new tools, relocation assistance, a competitive salary with performance bonus, and schedule flexibility as you grow your client relationships.

Qualifications

• CPA or EA credential is required.
• Interest in using technology and AI tools to improve accounting work is important.
• Experience with business tax returns and real estate advisory is a plus.
• Based in Charlottesville, VA or willing to relocate.

Responsibilities

• Prepare individual, business, trust, and nonprofit tax returns.
• Handle monthly bookkeeping and financial statements for small business clients.
• Communicate directly with clients on open items and questions.
• Contribute to ongoing efforts to modernize our workflow and integrate new tools.
• Take on increasing responsibility as your skills and client relationships grow.

Skills

Client communication

Education

CPA or EA credential

Job description

We're a small CPA firm with decades of successful experience in the Charlottesville, Virginia area, and we are looking for a motivated tax and accounting professional to join our team.

If these things excite you, we'd love to hear from you!

• Defined path toward independently managing client relationships within about a year
• Key role in modernizing the firm's business systems
• Mentor helping you step toward your long-term goals, and to build skills you need near-term
• Broad range of both corporate and individual return work

We provide a mentoring process for our new tax and accounting professionals. Our investment in your career growth also pays off in ways that make our clients happy and our practice thrive.

We're eager to reward solid work in the near term, and to incentivize a good team member to stay and grow with the company.

What You'll Do

• Prepare individual, business, trust, and nonprofit tax returns
• Handle monthly bookkeeping and financial statements for small business clients
• Communicate directly with clients on open items and questions
• Contribute to ongoing efforts to modernize our workflow and integrate new tools
• Take on increasing responsibility as your skills and client relationships grow

What We're Looking For

• We value the specific skills and judgment you bring more than a precise number of years, so we encourage you to apply if this sounds like a good career opportunity to you.
• CPA or EA
• Interest in preparing business returns - partnerships, S-corps, corporations - is required; experience with this work is a strong plus
• A genuine interest in how technology and AI tools can improve accounting work is important, and experience selecting or implementing business systems is a plus
• Interest in providing tax advisory services to real estate clients is a plus
• Based in, or willing to relocate to, Charlottesville, VA. Relocation assistance available.

Just Some of What We Offer

• Competitive salary and a performance bonus
• 32-hour weeks considered full-time from May through December!
• Schedule flexibility, to meet life's demands. Take time one day, make it up on another.