Tax Internship

Atherton & Associates, LLP; Sonora (CA); On-site; USD 21,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

California Paid Sick Leave

Job summary

Atherton & Associates, LLP in California is seeking self-motivated college students to gain hands-on experience in a professional CPA firm. Interns will learn about daily tax and accounting tasks, client communication, and firm workflows while developing essential skills.

The internship offers flexible scheduling around academic commitments and a chance to observe key processes in onboarding, tax preparation support, and client file management.

Qualifications

• Pursuing an associate degree in business, accounting, economics, finance, mathematics or related discipline.
• In good academic standing with progress toward degree.
• Flexible full-time or part-time scheduling around school.
• Positive attitude, eager to learn and detail-oriented.
• Strong attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Support onboarding of new clients by coordinating system setup across internal platforms.
• Organize and curate client documentation for tax preparation.
• Assist with management and flow of client information throughout the firm.
• Contribute to development of client tax support files.
• Assist in preparation of selected client tax forms per firm standards.
• Support offboarding of departing clients.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Time management

Collaboration

Attention to detail

Education

Associate degree in Business Administration/Accounting/Economics/Finance/Mathematics

Job description

Description

Atherton & Associates, LLP is a quality firm founded more than 100 years ago with a strong commitment to providing the highest possible level of service to our clients. We provide a wide variety of services for our clients that include tax planning and preparation, estate planning, accounting, auditing, and general business advisory services. The many large and small family-owned businesses that we serve include agriculture, food processing, cooperative, real estate, transportation, manufacturing, warehousing, and medical industries.

We are actively recruiting self-motivated college students interested in getting a glimpse into working in a professional CPA firm environment. This is a great opportunity to observe some of the daily challenges, routines, cycles, tax and accounting language, and so much more. Interns will get ahead on their chosen careers by developing people skills, collaboration, communication, time management, and teamwork in a professional working environment. In scheduling work schedules, Atherton will work around academic schedules of selected interns.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Support the onboarding of new clients by coordinating system setup across internal platforms.
• Curate and organize client documentation to facilitate efficient and accurate tax preparation.
• Contribute to the management and flow of client information throughout the Firm.
• Assist with the development of comprehensive client tax support files.
• Support the preparation of selected client tax forms in alignment with Firm standards.
• Support the offboarding of departing clients.

Benefits

• California Paid Sick Leave

Requirements

• Currently pursuing an associate degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Economics, Finance, Mathematics, or a related discipline, with an interest in accounting.
• Be in good academic standing, making satisfactory progress towards degree.
• Full-time or part-time according to school schedule.
• Positive “can-do” attitude, passionate about learning.
• High attention to detail.