Staff Accountant

Description

We are looking for entry-level public accountants for our Walnut Creek office with 0-2 years of tax and/or audit experience who understand the importance of professionalism, technical excellence, and commitment to the highest industry standards. We offer a comprehensive range of taxation, advisory, compliance, audit, and accounting services for a wide variety of businesses and their owners and serve a broad spectrum of securities funds, private-equity and venture capital firms, real estate firms, private foundations, and high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals. You will have opportunities to be mentored by the firm partners and managers. Most importantly, when you work with us, you will have an impact.

We offer a hybrid-working model, state of the art equipment, and firm events that help our staff foster personal connections with all of their coworkers and promote collaboration in the workplace. Our hybrid work environment allows for greater flexibility and work-life integration. We firmly believe that the success of our firm is directly dependent on the success of our people, which is why we strive to cultivate an engaging environment that exemplifies our firm values.  Accounting Today named Navolio & Tallman LLP as one of the “Top 100 Best Accounting Firms to Work for” for multiple years.  

Work Environment:

• Fast-paced and requires a high degree of urgency in completing tasks and assignments
• Rewarding and challenging with varied work activities and exposure to different clients and services
• Embraces and encourages ongoing change and improvement and empowers staff at all levels to provide feedback and to personally make changes
• Provides opportunities to work with concepts and ideas as well as technical tasks such as investigation, analysis, and problem solving
• This role follows a hybrid schedule and requires employees to be in the office four days per week

Position Responsibilities:

• Prepare individual, fiduciary, partnership, not-for-profit, and corporate income tax returns under the direction and constructive feedback of supervisors
• Prepare tax projections to assist clients in minimizing taxes and determining quarterly estimated tax payments
• Research tax and accounting issues and effectively communicate the analysis and conclusion
• Perform audit, review, and compilation procedures and prepare financial statements with a general understanding of the underlying standards

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science or Master of Science in Accounting or Taxation. 
• Minimum 3.2 GPA.
• Working towards or have already met the 150-semester unit requirement for CPA licensure, either under current or grandfathered standards, as applicable. A  CPA license is a plus. 
• Exhibits flexibility in a fast-paced work environment.