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Atchison & Vassalos CPAs
Tax and Accounting Professional
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A Tax Preparer prepares tax returns for individuals or small businesses, with certification as required by the Internal Revenue Service. Provides knowledge and experience with tax law, accounting and software.
$35,658 / year median in Virginia
+13% projected growth
Job Description
We're a small, well-established CPA firm in Charlottesville, Virginia, 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 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, 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 accommodate life's demands. Take time one day, make it up on another. A real path to grow with the firm Applications should include one to two paragraphs on why you are interested in this role, in particular. Be sure to include any facts about you that concretely demonstrate your interest. We will genuinely read it, so please - genuinely write it.