Job Title: Audit and Accounting Manager Partnership Track/Expectation
Location: Oakbrook Terrace IL (Local Candidates Only)
Employment Type: FullTime
Salary Range: Open (Based on Experience)
Experience Required: CPA with at least 8 years of public accounting experience
Position Overview We are seeking a highly skilled Audit and Accounting Manager to join our team in Oakbrook Terrace IL. This role offers the potential for partnership and is ideal for a CPA with extensive public accounting experience. The ideal candidate is clientfocused motivated to grow their career and capable of managing both assurance and taxrelated projects.
Key Responsibilities - Perform and supervise audits reviews and compilations for a variety of clients.
- Stay updated on recent accounting and auditing pronouncements particularly for profit and notforprofit businesses.
- Collaborate with and mentor junior staff to foster their professional growth.
- Handle tax compliance and consulting work as needed with a preference for knowledge in both individual and business tax.
- Provide services for complex trusts and estate accounting (preferred).
- Build and maintain strong client relationships through effective communication and service.
Minimum Qualifications (MustHave): - CPA certification with a minimum of 8 years of public accounting experience.
- Proficient in performing audits reviews and compilations.
- Strong foundational knowledge in tax and accounting services.
- Uptodate understanding of tax laws regulations and accounting pronouncements (2018 onward).
- Recent (2022 or later) experience in public accounting within a CPA firm.
- No experience with SEC or governmental audits required.
Preferred Qualifications: - Experience in both tax and assurance services.
- Comfort with individual and business tax projects.
- Prior exposure to complex trusts and estate accounting.
- Ability to train and nurture junior staff members.
Work Expectations: - 55 hours per week during busy seasons (January April 15 and August October 15).
- Flexible schedule outside busy seasons (40 50 hours per week).
- Primarily inoffice role with hybrid flexibility for candidates with 8 years of experience (outside busy season).
- Local travel to client sites within the Chicagoland area as needed.
Interview Process: - First Interview: Conducted via Zoom with video (45 minutes).
- Opportunity for mutual evaluation between the candidate and company.
- Second Interview: Inperson at the Oakbrook Terrace office (60 minutes).
- Includes technical questions to assess experience and suitability.
- Postsecond interview: Application form completion and submission of three references for verification.
Benefits: - Competitive salary based on experience.
- Paid overtime/compensated time off.
- Employer contribution to a profitsharing plan.
- 401(k) Plan.
- Health insurance and sick pay.
- Paid vacation.
- Lifetime commission (15%) on new business brought into the firm.
- Flexible scheduling and hybrid work arrangements (postorientation and outside busy season).