We’re Hiring: Senior Accountant

SJ Gorowitz Accounting & Tax Services is an award winning, boutique, CPA firm located in Alpharetta, GA supporting expanding and emerging businesses and their owners. We are proud to have been recognized as the Best of North Atlanta, CPA category, in 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020! This is not your typical CPA firm. We genuinely enjoy one another and our clients and believe that the best work gets done in a supportive, happy work environment.

We are seeking a Senior Accountant, who enjoys collaboration and wants an opportunity to work in a professional CPA firm environment with diverse clientele. If you are a driven and enthusiastic professional with three years minimum current experience in public accounting, joining the SJG team is a great opportunity to excel and continue your growth.

Why should you join our team?

• Stability: We’ve been in business since 1991
• Teamwork: Do your best work in a collaborative, supportive, positive work environment
• Professionalism: Engage with clients who value our honesty, dedication and experience
• Connections: Build genuine personal relationships with our people, partners and clients
• Winning: Be part of a team that celebrates the successes of our clients and team
• Empowerment: Be entrusted to seek real solutions to challenges, sticky situations or difficult issues
• Continuous Learning: Take advantage of continued education on critical issues impacting accounting and tax

Senior Accountant – Job Description

This is a great opportunity for an enthusiastic, recent accounting graduate with 2+ years of work experience in a public accounting firm. This is an onsite position, ideal for someone who wants to receive broad exposure to the entire accounting and tax cycle. The candidate must be experienced in QuickBooks Desktop, QuickBooks Online and Microsoft Excel.

This individual is a proactive self-starter with a strong work ethic, a desire to grow professionally and the ability to work with minimum supervision, meet deadlines and adjust to multiple work demands. The selected candidate will be working in a challenging and motivating team environment for a company that is known for the high quality and service they provide to their clients and community.

This individual is well-spoken, polished, professional in manner and appearance, detail oriented with multi-tasking ability, strong work ethic, a desire to grow professionally and be a team player.

Essential Functions

• Performing accounting functions to include: reconciliations, recording and adjusting general journal entries, analyzing accounts, fixed assets and depreciation and completing trial balance to prepare tax returns
• Preparing financial statements
• Preparing personal and corporate tax returns
• Analyzing IRS notices and drafting responses
• Contributing to the client service team by providing attentive service
• Preparing sales tax returns
• Preparing business personal property tax returns
• Preparing Forms 1096 and 1099

Required Experience / Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting
• Master’s Degree and or CPA preferred
• 2+ years current experience in a public accounting firm
• QuickBooks experience
• Payroll tax, sales tax and income tax preparation experience
• Strong computer and technical skills including, Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word and Outlook)
• At least one year of experience using computerized tax preparation and tax research software
• Little to no travel required

Additional Qualifications

• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Eagerness to learn and work in a team-oriented environment
• Ability to meet deadlines and work in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to multi-task, think independently and problem solve
• Excellent references