Assurance Staff
Do you want a career without limits? Do you want to shape your own future and be surrounded by people who listen? If so, we have the perfect opportunity for you at Smith + Howard.
Smith + Howard is a family of companies that offers tax, audit, accounting and advisory and wealth management services. We are headquartered in Atlanta with offices across the Southeast, while still offering a local firm flavor.
We offer competitive pay, excellent training opportunities and great benefits. You can help influence our culture and have the support and dedication from our leaders to help you achieve your career goals. Smith + Howard provides a great opportunity for professional growth and advancement within one of the nation’s top accounting firms.
If you are ready to make a career move and join a firm consistently named a “Best of the Best Firms” (Inside Public Accounting), we invite you to complete our employment application.
Summary
In our Assurance Staff role, you will need to demonstrate professional interest in providing clients with quality services and personal attention by performing “above and beyond the call of duty” if necessary. This will include planning and preparing supporting workpapers, as well as identifying value-add suggestions for client utilization.
Essential Functions
+ Adhere to professional ethics of the firm and AICPA.
+ Adhere to firm policy regarding client confidentiality.
+ Demonstration of professional interest in providing clients with quality services and personal attention by performing “above and beyond the call of duty” if necessary.
+ Audit preparation; trial balance and lead sheet setup; creating, updating, and analyzing schedules and spreadsheets; verification of accuracy of client accounting records; updating financials and gaining an understanding of our client’s businesses.
+ Performs and documents accounting services to include recording journal entries, general ledgers, reconcile bank accounts and other G/L accounts as necessary; prepare payroll and sales tax returns, prepare property tax returns, and prepare simple financial statements, etc.
+ Be aware of current developments and new pronouncements.
+ Identify problem areas and client issues and propose solutions to managers and partners.
+ Identify value added suggestions from audit and reviews for client utilization.
+ Meet chargeable hour goal.
+ Participates in internal training, as appropriate.
+ Pass CPA Exam if not already completed.
Position Requirements
+ Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Finance or other relevant degree program
+ Completion of the 150-credit hours necessary for licensure, highly desirable
+ Knowledge of basic accounting procedures and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
+ Proficient in Microsoft Office applications
+ Ability to multi-task with excellent written and verbal communication skills
+ Must be able to meet assigned deadlines in a fast-paced, team environment
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What We Do
Smith and Howard is a tax, accounting and advisory firm headquartered in Atlanta with a national reach and a reputation for doing more than expected. Our team of enterprising advisors are driven by creating extraordinary value for our clients, people and community. While many advisors say clients are their priority, Smith and Howard lives and breathes a promise of personal, responsive client service. Today, our family of companies is expanding and our client resume includes highly successful, profitable and entrepreneurially-driven individuals and businesses from around the country and the world. The professionals on our team are high caliber individuals who enjoy the nuances of our work and are looking for opportunities to put their acumen and creativity to work in growing careers. Explore our page and visit our website to learn more about who we are and what we do!
