Are you a growth-oriented CPA looking for a firm that values innovation and client service? Look no further than ATKG!
For over 40 years, we have delivered exceptional Tax, Accounting, Assurance, and Advisory services to clients in San Antonio and throughout the United States. As a result, we have been named 2023 Best Places to Work! We take pride in the culture we have built at ATKG and continually invest in our business and our people to become better together. But we are not just committed to our clients and employees – we are also committed to our community. We have partnered with many great charitable organizations throughout the years, with our focus over the past 2 years on our charity of choice, Kinetic Kids!
And now, we are taking our commitment to excellence to a new level. In May 2023, we made the strategic decision to join Ascend – a tax, accounting, and advisory platform that partners with entrepreneurial CPAs to usher in their next stage of growth. With Ascend’s shared resources and partnerships, ATKG is well positioned for strong innovation and growth in the years to come! If you are a CPA who shares our values and is looking for a dynamic and exciting firm to call home, look no further than ATKG!
Top reasons CPAs choose to work at ATKG:
- Be on a team that embraces technology and innovation. We proactively invest in new tools and systems to help you focus more on client service and less on mundane tasks.
- Benefit from a culture of support. We serve clients collaboratively and have fun while doing it!
We need bright, motivated, and energetic people to help us continue to grow. We are currently looking for a Tax Manager to join our Tax business who will exemplify our core values.
- Positivity: Look for good in all situations and people.
- Team: We make each other better. We’re humble, hungry, and smart.
- Open: Foster trust, respect, and understanding through thoughtful communication.
- Insightful: Look beyond what’s ordinary and find the extraordinary.
- Caring: We take an active interest in our team and clients.
Who you are:
Enjoy delivering excellent client service, with superior results. Hands-on and passionate about developing yourself and others. As a Tax Manager, you should be able to lead your own engagements, lead a tax team, juggle multiple projects and deadlines. Finally enjoy collaborating with multiple teams along with demonstrating your technical abilities in a variety of Tax areas.
What you’ll be doing:
Candidates at this level will need to have an active CPA.
- Proactively build relationships and communicate effectively with the client to provide superior client service.
- Exemplary leadership skills: ability to mentor, train, and develop junior team members.
- Perceptively identify tax risk management issues and work to develop various solutions to partner consideration.
- Provide tax provision preparation, review, and support services to clients on complex engagements. Develop and ensure accurate, timely filings of all tax forms.
- Serve as a trusted advisor to our clients, offering accurate recommendations and considerations.
- Make suggestions to help improve departmental efficiency
- Possess strong technical taxation skills and the ability to form strong client relationships.
- Experience in business development
- Additional duties as requested.
Requirements:
- 5+ years of public accounting experience
- 2+ years in a supervisory role within a public accounting firm
- CPA required
- Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or related field
- Experience directly managing and interacting with clients through a variety of channels
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Advanced knowledge of applicable accounting software, QuickBooks, CCH Axcess & Engagement preferred
- US work authorization required
What we offer:
- Benefits (Vision, Dental, Medical)
- Hybrid opportunities available or 100% remote work depending on location
- A generous PTO package
- 401k matching
- Fun company sponsored activities and events
- Career & growth opportunities for interested team members
What We Do
Ascend empowers entrepreneurial CPAs to reach their goals with an innovative growth model that brings their firms into the new age. Backed by private equity from people-focused Alpine Investors, Ascend is building a modern platform for regional accounting firms that enables them to stay independent while accessing the resources of a large CPA firm to help them grow. Ascend provides access to growth capital, robust talent acquisition, best-of-breed technology, a catalytic leadership system, shared back-office services, and modernized equity incentives so that firms can surmount today’s industry challenges and reach their full potential. Founded in January 2023, the company attained revenues sufficient to qualify it as a Top 100 U.S. accounting firm within six months of operation.
