Work at a top 20 St. Louis CPA and advisory firm conveniently located off Hwy 270 and Gravois in Sunset Hills. Schowalter & Jabouri, P.C. (S&J) offers flexibility, work-life balance, a collaborative work environment and resources for continued learning that will allow you to develop personally and professionally to help you achieve your life goals.

Joining our team will help you build your skills while allowing you to focus on specific industries and service areas. We provide hands-on experience, working alongside professionals of all levels. Help us deliver unmatched client service to a variety of high-profile companies and organizations.

What we stand by:

• We remain passionate about our client’s success

• We are dedicated to our team members' personal and professional development

• We are committed to quality and our reputation

• We are faithful to our role as community leaders

Job Functions and Responsibilities:

As a Senior Tax Accountant, you will perform the work assigned to you with minimal assistance and often lead a number of staff accountants. This includes, but is not limited to, instructing them in the work to be performed, reviewing the work they completed and directing necessary revisions as needed. Senior Tax Accountants should be capable of making decisions on complex tax issues. When such problems arise, you should be able to outline them for the manager or shareholder and then act on their advice.

We will also rely on you to set up time budgets on previously handled jobs and lead staff accountants to employ methods that will accomplish objectives in a timely manner. You should display professional conduct and show confidence and ease in the presence of staff and client representatives.

Responsibilities of a Senior Tax Accountant:

• Perform technical review of selected tax returns such as, but not limited to, Corporate, Partnership, Individuals, Trust and multi state tax returns

• Deal with more complex tax issues and prepare more complex tax returns for various types of entities

• Prepare tax accruals and required footnote disclosures for financial statements

• Maintain compliance with due dates and monitoring time budgets on assigned engagements

• Prepare tax planning, estimates and become involved in planning for more complex clients

• Direct and coordinate tax planning for less complex client situations

• Prepare and communicate accurate and timely job status information to shareholder and manager

• You should have excellent data retention and ability to recall technical information

• Seek opportunities to deliver valuable potential services to clients

• Perform diversified accounting and tax assignments under the direction of manager and shareholder

• Develop and nurture relationships with clients and effectively communicate with clients to receive the information necessary to complete the engagement with a minimum of disruption to the client

• Engage in ongoing personal development by participating in education opportunities such as reading professional publications, maintaining personal networks and participating in professional organizations

• Thoroughly verify information through independent research, document complicated issues and communicate source information

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Master’s Degree in Accounting

• 3+ years relative work experience as a staff or senior accountant or equivalent

• CPA license preferred or is working toward obtaining the license by taking and passing the applicable state CPA exam

• If licensed, should be a member in good standing with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)

• Experience in public accounting, demonstrating a progression in complexity of accounting tasks and tax knowledge

• Technical proficiency in our Firm’s tax software applications