At Navolio & Tallman LLP, we pride ourselves on creating a collaborative and supportive
atmosphere focused on the strengths of each individual to build a well-rounded team. Our hybrid
work environment allows for greater flexibility and work-life integration.
We are a CPA firm headquartered in Walnut Creek, and we have recently opened an office in
Reno, Nevada to better assist our clientele with their growing needs. We anticipate 15 to 20
percent growth within the next 5+ years.
We are looking for experienced public accountants for our audit manager position with 5+ years
of audit experience who understand the importance of professionalism, technical excellence, and
commitment to the highest industry standards. We offer a comprehensive range of taxation,
advisory, compliance, audit, and accounting services for a wide variety of businesses and their
owners and serve a broad spectrum of securities funds, private-equity and venture capital firms,
real estate firms, private foundations, and high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals.
You will have opportunities to mentor staff and be mentored by the firm partners. Most
importantly, when you work with us, you will have an impact.
We offer a hybrid-working model, state of the art equipment, and firm events that help our staff
foster personal connections with all of their coworkers and promote collaboration in the workplace.
We firmly believe that the success of our firm is directly dependent on the success of our people,
which is why we strive to cultivate an engaging environment that exemplifies our firm values. We
have even been named Accounting Today’s “Top 100 Best Accounting Firms to Work for” for
multiple years, including as recently as 2021 and 2020!
Work Environment:
Dynamic, stimulating, and exciting with constant interaction
Fast-paced and requires a high degree of urgency in completing tasks and assignments
Rewarding and challenging with varied work activities and exposure to different clients
and services
Embraces and encourages ongoing change and improvement and empowers staff at all
levels to provide feedback and to personally make changes
Provides opportunities to work with concepts and ideas as well as technical tasks such as
investigation, analysis, and problem solving
Position Responsibilities:
For Audit Senior:
Assist with engagement planning, accounting research, and supervision of staff
throughout audit, review, and compilation engagements
Critically detail reviews of audit, review, and compilation procedures and financial
statements and perform and prepare more complex procedures and financial statements
Effectively research and explain technical issues to staff and motivate them to build their
technical skills
Manage workflow between staff and management by identifying and prioritizing
deadlines
Develop effective relationships with colleagues and clients through professionalism,
effective communication, and follow-through
For Audit Manager
Complete thorough engagement reviews while assuming primary responsibility for client
engagements, including scheduling, staffing, timing, technical issues and more as needed
Ensure the completion of engagements, including identifying and addressing problem
areas with minimal oversight or assistance
Manage, supervise and mentor Staff and Senior accountants, including mentoring in
professional development areas, guiding and teaching through technical challenges and
maintaining a positive team atmosphere
Complete annual performance evaluations for assigned staff and manage ongoing
employee performance
Work with partners on identifying and pursuing new clients
Promote the firm’s overall growth and well-being by assisting with recruiting,
contributing to publications, conducting trainings, etc.
Maintain and grow client relationships through professionalism, responsiveness and
superb client service
Enhance knowledge and skills in the firm’s industries of focus by attending training
courses and seeking out opportunities for improvement and learning
Manage your time and the time of Staff and Senior Accountants efficiently and contribute
to firm profitability by adding value
Other duties and assignments as needed
We are looking for candidates with:
Bachelor of Science or Master of Science in Accounting or Taxation
CPA license
Minimum of 5 years of tax experience
Availability to work full-time
Demonstrates leadership, problem solving, and strong verbal and written communication
skills
Ability to set and work with goals, objectives, and deadlines
Talent Requirements:
We offer multiple paths to success and are looking for diverse talents to cultivate long-term careers
in public accounting with us. We would love to hear from you if either of these profiles describes
you (one is not better than the other):
TALENT PROFILE #1
Thrives in an entrepreneurial, competitive,
and personally-demanding environment
Possesses a strong desire to persuade,
influence, and motivate others
Prefers general, broad direction rather than
close or controlled supervision
Needs to have the ability to make decisions
and authority and control over events and
situations
Prefers working with concepts and ideas
over technical tasks
Prefers to establish your own performance
goals and work guidelines
Seeks freedom, independence, and
discretion in scheduling your own time
TALENT PROFILE #2
Prefers a non-competitive work environment with
particular emphasis on team or group performance
Seeks affiliation, to be part of a group, and to
identify with a group
Enjoys working on tasks that require exactness,
precision, and accuracy with detail
Prefers to work on structured, well-defined tasks
and activities under explicit rules and work
guidelines
Prefers working with concepts and ideas over
technical tasks
Wants to be involved in decisions and important
events, but prefers to avoid making decisions
which involve ambiguity or possible risk
Possesses a strong desire to persuade, influence,
and motivate others
If you are interested in contributing your talents to our team, please submit your resume to
careers@ntllp.com.