Cas Staff Accountant

Staff Accountant, Client Accounting Services
At CRI your career path is just that-yours. We are strong believers in the notion that your career should adapt to and integrate into your life and not the other way around. We invite you to explore our opportunities and learn how CRI can help you reinvent your career path and shape your future.
Building out our expanding CAS practice: Seeking experienced CAS/bookkeeping professionals. 32 hr work week, full time benefits, (adjusted for hours), salary commensurate with experience. CRI, the firm that emphasizes "Balance" in work/life balance, come experience the difference. This position may work from our Tampa or Clearwater location.
Essential Functions:
Client Accounting Services (CAS) personnel are directly responsible for various client accounts, which are assigned to them.
CAS includes bookkeeping, payroll and payroll tax, sales and use tax, financial statement preparation and various other accounting and consulting services.
Competency and technical skill sets include (but are not limited to) strong knowledge of accounting principles and standard accounting processes for recording a company's business transactions into a general ledger, account reconciliations and work paper preparation, prepare and post journal entries and ability to adapt work as required by level of engagement.
Requirements:
Degree in Accounting required
This is a great opportunity for someone with an Accounting degree who is not pursuing CPA certification
2+ years of prior bookkeeping experience and an accounting degree preferred
A working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Word, and various accounting software (Sage, QuickBooks, Xero, etc.).
Available to work overtime in January through March
High degree of discretion dealing with confidential information
Personal characteristics include integrity, professional in attitude and appearance, and trustworthiness.
Demonstrated written and oral communication skills
Demonstrated ability to work independently and as a team
CRI unites your professional passions with your individual personal pursuits. CRI works together to build an empowered workplace for every person that steps foot through the door, from intern, to admin, to Staff Accountant, to partner. At CRI, #EverybodyCounts
Going beyond traditional accounting, CRI boasts many specialized service offerings, as well as our CRI Family of Companies portfolio, which collectively work together to help individuals and organizations across a broad range of industries reach their goals. To learn more about the industries we serve, our service offerings, and other opportunities, please visit us at www.cricpa.com.