Part-Time Tax Preparer

Are you one of those people that lives for tax season? Are you looking for the ability to work where you are most productive and the opportunity to make a difference for the clients you work with? Discover what working at Fine Point Consulting can do for you! On top of that, you get to work with a team that doesn't take themselves too seriously and uses memes and all the emoji's Slack can handle.

Fine Point Consulting, a boutique Accounting, CFO and HR services firm, is hiring a regular Part-Time Tax Preparer (working up to 20 hrs/week) to join our fun and high energy team. The Tax Preparer is an experienced accountant capable of accuracy across many clients. You know when to ask questions and are a skilled communicator when responding to client inquiries or reaching out to them for answers. You work efficiently, balancing speed with accuracy to ensure minimal errors on review of your work.

Fine Point Consulting provides a complete range of accounting and HR services to startups, nonprofits, and businesses in many industries. We have offices in Wisconsin along with team members working remotely across the country. Fine Point wholeheartedly values each of our employees and empowers each other to provide feedback to improve the team as a whole. Our outcomes-driven management style allows for a flexible schedule, meaning that each of us works when and where we perform the best. If you're looking for a work environment where you can make an impact, Fine Point might be the perfect fit!

Reports to: Tax Manager

Key Success Factors

• Prior tax preparation experience and ability to apply that experience to a wide range of client situations.
• Attention to detail.
• Time and project management skills with the ability to meet tight deadlines.
• Ability to manage unexpected and sometimes urgent firm or client matters as they arise.
• Expertise using a range of technology solutions (software, peripherals, etc.)
• Unrelenting commitment to client satisfaction. Have you figured out we like to delight our clients?

Responsibilities

• Assists clients with our online organizer process.
• Inputs some source document material into our tax software.
• Prepares 990, 1040, 1065, 1120, and 1120S returns, including multi-state and self-employed returns.
• Follows up with clients on missing documents and information.
• Prepares and submits extensions.
• Updates our project management tool with the status of returns.
• Conducts tax research as necessary.

Qualifications/Skills:

• Associate's degree in accounting.
• 2+ years of accounting experience.
• 2+ years of tax preparation experience.
• Strong technology skills using Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook at a minimum, more applications preferred).
• Ability to multi-task and to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Strong interpersonal and relationship building skills.
• Innovative thinker that enjoys building things from scratch and finding new ways to solve problems.
• Team player with a positive 'can do' approach.

Nice to have/Bonus points

• Bachelor's degree in accounting.
• An experienced CPA would be a plus!
• Experience working in a paperless environment.
• A general and growing knowledge of firm products and services in the practice area, and a general knowledge of products and services in other practice areas.
• Previous experience in public accounting or consulting on multiple clients.
• Prior experience with Proconnect and Tax Dome.

Compensation / Benefits:

• $20-$35 per hour.
• Opportunities for development and career growth.
• Flexible and autonomous work environment. We work where we are most productive to provide a healthy work-life balance, while still being accountable to our team and our clients.
• Technology stipend

Core Values

• Keep Track of Your Commitments and Hold Each other Accountable
• Flexible and Autonomous Work Environment
• Innovative, Anticipating Change and Shaping it to Fit Our Industry
• Have Fun
• Practice Servant Leadership
• Take Care of Each Other