Accounting : Seasonal Tax Associate

Job Description

Job Description

Organization

Markham Norton Mosteller Wright & Company, P.A. (MNMW) was founded in 1979 in Fort Myers, Florida by Gail Markham. They have always been committed to the communities and the clients they have served. Over the years, we added an office in Naples, Florida while continuing to serve the entire southwest region of Florida.

Our firm was built on and remains committed to providing businesses, organizations, and individuals value-based practical solutions for tax, accounting, business advisory services, and litigation support services.

Everyone at MNMW appreciates our close relationship with our clients and works hard to earn their trust daily. We believe our team members are the best in the business and have continually provided them with ongoing professional education opportunities and the most advanced technology to allow them to perform at the highest level. We understand that our clients’ economic activities in this region make our communities such a wonderful place to visit, live and raise families.

Position

The Seasonal Associate, with a focus on tax, will play a pivotal role in delivering comprehensive tax services to clients within our tax practice. The employment term will run from approximately January 15th through April 30th of each year. This role requires a driven professional with a passion for combining analytical abilities with strategic, common sense thinking to deliver accurate results in fast-paced, dynamic environments. The Seasonal Associate will thrive on balancing the need for technical accuracy with the ability to communicate questions and needs in a clear and impactful manner to a diverse audience, both at the internal team and client levels.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Reviews tax information submitted by client for completeness; meets with, emails, or calls clients with questions.
• Possesses knowledge of tax regulations to answer clients’ questions that may arise and ensure the accurate entry of data into forms, under supervision of managers and partners.
• Prepare personal tax returns of varying complexity to show the ability to grow and expand one’s technical knowledge.
• Prepares Corporate, S-Corp, Partnership, and Trust returns that are simple to moderately complex to show the ability to grow and expand one’s technical knowledge.
• Prepares amended and carry back returns for NOLs that are simple to moderately complex.
• Prepares personal tax projections through use of computer software and detailed client information.
• Prepares compiled financial statements, under supervision, and performs small business bookkeeping duties, as it relates to preparing a client’s final year-end information for tax preparation purposes. These responsibilities would include bank reconciliations, general ledger review and maintenance, preparing adjusting journal entries and preparation of basic financial statements in QuickBooks.
• Responds to tax notices of any sort and does initial drafts of any letters required.
• Performs tax research projects requiring minimal expertise to serve client needs and to build one’s technical knowledge base.
• Prepares miscellaneous forms occasionally including property tax refund forms, Form 1099’s, and payroll tax returns.

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