Part-time Contract Tax Preparer
Company Description
Ashford Sky CPA is a small remote CPA firm serving a wide array of small business clients. Our firm provides specialized services to help business owners navigate the complexities of entrepreneurship with expert tax and financial guidance.
Role Description
- We are seeking a part-time, contract experienced Tax Preparer to join our remote team. This is a perfect role for someone who excelled at a large CPA firm, but now wants to scale back to a remote part-time contract position. In this role, you will be responsible for a variety of tasks that are essential to our clients' tax well-being, including:
- Preparing individual and business tax returns, including book-to-tax walkforwards and capital account tracking
- Tax Research through Deep Research AI, as needed
- Keeping a standard set of workpapers for documentation
- Maintaining a consistent turnaround time to keep all projects moving
- Your work will be reviewed by the owner, who has a background mainly in corporate tax.
Estimated Workload: Work hours are expected to be 15-25 hours per week during tax season (February 15 – April 15), and 0-5 hours per week during off-season (April 15 – February 15)
- Qualifications
- 2-5+ years of preparing or reviewing tax returns, including business and individual tax returns (1120, 1120-S, 1065, and 1040)
- Experience at a large local, regional, or national CPA firm. Extensive experience with business tax returns.
- Proficiency in preparing tax returns in CCH Axcess
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work independently and meet deadlines
- Attention to detail and willing to document workpapers clearly
- Reliable laptop, a second monitor, with access to wi-fi (you will use your own computer)
- Proficiency with the Microsoft Suite (Excel, Word, Teams, Powerpoint, etc.)
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field
- Must be US-based
- CPA designation is highly preferred
- Compensation & Perks
- Pay will be $40 - $50 per hour, DOE (almost all of this will be billable time)
- Potential to be paid based on revenue managed, which often results in a higher hourly pay.
- Company-paid ChatGPT Teams plan.
- Very Flexible schedule; most client interaction is via email with occasional calls. Ability to start now with some small projects before tax season in spring.
- Small, growing team (currently three people) with room to increase hours as we scale.
- Mentorship and learning from the owner, who has spent over 10 years in public accounting working with various types of businesses.
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