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Accounting Internship Program
Mildrid Esua, CPA offers an initial internship opportunity to qualified students who would like experience working in a full-service accounting firm. Internships are open to students who have strong academic credentials and a desire to work in public accounting.
The internship would be part time, approximately 20 hours a week, and duties include Small Business Accounting using Accounting CS Online, Tax Code Research using Checkpoint, The NC Dept of Taxation, the IRS Practitioner’s Hotline and other resources, assisting staff with tax and materials preparation, basic tax preparation and basic office support. Interns will also be invited to participate in other Mildrid Esua CPA business functions, such as our weekly training meetings, and Nonprofit Committee Meetings client meetings.
Who:
This internship is best suited for seniors, first and second year master’s students majoring in accounting or a related field looking for an initial, part-time internship at a boutique public CPA firm. Applicants will be directly involved in public accounting activities including tax research, preparation, write-up and more. This is a Paid internship.
When: Tax Season (January – April)
Summer (June – August)
Winter (October – December)
Accountant
As a member of Mildrid Esua, CPA Client Accounting Services team, your skills will be challenged while providing customized accounting services to our high net worth individual and middle market business clients. Through the development of productive working relationships with clients and co-workers, you will gain understanding of client business operations and procedures. The ideal candidate must have 3-7 years of full charge bookkeeping experience, preferably in a CPA firm environment. Experience with Accounting cs, Microsoft Office Suite, Ultra tax cs software, and Checkpoint is a plus.
Requirements:
B.S./M.S. degree in Accounting; CPA or CPA candidate
Minimum experience of two to four years within a public accounting firm
Experience providing assurance and audit services to government contracting clients is preferred
Strong computer skills (MS Office Suite)
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from clients and customers
Your responsibilities in this role
Produce journal entries and perform the month end close under minimal supervision
Manage schedules for monthly payments and capital lease
Compose thorough journal entries and account reconciliations which include, but are not limited to, cash, prepaid expenses, and payroll
Assist in implementation, maintenance and adherence to internal controls and accounting procedures ensuring compliance with GAAP
Participate in various department-wide initiatives
Thorough experience with month end balance sheet account reconciliations
Produce analyses for monthly balance sheets and income statements for reporting by management
Analyze and coordinate a variety of financial data, and report it in a useful and understandable manner
Maintain fixed asset ledgers, depreciation, and reconciliation
Regular maintenance and reconciliation of journal entries
Assist in the month end, quarter end and year end closing process including monthly financial close workbook preparation
Impromptu reporting and special projects, when requested
Intercompany billings, transactions, and reconciliation
Demonstrating positive attitude towards Firm and profession
Tax Associate
Our firm is focused on providing opportunities to well-rounded high performers with a proven track record of academic excellence. We seek students who understand that passion, diligence and focus are integral to successful academic and professional pursuits. We are an organization that recognizes and rewards those who take initiative in their future. This is an opportunity to work with a firm that encourages you to pave your own path and take ownership of your career.
Ideal candidates will be a Senior level Accounting Major at an accredited College or University with the ability to reside in Guilford/or Mecklenburg County Area.
Responsibilities:
Advising clients on a wide range of corporate and federal tax issues, various duties to include tax research and planning, compliance, consulting, and business transaction structuring services
Communicating with clients to discuss tax accounting matters
Meeting client service expectations through adhering to time budgets and maintaining positive client communications
Gaining an understanding of Firm policies, procedures, and professional standards through observation and inquiry and adheres to them
Demonstrating positive attitude towards Firm and profession
Representing the Firm in a favorable and professional manner
Developing initiative, interpersonal skills, and practical application of technical knowledge
Performing other related duties assigned by immediate supervisor and other Firm management as required
Confidentiality of Firm and client information is critical
Overtime is required during tax season (January through April) and occasionally throughout the remainder of the year. Deliver highest level of customer service to clients, including those at the executive level
Qualifications:
A strong interest in beginning a career practicing tax in public accounting upon receiving your undergraduate degree
3.0 cumulative GPA strongly preferred with equal or stronger performance in your major
Must meet the minimum requirements for the CPA exam (e.g., 150 credit hours) before start date of employment
Participation in extracurricular activities and demonstration of leadership abilities
Sharp analytical skills enhanced by a commitment to professional development
Effective written and verbal communication skills
Desire to work closely with Partners and clients to provide exceptional service
Previous hands-on public accounting internship experience is preferred
* Please list your GPA and number of credits at graduation on your resume and cover letter. All qualified candidates will be graduating (or will have graduated) with an Accounting degree and meet the minimum requirements to sit for the CPA exam before beginning full-time employment.
Senior Tax Associate
Mildrid Esua, CPA has an immediate opening for a Senior Associate to join our Tax Practice. Our professionals in this team apply extensive specialty knowledge in their delivery of efficient and innovative tax services to a wide range of individuals and diverse set of organizations in the Greensboro/Charlotte area. Representative set of clients might include – high tech start-up companies, government contractors, and real estate developers and the tax considerations of their owners and related parties. In addition, experience with Ultra tax cs software, tax research software, and Checkpoint is preferred.
Responsibilities:
Apply strong technical tax accounting knowledge of partnerships, corporations, s-corporations on consulting and compliance engagements
Prepare and review of tax returns
Participate in the tax planning and consultation process for clients
Assist Managers in identifying and researching various client issues, and communicate regularly with clients and upper firm management
Mentor Staff Accountants and interns
Participate in professional development activities, including training sessions and networking events
Assist the recruiting team on an as needed basis with campus visits and in-office interviews
Requirements:
2-4 years of public accounting experience
Extensive knowledge and experience with the preparation/review of tax returns
Active CPA preferred; CPA candidate (150 credits to sit for the CPA exam) is required
Degree in Accounting or related field required
Exceptional writing skills
Strong accounting, analytical, technical, organizational, and multi-tasking skills
Excellent presentation and communication abilities
Assurance Associate
Mildrid Esua, CPA is excited to present a unique opportunity to the “best of the best,” top of their class, motivated and focused accounting students who are on track to graduate their undergraduate or graduate degree with 150 credit hours in 2021.
Our firm is focused on providing opportunities to well-rounded high performers with a proven track record of academic excellence. We seek students who understand that passion, diligence and focus are integral to successful academic and professional pursuits. We are an organization that recognizes and rewards those who take initiative in their future. This is an opportunity to work with a firm that encourages you to pave your own path and take ownership of your career.
Ideal candidates will be a senior level Accounting Major at an accredited College or University with the ability to reside in Guilford or Mecklenburg county County.
Responsibilities:
Assisting on assurance engagements to include audits, reviews and compilations
Executing test work procedures over various financial statement areas including cash, receivables, inventory, fixed assets, payroll, expense analysis, trial balance and financial statement preparation
Demonstrating good workpaper techniques and understands objectives of workpapers
Beginning to identify and communicate accounting and auditing matters to the engagement team
Gaining an understanding of Firm policies, procedures, and professional standards through observation and inquiry and adheres to them
Demonstrates positive attitude towards Firm and profession
Represents the Firm in a favorable and professional manner
Develops initiative, interpersonal skills, and practical application of technical knowledge
Performs other related duties as assigned by immediate supervisor and other Firm management
Confidentiality of Firm and client information is critical
Overtime is required during busy season (January through April) and occasionally throughout the remainder of the yea
Executive Assistant for CPA Firm Tax Partner
The Executive Assistant reports directly to the Firm Administrator and works closely with the Tax Partner to ensure the smooth operation of client management. Responsibilities include preparing reports, billing, assembling tax returns, screening calls and scheduling appointments. This position requires strong verbal, written, and computer skills. The Executive Assistant is flexible, possess excellent interpersonal skills, and the ability to work well with all levels of internal management and staff, as well as outside clients and vendors.
Primary Responsibilities:
Assisting the Tax Partner
Generate Billings & Reports
Administration:
Assemble tax returns & source documents
Primary contact for administrative request from clients
Project Management & follow up
Assist in the management of the Tax Partners calendar
Compose and type routine correspondence
Set up tax appointments, arrange for meetings and conferences, as assigned
Part of a team rotation to answer phones
Set up new clients
Send out tax organizers
Other:
Filing and ensuring all necessary paperwork is scanned and organized (JGD is a paperless environment)
Assist other executive assistants, as needed
Works with the Firm Administrator on assigned projects
Working Conditions:
Overtime hours required during Tax “busy season” from February 15 to April 15; in excess of 40 hours per week with Saturday work during this time
From April 16 – February 14 work week is Monday through Friday 8 am – 5 pm (with little to no overtime)
Senior Audit Associate – Government Contracting Industry
Mildrid Esua, CPA has an immediate opening for a Senior Associate to join the Government Contracting Services team. Our professionals in this team apply extensive industry knowledge in their delivery of efficient and effective assurance and tax services to some of the largest and most dynamic organizations in the area.
Responsibilities:
Perform financial statement audits and reviews
Serve as the principal point of contact on client engagements and develop working relationships with senior level management and business owners
Proactively interact with key client management to gather information, resolve audit-related problems, and collaborate with managers and partners to make recommendations for business and process improvements
Takes responsibility, executes and follows through on timely completion of engagement deliverables from planning to completion
Supervise and mentor junior staff members on engagements and review workpapers
Gain comprehensive understanding of client operations, processes, and business objectives and utilize that knowledge on engagements
Utilize technical proficiency to enable diagnoses of and solutions to problems encountered on audits and reviews
Assist partners and senior management on proposals and business development calls
Develop industry knowledge by attending industry association meetings, trainings and networking events
Requirements:
B.S./M.S. degree in Accounting; CPA or CPA candidate
Minimum experience of two to four years within a public accounting firm
Experience providing assurance and audit services to government contracting clients is preferred
Strong computer skills (MS Office Suite)
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from clients and customers
Tax Supervisor
This position is for a supervisor with 4 to 6 years public accounting specializing in tax (CPA with an M.S. in Taxation preferred). The candidate must have experience preparing and/or reviewing tax returns for individuals, partnerships, trusts, and corporations, preferably with an emphasis on complex high net worth families and middle market operating businesses and real estate. In addition, experience with Ultra tax cs software, tax research software, Checkpoint, and Accounting cs is preferred.
Responsibilities:
Apply strong technical tax accounting knowledge of partnerships, corporations, s-corporations on consulting and compliance engagements
Prepare and review of tax returns
Participate in the tax planning and consultation process for clients
Assist Managers in identifying and researching various client issues, and communicate regularly with clients and upper firm management
Mentor Staff Accountants and interns
Participate in professional development activities, including training sessions and networking events
Assist the recruiting team on an as needed basis with campus visits and in-office interviews
Requirements:
2-4 years of public accounting experience
Extensive knowledge and experience with the preparation/review of tax returns
Active CPA preferred; CPA candidate (150 credits to sit for the CPA exam) is required
Degree in Accounting or related field required
Exceptional writing skills
Strong accounting, analytical, technical, organizational, and multi-tasking skills
Excellent presentation and communication abilities
Tax Manager
This position is for a manager with 6 plus years of public accounting specializing in tax. CPA is required, with an M.S. in Taxation preferred. The candidate must have experience reviewing tax returns for individuals, partnerships, S and C corporations, nonprofits, trusts and work papers using UltraTax CS Tax and Engagement. Must have an ability to develop and manage detailed budgets and delivery timelines, analyze complex tax situations, and conduct tax research as well as communicate with clients and effectively manage team members.
Responsibilities
Experience and understanding of flow through taxation, partnerships, and s-corporations
Provide tax compliance, planning and advisory services to Aronson clients
Review workpapers prepared by staff, recommend changes, and implement additional documentation identified through applicable tax law and firm policy
Supervise tax associates and senior associates to ensure tax engagements are completed in an efficient and timely manner
Participate in business development activities to increase client base; attend networking events and industry meetings while partaking in thought leadership and speaking engagements
Assist the recruiting team on an as need basis with campus visits, mentor and internship programs, and in-office interviews
Requirements
5+ years of public accounting (tax) experience; previous experience working with/for government contracting industries preferred
Active CPA required
Degree in Accounting or related field required
Masters in Taxation, JD, or other applicable advanced degree is a plus, but not required
Exceptional writing skills
Strong accounting, analytical, technical, organizational, and multi-tasking skills
Excellent presentation and communication abilities