Accounting Supervisor (CPA  license required)

Location: Muskegon, Grand Haven, Grand Rapids

Job Type: Full-Time

Job Description

Are you an experienced and self-motivated licensed CPA? Would you love working for one of West Michigan’s longest standing, full-service CPA firms? Then we’d love for you to apply! We have immediate openings for full-time supervisor-level accountant positions. You will be an essential part of our team, providing services in assurance, tax, consulting and more. This is a great opportunity to work with a growing and goal-oriented company!

Basic Responsibilities (including but not limited to)

  • Business, individual, and trust taxation (preparation and review)
  • Audit and attestation engagements (supervisory experience)
  • Special projects
  • Consulting

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting (required)
  • CPA License (required)
  • Understanding of GAAP & Tax Laws

Desired Experience

  • 5-7 years of public accounting experience (compensation commensurate with skills and experience)

Desired Skills

  • Tax return preparation and review proficiency with business and individuals
  • Knowledge in corporate tax matters and flow through entities
  • Experience with family owned businesses
  • Planning, performing and supervisory experience in audit, review and compilation engagements (experience with business, construction, governmental (including schools), not-for-profit, and employee benefit plan clients preferred)
  • Ability to respond innovatively and constructively to clients’ needs, including recognition of networking and practice development opportunities
  • Ability to effectively obtain the confidence, respect and cooperation of the client
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Desire to develop technical skills of other team members
  • Deadline-Oriented with strong organizational and time management skills, ability to meet deadlines
  • Ability to work independently / self-motivated
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Client Accounting Services (CAS) Specialist

Location: Muskegon

Job Type: Full-Time

Job Description

Are you an experienced accounting professional with a broad skillset? Are you a motivated self-starter able to manage a diverse workflow? Would you love working for one of West Michigan’s longest standing, full-service CPA firms? If you’re enthusiastic about working in a public accounting setting, then we’d love for you to apply!

Based in our Muskegon office, a Client Accounting Services (CAS) Specialist at Brickley DeLong is primarily responsible for providing general accounting services to our clients. This includes:

  • Processing of monthly, quarterly, and annual payroll taxes (multi-state experience is a huge plus!)
  • Preparation of sales tax returns
  • Performing bank reconciliations and general bookkeeping tasks
  • Preparation of financial statements

Our firm offers a variety of services for clients across varied industries in West Michigan, and as a result, you will gain a wide range of experiences, allowing you to discover your interests and mold your career path.

The ideal CAS Specialist for our team will possess integrity and a great attitude. They will have a minimum of one years’ experience processing payroll tax returns. (That’s a big one!) They will also have experience with QuickBooks and demonstrate proficiency with Microsoft Excel. Experience with Thomson Reuters CS products is a plus! This person will be a phenomenal team player with a drive to grow and help their peers grow. Our ideal CAS Specialist will be an effective communicator and exhibit dedication to providing quality service to our clients.

BD is proud to offer many perks and benefits to our full-time team members. At a glance, you will be entitled to a generous amount of paid time off, firm-paid life insurance, and firm-paid short-term and long-term disability insurance. We offer enrollment in our healthcare, dental, and vision coverages, and BD helps to shoulder some of the costs of premiums and healthcare expenses. Our firm also has a very generous 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan.

Brickley DeLong is committed to developing and rewarding our greatest asset: our team. We continually encourage our people to challenge themselves, to accept new responsibilities, and to always uphold the highest level of integrity, innovation, and dedication to the Firm and its clients.

We value hard work and loyalty but we also recognize the imperativeness of opportunities for growth and work-life balance. Our focus is not only on quality of work, but on quality of life for our team members and their families. We believe that job satisfaction and positive engagement produce a strong work ethic, superb teamwork, lasting client relationships, and a thriving company culture.

If you think you could be our next CAS Specialist, we invite you to apply!

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Staff Accountant

Location: Muskegon, Grand Haven, Grand Rapids, Hart

Job Type: Full-Time

Job Description

Are you in your first or second year on your path to becoming a CPA? Or maybe you’re fresh out of college and looking for the perfect firm to call home and would love working for one of West Michigan’s longest standing, full-service CPA firms! If you’re motivated and enthusiastic about working in public accounting, then we’d love for you to apply!

Based in our Muskegon, Grand Haven, or Grand Rapids offices, an entry-level Accountant at Brickley DeLong is primarily responsible for both audit and tax duties throughout the year. This includes:

  • Preparation of individual and personal property tax returns
  • Assisting on audits as part of an engagement team
  • Performing preliminary audit work and preparing work papers in assistance with the year-end audit
  • Assisting on other attest engagements such as compilations and reviews

Our firm offers a variety of services for clients across varied industries in West Michigan, and as a result, you will gain a wide range of experiences, allowing you to discover your interests and mold your career path to become one of the area’s most trusted business advisors.

The ideal Accountant for our team will possess integrity and a great attitude. They will have completed, or be completing within the year, their Bachelor’s degree in Accounting (or equivalent), and they will be making plans to sit for their CPA exam. This person will be a phenomenal team player with a drive to grow, and help their peers grow, into a respected and skilled accounting professional. Our ideal Accountant will be an effective communicator and exhibit dedication to providing quality service to our clients.

BD is proud to offer many perks and benefits to our full-time team members. At a glance, you will be entitled to a generous amount of paid time off, firm-paid life insurance, and firm-paid short-term and long-term disability insurance. We offer enrollment in our healthcare, dental, and vision coverages, and BD helps to shoulder some of the costs of premiums and healthcare expenses. Our firm has a very generous 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan, as well as a Bonus PTO program.

We also continuously invest in the professional growth of our people. Among other things, we provide a mentorship program, assign professional development learning tracks, provide in-house CPE trainings, and cover licensing fees and memberships with professional organizations.

Brickley DeLong is committed to developing and rewarding our greatest asset: our team. We continually encourage our people to challenge themselves, to accept new responsibilities, and to always uphold the highest level of integrity, innovation, and dedication to the Firm and its clients.

We value hard work and loyalty but we also recognize the imperativeness of opportunities for growth and work-life balance. Our focus is not only on quality of work, but on quality of life for our team members and their families. We believe that job satisfaction and positive engagement produce a strong work ethic, superb teamwork, lasting client relationships, and a thriving company culture.

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Tax Manager (CPA license required)

Location: Muskegon, Grand Rapids

Job Type: Full-Time

Job Description

We currently have opportunities for a Tax Manager both in our Muskegon and our Grand Rapids locations. The position requires the ability to manage a broad range of business and individual filings, supervise a team handling many projects simultaneously, and assisting with tax research and planning.

Basic Responsibilities (including but not limited to)

  • Directly involved with the compliance function of client engagements, including the preparation and technical review of corporate, partnership, and personal income tax returns
  • Identifying tax planning calculations, research and consulting on complex tax matters, and assisting the firm in process improvement and best practices
  • Manage and supervise multiple client engagements

Qualifications

  • CPA required
  • Masters in Taxation preferred

Desired Experience

  • Eight or more years of public accounting experience

Desired Skills

  • Must have the ability to work within strict deadlines without compromising excellent service
  • Must possess strong leadership and staff development skills ensuring the future growth of the firm
  • Strong emphasis on providing exceptional client service, building relationships, and becoming the client’s trusted advisor
  • Very strong working knowledge of tax software, CPA firm culture, and effective writing, communication, and tax research skills
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Intern

Location: Muskegon, Grand Haven, Grand Rapids, Hart

Job Type: Full-Time

Job Description

Interns serve as members of client service teams. Interns are staffed on engagements similar to an Accountant and receive formal and on-the-job training to hone and develop their technical skills. In this role, Interns assist in the preparation of primarily individual tax returns. In addition, Interns may be responsible for research on tax law or other related projects.

While utilizing tax-related software to prepare and process returns, Interns will gain a vast amount of knowledge while working hands-on in the preparation of income tax returns. Complexity of returns will increase through tax season with the expectation that the individual has a thorough knowledge and ability to complete basic tax returns and work with all levels of management at the end of the internship. Procedures may range from computer input to taking a tax project from start to finish while working with senior staff to correct problems or tax issues encountered, provide explanations, and research tax issues.

Skills & Qualifications

  • Pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or related field and/or an advanced degree in Accounting or Taxation
  • Preferred minimum GPA of 3.0
  • Strong leadership, multitasking, and organizational skills
  • Self-starter with initiative to seek out opportunities in a fast-paced environment
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
  • Strong interpersonal skills
  • Ability to interact with and gain the respect of all levels of a CPA firm
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Brickley DeLong, P.C. is always looking for talented individuals. Our West Michigan accounting firm has current openings, and we encourage candidates of all skill levels to apply, from college graduates to experienced professionals looking for a career change. If you’d like to send a general application, please send us your resume to the attention of:

Ellen L. Rusco
Firm Administrator
316 Morris Ave, Suite 500
PO Box 999
Muskegon, MI  49443-0999
or e-mail: recruiting@brickleydelong.com
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