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At Purk & Associates, P.C., we are proud to offer highly competitive salaries, flexible work schedules (including 36-hour work weeks in the summer with Fridays off), hybrid workplace options with casual dress codes, and an open-door policy for all team members.  Our team also enjoy spending some time with each other at firm events including our annual Cardinals game, family picnic, holiday party, and happy hours, just to name a few. Other benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance, paid continuing education and tuition reimbursement programs, as well as flexible spending accounts, firm-provided cell phone, and 401(k) with company match. 

Purk & Associates, PC has been recognized as a “Best Places to Work” by the St. Louis Business Journal, Accounting Today, Best Accounting Firms by Small Business Monthly, and others for several years running, and has been named by Inc. Magazine as one of the fastest-growing privately held companies in the United States.  We’d love to show you why!

As a manager, you will be entrusted with the following responsibilities:
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• Client engagement management including direct, daily client communication
• Review of tax returns for various types along with providing tax compliance and consulting services
• Review of client year-end general ledger, analysis of accounts, and preparation of closing/adjusting journal entries
• Conducting firm tax research for planning and year-end projections
• Working with team members across firm departments to assist in myriad different types of engagements
• Training, managing, and developing tax staff and interns 

Qualifications for this position include the following:

• 5+ years of recent public accounting experience in tax 
• CPA license or qualifications attained and movement toward obtaining CPA license required
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Prosystems fx Tax software knowledge a plus  
• Excellent written and oral communications skills
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills

As a senior associate, you will be responsible for:
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• Preparation and some detail review of tax returns for various types along with providing tax compliance and consulting services
• Year-end general ledger analysis and closing/adjusting journal entries
• Working with team members across firm departments to assist in myriad different types of engagements
• Conducting tax research for planning and year-end projections
• Assisting in training, managing, and developing tax staff and interns
• Direct, daily client communication 

Qualifications for this position includes the following:
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• 3+ years of recent public accounting experience in tax 
• CPA license or qualifications attained and movement toward obtaining CPA license required
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Prosystems fx Tax software knowledge a plus  
• Excellent written and oral communications skills
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills
• Interest in ongoing learning

About the Role

Purk & Associates, PC, a public accounting firm, is seeking an internal Office Administration Professional. This Professional will perform a variety of core administrative activities to support our accountants and clients, as well as some internal Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable functions for the firm.  The successful candidate would be someone comfortable serving as a trusted resource to our staff and clients by providing assistance with responsibilities, both scheduled and unplanned, pivoting as needed. 

Essential Functions and Primary Duties
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• Prepare electronic deposits daily
• Reconcile credit card accounts
• Accounts Payable – process invoices & prepare checks for signatures
• Data entry of client and firm expenses in software
• Prepare client invoices
• Track Accounts Receivable and follow-up with clients for outstanding amounts
• Assist accounting staff with annual membership renewals
• Assist tracking and payment of various software licenses for accounting staff
• Assembly of various customer deliverables, including financial statements, tax returns, and other various items as needed, both electronically and via paper copies.
• Assistance with various other general administrative functions as needed, including filing, organization, ordering inventory or other items for the office or for clients, and client telephone and electronic communication.

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to manage deadlines, work on multiple assignments and prioritize each assignment as necessary
• Demonstrated ability to communicate verbally and in writing throughout all levels of organization, both internally and externally
• Proficient use of Microsoft Office software and general knowledge of Intuit QuickBooks