Current Openings
Audit Senior
Responsibilities:
- Independently plan and manage audit engagements
- Communicate effectively to the Partners/Managers on any unresolved issues
- Perform inventory-related audit procedures
- Prepare complete, well-documented sets of working papers for review and drafts of Financial Statements
- Supervise, evaluate, coach and motivate staff members
Qualifications:
- Minimum 2 years experience in public accounting in a variety of industries including non-profit and benefit plan audits
- Licensed CPA or CPA candidate
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting
- Strong analytical, communication, and organizational skills
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
Tax Staff
Tax staff will work on various tax preparation projects under direct supervision of a superior.
Candidates should have upon graduation fulfilled the requirements to sit for the CPA exam, an accounting GPA of 3.0 and solid communication/interpersonal skills. We will be hiring tax staff for both our San Francisco and San Jose offices.
Audit Staff
Hood & Strong LLP is seeking staff auditors for its San Jose and San Francisco auditing and consulting engagements. Staff will have diverse opportunities to work as a team member in a variety of industries.
Qualifications:
- Undergraduate or Masters Candidates with a concentration in Accounting
- GPA minimum of 3.0
- Must have completed the necessary coursework to be eligible for the CPA Exam
- Strong attention to detail and analytical mind
- Interpersonal skills a must
- Ambition to learn and grow with Hood & Strong
- Car may be required to travel to client sites
Tax Manager
Qualifications:
- Interacting closely with clients to provide innovative tax planning, consulting, and compliance expertise.
- Providing primary and secondary review of complex tax returns.
- Developing and managing staff.
- Working closely with partners and staff on client management, practice development, and business development activities.
Required Skills and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting. CPA, Masters in Taxation a plus
- Six to eight years of progressive federal tax consulting and/or compliance experience in public accounting
- Experience in Corporate, S-Corp, Partnership and Individual returns.
- Strong leadership, business development, recruiting, training, coaching, and mentoring skills.
Senior Tax Accountant
Responsibilities:
- Prepare federal/multi-state income tax returns and extension/estimate projections for corporations and partnerships, including:
- Supporting workpapers, which involve identifying book/tax adjustments and filing requirements
- Working with financial statement auditors on tax provisions and gathering required data
- Prepare federal/state income tax returns and extension/estimate projections for individuals, trusts/estates, partnerships, corporations including supporting workpapers
- Develop and motivate tax staff by providing them with counseling, leadership and career guidance
Qualifications:
- MUST have 3 to 5 years relevant public accounting tax experience
- Bachelors degree in Accounting
- Masters degree in taxation highly desirable
- Strong analytical, written & oral communication, interpersonal and organizational skills
- Licensed CPA or CPA candidate