Senior Accountant, Tax - Healthcare Physician Practices

Wipfli • Chicago, IL

17d • $85,000 - $128,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

At Wipfli, people count. At Wipfli, our people are core to everything we do—the catalyst behind our ability to create exceptional impact and extraordinary results. We believe in flexibility. We focus on relationships. We encourage each individual to follow their own path. People truly matter and they feel it. For those looking to make a difference and find a professional home, Wipfli offers a career-defining opportunity. This role requires a hybrid work arrangement.  At Wipfli, hybrid is defined as associates regularly work in a Wipfli office, from home and at client sites.  The client sites can vary locally, regionally, or nationally depending on the industry alignment. Note that scheduled meetings at the client and in the office will require in-person attendance.

Requirements

• Bachelors degree in accounting or a related field
• 3-4+ years of related experience
• Ability to plan, prioritize, and organize work many projects simultaneously under pressure and time deadlines
• Ability to analyze data and recommend solutions
• Strong verbal and written communication skills

Nice To Haves

• CPA certification preferred.
• Candidates actively pursuing CPA certification will be considered.
• Prior experience in healthcare tax preferred

Responsibilities

• Communicate with client and firm associate requests in a timely, accurate, positive and professional manner
• Establish and maintain effective client relationships through regular communications, including on-site visits
• Adhere to prescribed budgets and deadlines
• Develop technical competency and assist clients
• Participate in continuing professional education programs
• Serve as a trusted business advisor for clients and associates
• Proactively identify improvement opportunities in processes to enhance efficiency, recognize potential issues and/or opportunities in engagements and discuss with engagement leader
• Use data analysis skills to discover useful information and patterns to provide support in recommendations
• Provide medical practice clients tax compliance services and proactive tax consultations on individual, C corporation, S corporation, and partnership engagements in accordance with firm and professional standards as directed by engagement leaders
• Partner with clients to provide customized tax advisory services and work closely with other tax team members to identify and research complex tax issues.
• Grow into a deep industry expertise focused on the medical practice space.
• Understand and effectively use current tax and accounting software applications
• Research tax related issues and other related financial reports

Benefits

• Wipfli cares about our associates and offers a variety of benefits to support their well-being.
• Highlights include 8 health plan options (both HMO & PPO plans), dental and vision coverage, opportunity to enroll in HSA with potential Firm contribution and an Employee Assistance Program.
• Other benefits include firm-sponsored basic life and short and long-term disability coverage, a 401(k) savings plan & profit share as well as Firm matching contribution, well-being incentive, education & certification assistance, flexible time off, family care leave, parental leave, family formation benefits, cell phone reimbursement, and travel rewards.
• Voluntary benefit offerings include critical illness & accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, legal, long-term care, pet insurance, ID theft protection, and supplemental life/AD&D.
• Eligibility for all benefits programs is dependent on annual hours expectation, position status/level and location.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level