Senior Associate, Accounting Methods

BDO USA•Atlanta, GA

11h

About The Position

The Accounting Methods group helps companies optimize their federal tax accounting methods, including revenue and expense recognition, capitalization, depreciation, and amortization, and various other special methods of accounting. Accounting Methods is part of BDO’s Specialized Tax Services business, which is composed of various tax consulting practices designed to help companies comply with specific areas of federal, state, and international tax law. As a Tax Senior, Accounting Methods, you will help achieve BDO’s core purpose—Helping People Thrive Every Day—by helping both public and private companies identify federal tax benefits and correct federal tax exposures. Our clients are leaders in industries such as technology, manufacturing, healthcare, architecture/engineering services, and consumer products. As an Accounting Methods Senior Associate, you will have the opportunity and charge to innovate and collaborate with BDOers in all our business lines, as well as with our clients’ leaders in tax, accounting, and finance, and in their operations, software, manufacturing, and supply chain departments. Tax Seniors, Accounting Methods pursue opportunities to enable them to gain and improve their skills in every aspect of professional service, including technical, interpersonal, verbal, and written communication, project management, practice management, and business development.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree, required
Two (2) or more years prior experience in accounting, tax, or finance (including internships), required
Currently holds or working towards Certified Public Accountant license, Enrolled Agent certification, or Juris Doctorate degree (or the equivalent of one of these designations), required

Nice To Haves

Prior experience in tax consulting roles (e.g., accounting methods, 263A, FDII), preferred
Experience in preparing/reviewing tax provisions, corporate taxation, consolidations, and partnerships, preferred
Advanced proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office Suite, especially Microsoft Excel & Word, preferred

Responsibilities

Develops long-term, mutually beneficial client relationships
Supports the Accounting Methods team and practice in development and retention of long-term client relationships by providing high quality work product
Works with other senior Accounting Methods professionals to prepare and review accounting method changes, including section 481(a) computations
Identifies when research is needed; clearly and concisely frames issues to be researched; and clearly and concisely reports the analysis
Provides premier-quality services to our clients leveraging and/or improving our standard business practices and technologies
Completes tasks efficiently and effectively, organizing workpapers so that required revisions are minimal
Takes initiative to ensure proactively that due dates are met
Participates in researching potential new clients, their tax position, facts that might trigger issues or opportunities for them, etc.
Operates online research tools efficiently to gather pertinent tax, legal, industry, and other information
Continues building tax knowledge by monitoring relevant tax laws and educating oneself on tax strategies
Manages projects by planning the project process and the procedures to be performed with quality
Meets internal deadlines to match core tax team and client expectations for timely delivery of service
Maintains high level of technical skills in accounting methods area of the tax law through staying current on recent guidance
Assists with the development of tools/templates that would be helpful to core tax services (CTS) and Tax professionals to implement accounting method projects
Complies with industry standards and the policies outlined in the BDO Tax Quality Manual
Other duties as assigned
Trains and mentors Accounting Methods Interns, Associates, and possibly other Senior Associates