Junior Accountant (Entry Level)

Are you a Rock Star seeking a career in the accounting field? Lowy’s Tax Planning & Accounting, PLLC, is seeking a high energy, motivated, hardworking individual to work as a Junior Accountant for a well-established CPA firm that serves a wide range of both business and individual clients throughout the Phoenix area.

Main responsibilities

• First Level Review – initial review of tax documents submitted by clients
• Payroll – calculate and prepare monthly and quarterly payroll
• Data entry for accounting clients
• Reconciliations of bank and credit card accounts
• Download accounting clients bank information
• Tax Return & Financial Statement assembly
• Scanning & Archiving Data
• Practice (project tracking software) Tech, including setting up new clients, update addresses and create engagements and projects and back up log on.
• Proof newsletter and other mailings.
• Enter new clients into Lacerte – including prior year tax returns
• Other projects as assigned

Minimum Experience Preferred

• Desire to learn bookkeeping
• Working towards a two (2) year accounting degree
• Desire to do taxes
• Professional appearance and demeanor
• Able to produce high volume, quality and accurate work

Competencies

• Quick learner
• Great computer skills, Microsoft products, QuickBooks & ability to learn new software
• Strong people skills – client/staff interaction
• Communication skills, both verbal and written
• Extremely organized, ability to handle multiple files at once, loves to figure out software
• Excellent teammate

Performance Management

Employment and satisfactory performance with Lowy’s Tax Planning is subject to acceptance and compliance with confidentiality, non-compete, non-disclosure and non-solicitation documentation and completion of a 90-day introduction period, which includes a 30 & 90 day review.

Performance will be reviewed regularly through continued communication and feedback from management, clients and other team members. A formal appraisal measuring employee performance to the responsibilities and competencies in this position description will be conducted semiannually.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: $12.00 to $17.00 /hour

Education:

• Associate (Preferred)

Job Location:

• Phoenix, AZ 85020 (Required)