Sikich · 2 weeks ago
Senior Accountant (Tax)
Brookfield, Wisconsin
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
3+ years expSikich is a global company specializing in Accounting, Advisory, and Technical professional services. The Senior Accountant (Tax) will work closely with engagement leaders to ensure efficient tax preparations and compliance, while providing superior service to clients and stakeholders.
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Responsibilities
Oversee the efforts of multiple client engagements, including supervising tax planning and business succession planning engagements with the ability to manage to budget
Tax return compliance review including forms 1040, 1120, 1120S, 1065 and 1041
Consult with partners, businesses, and individual tax clients on various matters
Work with other team members to provide comprehensive business solutions to middle market businesses and their stakeholders
Build and maintain strong, long-term relationships with key client sponsors and growing client base
Develop workforce through effectively supervising, coaching and mentoring all levels of staff
Conduct performance reviews and contribute to performance feedback for all levels of staff
Assist principles and senior leaders with generating new business opportunities and building client networks and relationships
Understand our service offerings and actively identify opportunities to better serve clients with our comprehensive solutions
Contribute to people initiatives including recruiting, retaining, and training our team of up and coming professionals
Ensure professional development through ongoing education
Provide thoughtful leadership and insightful recommendations surrounding a broad range of complex issues by leveraging expertise and experience
Qualification
Required
BA/BS Degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
3+ years' current public accounting experience
1+ years' experience leading teams, coaching, and mentoring staff
Experience with tax compliance including review of Form 1040, 1120, 1120-S and 1065 tax returns
Proficiency with computerized tax software & Microsoft Office
Strong client rapport & project management skills
Ability to manage competing priorities in a rapidly growing, fast-paced, interactive, results-based team environment
Strong leadership, recruiting, training, and mentoring skills, coupled with excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills
Comfortable working in a remote environment
Servant Leader – You are hyper focused on engaging employees, fostering their development, and building a positive culture
Solutions Focused – You see opportunities in every business problem and can develop, articulate, and implement solutions
Collaboration – You are a relationship builder across all levels of the organization and across all business units
Instills Trust - You do what you say, and you follow through on commitments, you act with integrity, you are consistent and are perceived as credible
Impact & Influence Thinking – You gain support for ideas, proposals, and solutions, and get others to act, with or without formal authority, to advance initiatives/objectives
Preferred
CPA or EA Certification (or in progress toward certification)
Benefits
Flexible Time Off (FTO) Policy
Paid holidays
Comprehensive wellness program
Flexible work arrangements
Health, dental, vision, life, and accident/death/disability insurance options
HSA employer contribution
Nine (9) paid holidays annually.
Paid Parental Bonding Leave program
401(k) with employer contributions
CPA bonus with four (4) paid exam days & four (4) paid study days.
Tuition reimbursement
Generous employee referral bonus program
Client referral bonus program
Pet insurance
FORCE – Sikich community volunteer program
Company
Sikich
Sikich is a Chicago-based investment banking firm offering expert M&A and capital markets advisory services tailored to the middle market.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
Sikich has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (3)
2024 (5)
2022 (1)
2021 (1)
2020 (2)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$250MKey Investors
Bain Capital
2024-05-09Private Equity· $250M
Leadership Team
Bobby Roy
Partner
Cameron Petroff
Chief Marketing Officer
Recent News
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