What are the responsibilities and job description for the Tax / Assurance Intern position at Lohman Company PLLC?
Description
Lohman Company, PLLC is a Certified Public Accounting & Professional Services firm established in 2000 and is headquartered in Mesa, Arizona. Ranked a Top 25 firm for 18 consecutive years by the Phoenix Business Journal and voted #1 with Ranking Arizona in 2020, 2021, and 2022. We serve local clients as well as a growing number of companies across the United States with multi-state and international holdings.
The core principles of Relationships, Integrity, Service, and Expertise (RISE) underpin all we do. We deliver a personalized, caring approach to each engagement, operate with high integrity, and strive to do the right thing for our clients, employees, and community. Not to brag, but the tenure of our team is unprecedented in CPA firms of our size!
We embrace our team members’ individual priorities and goals and encourage them to carve out their own path to success. If you appreciate a friendly and fun work environment that is focused on relationships, we’re for you!
Lohman Company offers:
- Actual work-life balance
- Diverse projects and client engagements
- A generous benefits package
- Professional development
- Community and professional memberships
- Relaxed, friendly, and positive culture
Duties and responsibilities
- Demonstrates the ability to perform basic tasks in utilizing methodologies and tools
- Performs engagements according to the firm's policies and procedures
- Begins to understand all of the components of the engagement from planning to delivery
- Reviews most recent financial statements, tax returns and prior year engagement to gain an understanding of how procedures were performed and applicability to current year
- Proficient in completing basic areas and begins to complete more complex areas of the engagement
- Develops workpaper documentation according to professional and firm standards
- Takes responsibility for clearing open item s relating to assigned areas/tasks
- Begins to demonstrate knowledge of the Firm sources of tax, accounting and auditing literature and keeps current on new tax, accounting and auditing developments
- Provides detailed facts and analyses regarding engagement issues to supervisor for consideration during the decision-making process and seeks to understand the theory behind a position taken on an engagement issue
- Begins to develop a basic understanding of client related industries and external events impacting those industries
Requirements
- Pursuit of Bachelor's Degree in Accountancy, or equivalent degree
- Basic knowledge of GAAP and GAAS requirements
- Basic knowledge of financial reporting and disclosures