In Charge Accountant - Springfield, IL Job Listing at COUNTRY Financial in Springfield, IL

• Performs diversified accounting, auditing, and tax assignments under the direction of supervisors .
• Demonstrates competency in technical skills, work quality, and application of professional and firm standards.
• Meets time constraints and client deadlines.
• Participates in planning and scheduling client engagements.
• Directs and instructs assistants, where applicable, in work to be performed and working paper review.
• Prepares and indexes working papers; performs various procedures established under generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) to verify accuracy and validity of client's financial matters.
• Performs the broadest range of accountant tasks so that direct participation of supervisors and managers is kept to a minimum.
• Prepares other reports, projects, and duties as may be assigned.
• Knows and understands the reason behind the firm's policies and procedures.
• Possesses technical knowledge sufficient to supervise staff accountants.
• Begins acquiring the skills necessary to develop quality client relationships and loyalty.
• Has a command of GAAP, other comprehensive bases of accounting, unique or specialized accounting principles, and financial statement presentations.
• Has a thorough understanding of generally accepted auditing standards and common audit procedures and techniques.
• Assumes responsibility for efficiently supervising both audit and non-audit engagements.
• Effectively communicates with client to receive information necessary to complete the engagement with a minimum of disruption to client.
  

Required Skills

• Experience in public accounting, demonstrating a progression in complexity of auditing and accounting tasks and tax knowledge.
• Bachelor's degree in accounting, or master's degree in accounting.
• Requires CPA designation.
• Physical requirement to make ladder climbs of 100+ feet for inventory observations.

Preferred Skills

• Agricultural accounting or auditing experience helpful.