Employment Opportunities

Staff accountant

Company  Chortek & Gottschalk, LLP 
Job Location Waukesha, WI
Employment Term Regular
Start Date Immediate
Starting Salary Range               Not provided
Required Education Bachelor's or Master's degree in accounting
Required Experience 0 to 4 years

Position Description: Chortek & Gottschalk, LLP is seeking staff accountants as part of the audit and accounting team. Team members will have the opportunity to work with small and medium sized entrepreneurial organizations, non- profit organizations, and government agencies. Your opportunity to grow with the firm and develop your skills is unlimited. In addition to audit and accounting the firm provides merger and acquisition services, litigation support and fraud services, and information technology consulting. We offer work/life balance within a relaxed yet professional environment.

Responsibilities:

  • Demonstrate working knowledge of GAAS and GAAP
  • Knowledgeable about the basic sources of accounting and auditing literature
  • Ability to recognize basic accounting and auditing issues
  • Ability to prepare basic financial statements and report support
  • Preparation of audit working papers
  • Apply concepts of materiality and risk
  • Understand the basics of sampling methods and apply them
  • Document accounting systems and controls, identify weaknesses
  • Communicate audit and accounting issues clearly and concisely to clients and team members
  • Use the software tools available for effective and efficient audit procedures and documentation
  • Some positions require minimal ( 10% ) travel

Qualifications: 

  • Bachelor’s and or Master’s degree in accounting
  • CPA or eligible to sit for CPA exam
  • Experience with CCH Engagement and Microsoft Excel a plus
  • Experienced candidates with Yellow Book audit, A-133, and non-profit audit experience a plus