Now Hiring: Senior Accountant / Assurance Senior
- Are you looking for variety in your work that serves a diverse client base?
- Do you desire growth in your career?
- Would you like to work with a firm that values you and invests in you?
- Do our Core Values resonate with you? Education-Integrity-People-Care-Trust
If this sounds like you, then we are interested in meeting you!
What You’ll Be Doing:
- Facilitating assurance engagements ranging from for-profits, nonprofits, to employee benefit plans, middle market and privately held businesses.
- Overseeing daily activity and oversight of the staff assigned to the engagement, maintaining engagement budgets, and ensuring job efficiency.
- Fostering client and internal communication to ensure all parties are up to date on the progress of engagement developments.
- Planning and executing audits and reviewing engagements with appropriate interactions among clients and firm management.
- Preparing financial statements and related documents that will be delivered to clients based upon firm guidelines to meet client deliverables.
- Leverage leadership by working directly with managers and partners of the Firm to provide you with continued education and learning during the engagement process.
- Our diverse client base allows you to work in a wide range of industries while focusing on your assurance skills, client relationship procurement and developing leadership skills.
What We Offer:
- Competitive base salary aligned to your experience, roles and responsibilities and growth plan
- Annual bonus based on goals defined in your growth plan
- Robust mentoring including quarterly review of your growth plan and performance to achieve an annual bonus
- Comprehensive benefits package including: medical/dental/vision/critical illness/life insurance, short-term and long-term disability, PTO, Health & Wellness Time and Holidays
- 401(k) + profit sharing
- Staff development program along with internal and external education (CPE)
- CPA reimbursement
- Casual dress office environment for non-client-facing days
- Hybrid work model to enhance work/life balance
What You’ll Need to Be Successful:
- Progressive experience in public accounting
- Degreed accountant with CPA designation (or actively pursuing CPA)
- Curiosity with a growth mindset
- Experience running audit or assurance engagements and training staff
- Ability to travel locally
- Experience with Excel, various Thompson Reuters applications, QuickBooks, and/or Lacerte is ideal
About Us:
Since 1972, Cray, Kaiser Ltd. has been serving a diverse client base with a focus on family-owned and closely-held businesses. Besides the standard audit, accounting, and tax programs, we offer our clients a full range of business consulting services to assist with the complete life cycle of the business.
Our team is driven by its mission, vision and core values. As you get to know us, you’ll see that the five core values – education, integrity, people, care and trust – serve as anchors through our work and actions. To learn more about each value, please click here.
Interested in Learning More?
Please e-mail your resume and salary requirements to: joinourteam@craykaiser.com
Now Hiring: Senior Tax Accountant
- Are you looking for variety in your work that serves a diverse client base?
- Is the opportunity to work in all areas of income tax, not just a select tax specialty, important to you?
- Do you enjoy mentoring staff and helping them develop their skills?
- Would you like to work with a firm that values you and invests in you?
If this sounds like you, then we are interested in meeting you!
What You’ll Be Doing:
- Engaging with clients and other staff to ensure proactive tax planning.
- Preparing and reviewing business, fiduciary, and individual tax returns.
- Overseeing income tax correspondence, including developing and maintaining strong relationships with clients.
- Providing ongoing training for staff to promote efficient preparation of tax returns and develop tax expertise.
- Diving deep into technical tax-related issues in order to guide clients.
- Gaining exposure to foreign taxation, sales/use tax, and payroll tax.
What We Offer:
- Competitive base salary aligned to your experience, roles and responsibilities and growth plan
- Annual bonus based on goals defined in your growth plan
- Robust mentoring program including quarterly review of your growth plan and performance to achieve annual bonus
- Comprehensive benefits package including medical/dental/vision/critical illness/life insurance, short-term and long-term disability, PTO, Health & Wellness Time and Holidays
- 401(k) + profit sharing
- Staff development program along with internal and external education (CPE)
- CPA reimbursement
- Casual dress office environment for non-client-facing days
- Hybrid work model to enhance work/life balance
What You’ll Need to Be Successful:
- Progressive experience working in the tax department of a CPA firm
- CPA designation or EA designation required, or actively pursuing; MST also a plus
- Strong background in preparation of individual and business returns
- Experience in reviewing returns
- Skilled in performing tax research using various resources
About Us:
Since 1972, Cray, Kaiser Ltd. has been serving a diverse client base with a focus on family-owned and closely-held businesses. Besides the standard audit, accounting, and tax programs, we offer our clients a full range of business consulting services to assist with the complete life cycle of the business.
Our team is driven by its mission, vision and core values. As you get to know us, you’ll see that the five core values – education, integrity, people, care and trust – serve as anchors through our work and actions. To learn more about each value, please click here.
Interested in Learning More?
Please e-mail your resume and salary requirements to: joinourteam@craykaiser.com
Now Hiring: Supervisor Accountant / Assurance Supervisor
- Are you looking for variety in your work that serves a diverse client base?
- Do you desire growth in your career?
- Would you like to work with a firm that values you and invests in you?
If this sounds like you, then we are interested in meeting you!
What You’ll Be Doing:
- Supervising management of assurance staff and client engagements.
- Reviewing budgets to ensure engagement efficiencies.
- Ensuring solid client communications with firm leadership team and clients to streamline
engagement performance and strengthen relationships.
- Training and development of staff, ranging from engagement performance to new
standards and pronouncements.
- Reviewing engagement workpapers and financial statements based upon firm objectives.
- Coordinating firm resources to meet client deliverables based upon established timelines.
What We Offer:
- Competitive base salary aligned to your experience, roles and responsibilities and growth plan
- Annual bonus based on goals defined in your growth plan
- Robust mentoring program including quarterly review of your growth plan and performance to achieve annual bonus
- Comprehensive benefits package including medical/dental/vision/critical illness/life insurance, short-term and long-term disability, PTO, Health & Wellness Time and Holidays
- 401(k) + profit sharing
- Staff development program along with internal and external education (CPE)
- CPA reimbursement
- Casual dress office environment for non-client-facing days
- Hybrid work arrangement to enhance work/life balance
What You’ll Need to Be Successful:
- 4 to 7 years of progressive experience in public accounting
- CPA designation required
- Experience leading audit or assurance engagements and the development of staff
- Corporate and individual tax preparation
- Experience with Excel, Creative Solutions Accounting, QuickBooks, and/or Lacerte is ideal
About Us
Since 1972, Cray, Kaiser Ltd. has been serving a diverse client base with a focus on family-owned and closely-held businesses. Besides the standard audit, accounting, and tax programs, we offer our clients a full range of business consulting services to assist with the complete life cycle of the business.
Our team is driven by its mission, vision and core values. As you get to know us, you’ll see that the five core values – education, integrity, people, care and trust – serve as anchors through our work and actions. To learn more about each value, please click here.
Interested in Learning More?
Please e-mail your resume and salary requirements to: joinourteam@craykaiser.com
Now Hiring: Senior Auditor – Employee Benefits Plans
- Are you looking for variety in your work that serves a diverse client base?
- Do you desire growth in your career?
- Would you like to work with a firm that values you and invests in you?
- Do you have experience auditing employee benefit plans?
If this sounds like you, then we are interested in meeting you!
What You’ll Be Doing:
- Running engagements and overseeing daily activity of staff while facilitating assurance engagements, with a focus on employee benefit plans.
- Collaborating, a lot! You’ll foster client relationships and manage internal communication to ensure everyone stays up to date. You’ll also supervise and train staff throughout the audit process.
- Executing excellence by being the subject matter expert; planning and running audits and reviewing engagements, with support from your team at every step of the way.
- Managing the details and remaining involved in the preparation of financial statements and related documents that will be delivered to clients based upon firm guidelines to meet client deliverables.
What We Offer:
- Competitive base salary aligned to your experience, roles and responsibilities and growth plan
- Annual bonus based on goals defined in your growth plan
- Robust mentoring program including quarterly review of your growth plan and performance to achieve annual bonus
- Comprehensive benefits package including medical/dental/vision/critical illness/life insurance, short-term and long-term disability, PTO, Health & Wellness Time and Holidays
- 401(k) + profit sharing
- Staff development program along with internal and external education (CPE)
- CPA reimbursement
- Casual dress office environment for non-client-facing days
- Hybrid work model to enhance work/life balance
What You’ll Need to Be Successful:
- Progressive experience in public accounting
- Degreed accountant with CPA designation (or actively pursuing CPA)
- Experience auditing employee benefits plans (EBP)
- Ability to travel locally
About Us:
Since 1972, Cray, Kaiser Ltd. has been serving a diverse client base with a focus on family-owned and closely-held businesses. Besides the standard audit, accounting, and tax programs, we offer our clients a full range of business consulting services to assist with the complete life cycle of the business.
Our team is driven by its mission, vision and core values. As you get to know us, you’ll see that the five core values – education, integrity, people, care and trust – serve as anchors through our work and actions. To learn more about each value, please click here.
Interested in Learning More?
Please e-mail your resume and salary requirements to: joinourteam@craykaiser.com
Now Hiring: Tax Supervisor
- Are you looking for variety in your work that serves a diverse client base?
- Is the opportunity to work in all areas of income tax, not just a select tax specialty, important to you?
- Do you enjoy mentoring staff and helping them develop their skills?
- Do you thrive when consulting with and guiding clients to make the right decisions for their businesses?
- Would you like to work with a firm that values you and invests in you?
If this sounds like you, then we are interested in meeting you!
What You’ll Be Doing:
- Engaging with clients and other staff to ensure proactive tax planning.
- Reviewing business, fiduciary, and personal income tax returns and training staff in tax matters.
- Preparing tax projections and consulting on tax-related matters, including complex (fun!) tax issues.
- Overseeing income tax correspondence, including developing and maintaining strong relationships with clients.
- Diving deep into technical tax-related issues in order to guide clients.
- Gaining exposure to foreign taxation, sales/use tax, and payroll tax.
What We Offer:
- Competitive base salary aligned to your experience, roles and responsibilities and growth plan
- Annual bonus based on goals defined in your growth plan
- Robust mentoring program including quarterly review of your growth plan and performance to achieve annual bonus
- Comprehensive benefits package including medical/dental/vision/critical illness/life insurance, short-term and long-term disability, PTO, Health & Wellness Time and Holidays
- 401(k) + profit sharing
- Staff development program along with internal and external education (CPE)
- CPA reimbursement
- Casual dress office environment for non-client-facing days
- Hybrid work model to enhance work/life balance
What You’ll Need to Be Successful:
- 5 to 7 years of experience in the tax department of a CPA firm
- CPA designation and/or EA required; MST is also a plus
- Strong background in reviewing individual and business returns
- Experienced in tax research
- Prior involvement with training & mentoring staff
About Us:
Since 1972, Cray, Kaiser Ltd. has been serving a diverse client base with a focus on family-owned and closely-held businesses. Besides the standard audit, accounting, and tax programs, we offer our clients a full range of business consulting services to assist with the complete life cycle of the business.
Our team is driven by its mission, vision and core values. As you get to know us, you’ll see that the five core values – education, integrity, people, care and trust – serve as anchors through our work and actions. To learn more about each value, please click here.
Interested in Learning More?
Please e-mail your resume and salary requirements to: joinourteam@craykaiser.com
Now Hiring: Staff Accountant
- Are you looking for variety in your work that serves a diverse client base?
- Are you looking to explore the multi-facets of public accounting opportunities?
- Do you desire growth in your career?
- Would you like to work with a firm that values you and invests in you?
- Do our Core Values resonate with you? Education-Integrity-People-Care-Trust
If this sounds like you, then we are interested in meeting you!
What You’ll Be Doing:
- Working with a team on engagements such as audits, reviews, and compilations for middle market, privately-held businesses, non-profits, and employee benefit plans.
- Working in a safe environment to learn by asking questions to continue growth.
- Communicating with an internal team on work status and engagement developments.
- Applying skills learned from engagement-to-engagement.
What We Offer:
- Competitive base salary aligned to your experience, roles and responsibilities and growth plan
- Annual bonus based on goals defined in your growth plan
- Robust mentoring program including quarterly review of your growth plan and performance to achieve annual bonus
- Comprehensive benefits package including: medical/dental/vision/critical illness/life insurance, short-term and long-term disability, PTO, Health & Wellness
- 401(k) + profit sharing
- Staff development program along with internal and external education (CPE)
- CPA reimbursement
- Casual dress office environment for non-client-facing days
- Hybrid work model to enhance work/life balance
What You’ll Need to Be Successful
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting
- 1 to 3 years of experience in public accounting
- Curiosity and a growth mindset
- CPA designation, or plans to pursue
- Experience in executing compilation, review, and audit engagements
- Corporate and individual tax preparation is a plus
- Experience with Excel, Creative Solutions Accounting, QuickBooks, and/or Lacerte is ideal
About Us:
Since 1972, Cray, Kaiser Ltd. has been serving a diverse client base with a focus on family-owned and closely-held businesses. Besides the standard audit, accounting, and tax programs, we offer our clients a full range of business consulting services to assist with the complete life cycle of the business.
Our team is driven by its mission, vision and core values. As you get to know us, you’ll see that the five core values – education, integrity, people, care and trust – serve as anchors through our work and actions.
Interested in Learning More?
Please e-mail your resume and salary requirements to: joinourteam@craykaiser.com
Now Hiring: Accounting Services Specialist
- Are you looking for variety in your work that serves a diverse client base?
- Do you desire growth in your career?
- Would you like to work with a firm that values you and invests in you?
- Do our Core Values resonate with you? Education-Integrity-People-Care-Trust
If this sounds like you, then we are interested in meeting you!
What You’ll Be Doing:
- Providing accounting services to a variety of clients across various industries; primarily family-owned and closely-held businesses.
- Preparing financial statements.
- Executing multiple compilations and bookkeeping engagements.
- Initiating technology projects such as integration of applications and conversion of data to various QuickBooks platforms.
- Preparing corporate and individual tax returns.
What We Offer:
- Competitive base salary aligned to your experience, roles and responsibilities and growth plan
- Annual bonus based on goals defined in your growth plan
- Robust mentoring and staff development program, internal and external education (CPE) with direct partner input, and annual performance appraisals
- Comprehensive benefits package including: medical/dental/vision/critical illness/life insurance, short-term and long-term disability, PTO, Health & Wellness Time and Holidays
- 401(k) + profit sharing
- Staff development program along with internal and external education (CPE)
- CPA reimbursement
- Casual dress office environment for non-client-facing days
- Hybrid work model to enhance work/life balance
What You’ll Need to Be Successful:
- 1 to 3 years of experience in public accounting, with a focus on accounting services
- Assurance experience is a plus
- Curiosity and a growth mindset
- Corporate and individual tax preparation is a plus
- Experience with Excel, various Thompson Reuters applications, QuickBooks, and/or Lacerte is ideal
- QuickBooks Pro Advisor Certification is preferred
About Us:
Since 1972, Cray, Kaiser Ltd. has been serving a diverse client base with a focus on family-owned and closely-held businesses. Besides the standard audit, accounting, and tax programs, we offer our clients a full range of business consulting services to assist with the complete life cycle of the business.
Our team is driven by its mission, vision and core values. As you get to know us, you’ll see that the five core values – education, integrity, people, care and trust – serve as anchors through our work and actions.
Interested in Learning More?
Please email your resume and salary requirements to: joinourteam@craykaiser.com
Now Hiring: Tax Administrator
Cray, Kaiser Ltd. offers a flex-time opportunity to seasoned administrative professionals. Flextime looks like this:
- Tax Season : Jan – April 40+ hrs/week, Monday to Thursday from 8am – 7pm, Friday 8am – 4:30pm, and Saturday 9am – 4:30pm. A minimum of 40 hours per week is expected. Should the candidate have additional hours available, we are happy to expand the hours and further enrich your experience.
- Off-Season: May – December flex schedule to support the below objectives.
What You’ll Be Doing:
Administration of tax functions including:
- Work closely with partners and the tax professionals on administrative duties supporting the tax compliance practice
- Scheduling of tax projects
- Manage and update internal due date reminders
- E-file processing and administration
- Tax return processing and delivery of document support
The role is 100% in-person in our Oakbrook Terrace office. No outside travel is required.
What You’ll Need to Be Successful:
- Experience in a tax compliance environment and attention to detail
- Enjoys leveraging a variety of software products and technologies
- Project management experience is a plus
- Must be able to work in and commute to Oak Brook, IL (housing not provided)
About Us:
Since 1972, Cray, Kaiser Ltd. has been serving a diverse client base with a focus on family-owned and closely-held businesses. Besides the standard audit, accounting, and tax programs, we offer our clients a full range of business consulting services to assist with the complete life cycle of the business.
Our team is driven by its mission, vision and core values. As you get to know us, you’ll see that the five core values – education, integrity, people, care and trust – serve as anchors through our work and actions. To learn more about each value, please click here.
Interested in Learning More?
Please e-mail your resume and salary requirements to: joinourteam@craykaiser.com
Now Hiring: Tax / Audit Intern
Cray, Kaiser Ltd. offers a paid internship experience to selected college accounting students. We conduct three internship programs:
- Winter (tax season) – January through April
- Summer – May through August
- Fall – August thru December
We are always seeking accounting interns and welcome applications year-round. Kindly specify the preferred internship session while applying.
Discover your potential with us:
- Internship opportunities in assurance, tax and consulting services
- Hand-on learning with colleagues and client interactions
- Gain a broad range of knowledge and experience in public accounting
- Participate in firm-wide learning and events
- Explore various business industries in compliance-related topics
You will accomplish these tasks with a variety of software, including: Lacerte Tax, Accounting CS, Advance Flow, QuickBooks, Excel, Word and BNA Fixed Assets.
Depending on the engagement, there may be local travel to clients in the six-county metropolitan area. The work hours are Monday to Friday from 9am – 5pm. During tax season, Saturdays are added, to allow team members to connect on various projects.
We offer some flexibility with start times if you have a morning class and flexibility with ending times to accommodate evening classes. SCHOOL is your top priority! CK will be flexible around your academic responsibilities. Should you have additional hours available, we are happy to expand the hours and further enrich your experience.
What You’ll Need to Be Successful
- Accounting and finance major
- Having completed a tax course, a plus
- Communicate at a high level your schedule and availability as we understand this can be a moving target during the school year
- Optimum schedule for a rich internship is 25-30 plus hours per week
- Open to working on Saturdays as this is when/where the energy and collaboration is found during tax season! We do not work on Sunday
- Required to work in Oak Brook, IL (housing not provided)
- Required to have access to transportation to CK and client offices, as applicable
About Us
Since 1972, Cray, Kaiser Ltd. has been serving a diverse client base with a focus on family-owned and closely-held businesses. Besides the standard audit, accounting, and tax programs, we offer our clients a full range of business consulting services to assist with the complete life cycle of the business.
Our team is driven by its mission, vision and core values. As you get to know us, you’ll see that the five core values – education, integrity, people, care and trust – serve as anchors through our work and actions. To learn more about each value, please click here.
Interested in Learning More?
Please email your resume and preferred internship session to: joinourteam@craykaiser.com
