Client Accountant

Location: United States

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At FORVIS, your career is designed with a purpose. We want our team members to thrive professionally and feel the impact their work yields when serving clients, industries, and local communities. This starts by empowering team members to design a career journey that leverages their skills and fuels their passions.

Creating a best-in-class employee experience is at the heart of our vision for the future. With several industry focus areas, multiple service lines, and locations in five geographical regions across the country to choose from, the opportunities for your career are without limit.

About FORVIS

FORVIS is a Top-10 professional services firm providing assurance, tax, and advisory services, driven by our commitment to using our forward vision to provide rewarding career opportunities and deliver unmatched client experiences. Learn more at FORVIS.com

Design your career with purpose at FORVIS. For more information about our firm locations, visit FORVIS.com. FORVIS, LLP is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Employment selection and related decisions are made without regard to age, race, color, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status, or other protected classifications.

It is FORVIS's standard policy not to accept unsolicited referrals or resumes from any source other than directly from candidates.

• FORVIS expressly reserves the right not to consider unsolicited referrals and/or resumes from vendors including and without limitation, search firms, staffing agencies, fee-based referral services, and recruiting agencies.
• FORVIS further reserves the right not to pay a fee to a recruiter or agency unless such recruiter or agency has a signed vendor agreement with FORVIS.
• Any resume or CV submitted to any employee of FORVIS without having a FORVIS vendor agreement in place will be considered the property of FORVIS.

Requisition Number: 2022-10104

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External Description: Responsibilities

FORVIS' Next Evolution of Accounting Resourcefulness (NEAR) is based in High Point, NC, and is comprised of individuals that have obtained or are pursuing, two- or four-year accounting degrees. The NEAR team provides a centralized group of resources to assist assurance, tax, and advisory teams by performing more entry-level tasks, lower risk, and administrative. The ideal candidate will enjoy working with team members across the firm who will request work from the NEAR team. They will focus on productivity and innovative solutions to deliver quality work products to our teams.

This role will primarily support the advisory function of the firm. The position will include a steady and stable workload to assist with the day to day aspects of various Internal Audits and Risk Assessments.

How you will contribute:

  • Develop a working knowledge of IT risk assessments, System and Organization Controls (SOC) testing, and HITRUST testing.
  • Assist in evaluating the client's system of internal control and testing financial, operational and technology controls
  • Begin mastering the technical aspects as they apply to the engagement
  • Support your engagement team in project execution on all phases of the engagement
  • Promptly brings to the attention of the engagement team any significant findings or questions
  • Uses interpersonal skills to deal effectively with co-workers and clients in a professional manner
  • Consistently meet deadlines, while maintaining high quality work
  • Perform other duties as assigned by the firm's leadership
  • Adhere to FORVIS and professional compliance and ethics standards in all aspects of job responsibilities
  • Handle multiple tasks and manage schedule in alignment with department needs
  • Provide timely feedback and progress updates for all work in process
  • Completing work reliably and dependably and applying review feedback from experienced team members to future assignments
  • Thoroughly reviews work product for accuracy and completeness.
  • Ability to work 40 hours per week and overtime as needed to meet client deadlines
  • Achieving efficiency as measured by actual hours vs budgeted hours for an engagement
  • Performing or assisting with other duties as assigned by the management of the FORVIS NEAR team

We are looking for people with Forward Vision and:
  • Ability to collaborate effectively with visitors, clients, staff, and coworkers in a professional manner
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills
  • Ability to work overtime as needed to provide ultra-responsive customer service to our clients
  • Ability to build effective working relationships with teams across the firm
  • Someone who is committed to being ultra-responsive to our clients regarding calls and correspondence
  • Sound judgment, taking initiative to follow through on commitments, is flexible and adaptive in the face of change

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Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:
  • Minimum of Associates degree is preferred, preferably in business or accounting
  • High degree of computing acumen is preferred
  • GPA of 3.0 or higher is preferred
  • Thorough working knowledge of MS Office: Word, Excel and Outlook required
  • Effectively collaborate with visitors, clients, staff and coworkers in a professional manner required
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills required

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At FORVIS, your career is designed with a purpose. We want our team members to thrive professionally and feel the impact their work yields when serving clients, industries, and local communities. This starts by empowering team members to design a career journey that leverages their skills and fuels their passions.

Creating a best-in-class employee experience is at the heart of our vision for the future. With a global presence and diversified service offerings, we provide our FORVIS team members with an abundance of career paths to choose from. We pride ourselves on building an inclusive culture where the backgrounds and talents of all our people are valued. We view our people as our most important asset and invest in them by providing competitive total rewards, professional development, and rewarding career opportunities.

About FORVIS

FORVIS is a professional services firm providing assurance, tax, and advisory services. Created by the merger of equals of BKD, LLP and Dixon Hughes Goodman, LLP (DHG), FORVIS is driven by the commitment to use our forward vision to deliver Unmatched Client Experiences™. Ranked among the top 10 public accounting firms in the country, FORVIS has 5,500 dedicated professionals who serve clients in all 50 states as well as across the globe. FORVIS is built upon the strong legacies of BKD and DHG, which are reflected in a name that comprises partner initials and represents our unique focus on preparing our clients for what is next. Visit forvis.com for additional information.

FORVIS, LLP is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Employment selection and related decisions are made without regard to age, race, color, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status, or other protected classifications.

It is FORVIS's standard policy not to accept unsolicited referrals or resumes from any source other than directly from candidates.

  • FORVIS expressly reserves the right not to consider unsolicited referrals and/or resumes from vendors including and without limitation, search firms, staffing agencies, fee-based referral services, and recruiting agencies.
  • FORVIS further reserves the right not to pay a fee to a recruiter or agency unless such recruiter or agency has a signed vendor agreement with FORVIS.
  • Any resume or CV submitted to any employee of FORVIS without having a FORVIS vendor agreement in place will be considered the property of FORVIS.

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