Summer associate Jobs in Hartford, CT

Job Description

Job Description

At Whittlesey, PC one of the Top accounting firms in New England, is looking for an associate to join our team and grow with us. Our Firm offers a supportive, flexible, diverse, inclusive, and collaborative culture to help you achieve personal and professional success.

Meaningful Work

As a member of our assurance team, you will be working in a team environment helping out clients solve their business issues in the non-profit, financial institutions, wholly owned subsidiaries, real estate, construction, healthcare, and employee benefit plans industries. You will be responsible for :

• Interacting with clients to help obtain the information necessary to complete the engagement within the designated time frame.
• Assisting the team on all aspects of the audit engagement utilizing data analytics.
• Understanding and learning the audit methodology.
• Establishing an effective working relationship with our clients.
• Providing outstanding client service to our clients.
• Developing your own internal relationships with and your Whittlesey brand.
• Beginning to become involved in business development events to help identify new prospects.
• Leading your own personal development plan to contribute to your own business acumen.

Must Haves

Preferred Skills

Join Our Team

Join our team of professionals who collaborate as well as work independently to help clients in the areas of assurance and accounting. By collaborating and working independently you will be a vital contributor to our client businesses and ultimately to their success.

Come Grow With Us

We provide one-on-one coaching and real-time feedback to develop your skill set and career. Every new hire is assigned a peer leader who will help them acclimate to the firm. We foster professional development through continuing education and challenging work. Our professional development courses are provided both locally and national through our Allinial Global affiliations. We are committed to helping you build your own personal brand as you develop and grow with us.

Benefits and Work Life Integration

Whittlesey offers a competitive subsidized benefit package including medical and dental coverage. Other benefits include LTD, STD, and life insurance, all paid entirely by the firm. Whittlesey offers a 401(k) plan that includes profit sharing and provides a generous paid time off policy starting with three weeks annually. We offer incentives for becoming credentialed including tuition reimbursement assistance.

Collaboration, community, and employee engagement are key values to our culture. We sponsor community driven and firm-wide events throughout the year and encourage team member participation. Many of our team members participate in local industry organizations, as well as play on various sports teams throughout the year. Our offices provide engaging activities throughout the year which help our team members build internal relationships.

Whittlesey is an EEO employer

Physical Requirements

Data Utilization - Requires the ability to review, classify, categorize, prioritize, and / or analyze data and / or information. Includes exercising discretion in determining data classification, and in referencing such analysis to established standards for the purpose of recognizing actual or probable interactive effects and relationships.

Human Interaction - Requires the ability to apply principles of persuasion and / or influence.

Equipment, Tools, and Materials Utilization - Requires the ability to operate, maneuver and / or control the actions of equipment, tools, and / or materials used in performing essential functions.

Verbal Aptitude - Requires the ability to utilize a wide variety of reference, descriptive, and / or advisory data and information.

Mathematical Aptitude - Requires the ability to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division; ability to calculate decimals and percentages; may require ability to utilize principles of fractions and / or interpret graphs.

Functional Reasoning - Requires the ability to apply principles of influence systems, such as motivation, incentive, and leadership. Ability to exercise independent judgment to apply facts and principles for developing approaches and techniques to problem resolution.

Situational Reasoning - Requires the ability to exercise the judgment, decisiveness and creativity required in situations involving the evaluation of information against sensory, judgmental, or subjective criteria, as opposed to that which is clearly measurable or verifiable.

ADA Compliant

Physical Ability - Tasks involve the ability to travel to meetings outside office, exert moderate physical effort, and may involve some lifting, carrying, pushing and / or pulling of objects and materials up to 20 pounds. Tasks may involve extended periods of time at a keyboard or workstation and / or repetitive motion.

Sensory Requirements - Some tasks require visual perception and discrimination. Requires oral communications ability.

Environmental Factors - Tasks are occasionally performed with exposure to adverse environmental conditions, such as dirt, dust, pollen, odors, wetness, humidity, rain, fumes,