Job Description

Senior Accountant

Lancaster, PA

Build your public accounting career with a collaborative team that puts clients, relationships, and values first.

Why You'll Love Working with Us

• Strong Team Culture: Join a collaborative firm where everyone pulls together to serve clients well.
• Flexible & Family-Friendly: Build your career with a schedule designed to support life outside of work.
• Room to Grow: Expand your expertise and career within a growing regional CPA firm.
• Variety in Your Work: Serve clients across farming, construction, manufacturing, nonprofit, and professional industries.
• Faith at Work: Serve clients in the Spirit of Christ, with prayer welcomed when desired, and Isaiah 40:31 on every tax folder.

About Us

We're Hostetter & Hostetter CPAs, a mid-size, faith-based firm serving Lancaster County and beyond for over 50 years. We provide tax preparation, business consulting, and advisory services to clients across farming, construction, manufacturing, nonprofit, and professional industries. Our team is committed to professional excellence, collaboration, and serving clients in the Spirit of Christ. This position offers the opportunity to work from our office in Quarryville or Elizabethtown, PA.

What You'll Do as a Senior Accountant

• Prepare individual, partnership, and corporate tax returns, and research tax issues and strategies to support client objectives.
• Review tax return data, resolve technical tax issues, and respond to inquiries from the IRS and other taxing authorities.
• Prepare financial statements, including preparation, compilation, and review, using GAAP and income tax basis accounting.
• Research tax regulations and financial reporting requirements to provide practical, well-informed solutions for clients.
• Support bookkeeping needs by preparing journal entries, classifying transactions, and compiling accurate financial records.
• Build trusted relationships with clients and referral partners, including bankers, attorneys, and wealth advisors.
• Identify additional firm services that could benefit clients as their business and financial needs evolve.
• Develop your technical expertise through continuous learning, research, and collaboration with the team.

Our Ideal Senior Accountant

• Experienced: 3+ years of public accounting experience preparing individual, partnership, and corporate tax returns.
• Technically Strong: Understands GAAP, financial statement preparation, and the bookkeeping process, with the ability to research tax and reporting requirements.
• Tech-Savvy: Proficient in Microsoft Office, especially Excel; QuickBooks experience is a plus.
• Qualified: Hold a bachelor's degree in accounting or an undergraduate degree with sufficient accounting coursework; CPA or EA credentials are preferred, with interest in pursuing the CPA welcomed.
• Client-Focused: Communicate clearly, manage priorities, build strong professional relationships, and approach client needs with practical solutions.
• Values-Driven: Bring integrity, confidentiality, and a desire to strengthen a faith-based culture centered on Professionalism, Reliability, and Practicality.

What We Offer Our Senior Accountant

• Competitive salary & bonus potential based on experience and designations
• Health insurance, including dental and vision coverage
• Paid time off
• Paid holidays
• 401(k) with a 4% match
• Employee referral bonus
• Four-day workweek through the summer
• Opportunities for advancement within a growing regional firm
• Casual Fridays, company events, and lunch are provided two days a week during tax season
• Flexible, family-friendly scheduling and Sundays off

To Apply

Senior Accountants and experienced public accounting professionals seeking tax, financial statement, and client advisory opportunities are encouraged to explore a career with Hostetter & Hostetter CPAs. Option to work out of our offices in Quarryville or Elizabethtown, PA.

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Requirements

• 3+ years of public accounting experience
• Experience preparing individual, partnership, and corporate tax returns
• GAAP, financial statement preparation, and the bookkeeping experience
• Microsoft Office, Excel, and QuickBooks experience