Employment criteria:
- High levels of intelligence, integrity, honesty, motivation, and aptitude for the profession
- College graduate with a concentration in accounting
- Goal of becoming a certified public accountant
Skills evaluation criteria in addition to paraprofessional skills:
- Passed or preparing for CPA examination
- Understand the Firm’s policies and procedures
- Know the rules and regulations for practice in the State of Wyoming, and Code of Professional Conduct
- Increased knowledge level of local, payroll, state sales and federal income tax laws
- Assume full responsibility under supervision for small accounting engagements involving, prepared, compiled and reviewed financial statements
- Prepare financial statements on various financial reporting frameworks
- Have a working knowledge of the various professional standards of the AICPA and the FASB as they apply to the Firm’s clients
- Recognize client problems
- Prepare individual and business income tax returns
- Competent in operation and use of all of the Firm’s software programs