Current Career Opportunities at Kruggel Lawton

Do what you love and love what you do! Kruggel Lawton has challenging, diverse, and rewarding roles in a fun, flexible environment. As a growing Top 500 accounting, tax, and business advisory firm, we can offer you career advancement in a close-knit community where you are truly valued.

If you want something more than just another JOB, but instead want a gratifying career with a firm that promotes integrity, innovation, excellence, respect, and balance, let’s talk. Learn more about what it’s like to work at Kruggel Lawton and the opportunities we offer new graduates and experienced professionals.

If you would like to explore any of the below opportunities, please contact Terry Bush at tbush@klpcas.com.

Business Valuation Professional/Manager – Kruggel Lawton CPAs is looking for an experienced Business Valuation Professional/Manager to join our team. Our diverse assurance, tax, and consulting services provide a foundation for growing our Business Valuation and related services.

About our Business Valuation (BV) Practice:

• Primary BV clientele consists of closely-held and family-owned companies
• Highly-regarded and esteemed in the firm’s market for BV services, with steady referrals from attorneys and some smaller CPA firms
• Built and led by a veteran partner who previously maintained a sizable assurance, tax and consulting clientele
• The BV practice leader has scaled back to a part-time schedule focused on BV services
• We are creating an opportunity for a dedicated professional to build on a strong foundation, smoothly transition relationships, and continue to grow this practice area

Ideal candidates will have:

• B.S. in Accounting or Finance; CPA; and a valuation credential such as CVA or ABV; MBA desirable but not required
• Experienced and effective at interacting with client and other external parties on BV engagements
• Proficiency with BV software and database tools; financial modeling and preparing valuation reports; and knowledgeable and current on BV theory and techniques
• A desire and ability to become the firm’s practice leader in this service line

Experienced Tax Professional – Knoxville, TN - Kruggel Lawton CPAs seeks an experienced professional to provide tax services to clients throughout east Tennessee.  This is a unique and exciting role created to help grow the firm’s presence in the Knoxville region while developing a clientele through community networking.  In this role, you will provide value to our clients by:

• Building strong relationships with clients and understanding their mission and values to serve them effectively
• Participating in tax planning with clients
• Preparing more complex corporate/partnership and individual tax returns; reviewing less complex returns prepared by staff colleagues and providing coaching/feedback to them
• Consulting and working with other Kruggel Lawton colleagues as needed
• Fielding and working to resolve clients’ tax questions and issues that arise throughout the year
• Identifying other client needs the firm could meet

Ideal candidates will have a CPA and at least 3 years of tax experience; an affinity for learning and utilizing tax technologies and research tools; excellent relationship-building and skills; and an enthusiasm for helping grow our professional practice in east Tennessee.

Client Advisor– Knoxville, TN - Kruggel Lawton CPAs seeks an experienced accountant to provide accounting services to clients throughout east Tennessee. This is a unique and exciting role on our Client Accounting & Advisory Services team to help grow the firm’s presence in the Knoxville region while developing a clientele through community networking opportunities. In this role, you will provide value to our clients by:

• Building strong relationships with clients and understand their mission and values to serve them effectively
• Performing financial and variance analyses, reconciliations, budgeting, cash flow monitoring and planning for month-end and annual closing
• Answering clients’ accounting-related questions throughout the year
• Providing complete information for year-end tax compliance
• Identifying other client needs the firm could meet

Ideal candidate will have hands-on accounting experience, proficiency with QuickBooks® online, interest in new/emerging accounting technology and apps, and strong adaptability, service orientation, and motivation.  A four-year Accounting degree would be helpful but is not required.

Nonprofit Audit Manager, South Bend or Elkhart office – We provide a variety of services to Nonprofit clients, and it’s an honor to serve mission-driven organizations and their unique needs and requirements. Ideal candidates will have:

• At least 4-5 years of experience auditing nonprofits, including supervising/managing audit engagements
• Passionate about serving mission-driven organizations and their unique needs and requirements
• An active CPA license
• Experience with Form 990 would be ideal
• Experience and desire to coach and develop less-experienced professional staff

Tax Manager, South Bend office – Due to continued growth, we have an opportunity for an experienced tax professional to join our firm's South Bend office as a Tax Manager. Ideal candidates will have:

• A CPA with 5-7 years of experience providing corporate/partnership tax compliance, planning and consulting services to flow-through entities
• A strong track record of coaching and mentoring less experienced tax professionals
• Excellent relationship-building and business development skills
• An aspiration and ability for an accelerated promotion path

INTERNS - Internship candidates with long-term growth potential who would like to gain practical experience January through mid-April, ideally on a full-time basis. A more limited number of summer internships may also be available.

SEASONAL - Seasonal team members to prepare individual and business tax returns during our peak season (mid-January – April 15); could be a full-time or flex-time schedule.

We offer competitive rewards in a friendly and enjoyable work environment. If you'd like to join our team, please contact Terry Bush at tbush@klcpas.com or call 574.289.4011.