Staff Accountant Jobs in Scottsdale, AZ

Tax Accountant (EA) | Scottsdale, AZ, hybrid | lead the close, own the filings, grow with the team

We are Cactus Blossom Financial, a bookkeeping, CFO, and tax firm with an office in Scottsdale, Arizona. We work with small and big growing businesses, a lot of them project based, construction and trades among them.

This is a hybrid seat and it is local. You live in Arizona and you are in our Scottsdale office at least two days a week. The other days are yours to work from home.

Most of our clients arrive nervous about their numbers. Some of them are embarrassed. Our whole reputation rests on meeting people there without judgment and walking them out to clarity. That is the job as much as the tax return is.

We are hiring a Tax Accountant who owns tax filing end to end, reviews the financials before they reach a client, and leads our bookkeeping team. This seat reports directly to the two owners on an eight-person team, and it carries real authority. When you say the books are ready, we back that in front of the client.

What you will own

• Tax filing. Individual, sole prop, SMLLC, S-Corp, partnership, and multi-entity returns, start to finish.
• Sales and TPT filings, on the calendar and on time, every period.
• Month-end close. You review what the bookkeeping team produces, you assess whether the financial reports are actually accurate, and you decide when a file is ready.
• Leadership of the bookkeeping team. You set the standard, you train against it, and you give the feedback that raises it.
• Client conversations. You explain what the numbers mean to an owner making a decision on them, in plain language, without making them feel small.
• The systems behind all of it. You maintain the SOPs that keep close and filing season repeatable when volume doubles.
• Our AI systems. You work alongside them and review what they produce before any of it reaches a client.

What we need from you

• Enrolled Agent, active and current. Required. This is the floor. A CPA is welcome and we will not turn one away, and the seat is built and priced as an EA seat.
• You live in Arizona, within commuting distance of Scottsdale, and you are in the office at least two days a week. This one is not negotiable and we will not relocate the seat.
• Hands-on QuickBooks Online. Files you personally carried, not exposure to the software.
• Gusto or QBO payroll experience, including 940 and 941 preparation and filing. Required, not preferred. You have personally prepared and filed them.
• You have run a month-end close yourself, start to finish, and you have caught what was wrong in someone else's work before it reached a client.
• Excellent written and spoken English, because you will write and speak to clients in our name.
• You tell people early. When something is going to be late or wrong, we hear it from you first, while it is still fixable.
• You hold the number. A client wanting a better answer does not change what the return says, and you can say that warmly.
• You bring the recommendation. When you bring us a problem, you bring the option you would pick and why.
• Detail is where you live. In this work, the detail is the product.

Not a fit if: you live outside Arizona, you want a fully remote seat, you want part time hours, you want to run your own client book alongside this, you would rather not talk to clients, you want to stay out of team leadership, or you need someone to check your work before it goes out.

Bonus points, and rare enough that we will notice

• WIP reports and percentage of completion.
• Construction accounting and job costing.
• QuickBooks Online Projects.
• Experience training or leading other accountants or bookkeepers.
• A track record of staying somewhere and getting good at it.

Our core values, which we hire, develop, and review against

• Mistakes are Learning Opportunities. You say what went wrong before we find it, and the fix is the point, not the blame.
• Embrace Self-Responsibility. Your files are yours. Nobody here chases you.
• We Practice Grit. Filing season is hard on purpose. You stay calm and you stay standing.
• We Lead With Integrity. The number is the number, with every client, every time.
• We Grow Together. You are generous with what you know, and the team is better because you are on it.

We run on EOS, and core values are a standing item on our weekly agenda. They are how people here get reviewed, not a poster on a wall.

Compensation and how we work

• Salary: $75,000 to $85,000 per year, based on experience.
• Quarterly performance bonuses, against targets set with you at the start of each quarter.
• PTO, plus paid sick days.
• Hours: full time, 40 hours per week, Monday through Friday on Arizona time.
• Hybrid. Two days a week minimum in the Scottsdale office, the rest from home.
• Arizona residency required. We are not hiring this seat out of state.
• Team: eight people. You sit one seat from both owners and you lead the bookkeeping team.
• Reviewed at 90 days, with the expectations written down on your first day.

Strong candidates hear back within two business days.

Pay: $75,000.00 - $85,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Opportunities for advancement
• Paid sick time
• Paid time off

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Scottsdale, AZ 85255