Join a diverse, committed team and build your future at Bregante!
Bregante + Company LLP is a dynamic, creative, and rapidly expanding accounting and consulting firm with offices in San Francisco, Novato, and Pleasanton, California. We have 9 partners and more than 35 staff members, and have been serving closely held businesses, high net worth individuals, and nonprofit organizations throughout the greater Bay Area for 40+ years. We offer the full range of compliance services (tax return preparation, financial statement audits, reviews and compilations, nonprofit financial statement audits, employee benefit plan audits, etc.) as well as business succession planning, estate planning, accounting system installation, and general business consulting (real estate transactions, banking relationships, retirement planning, etc.).
At Bregante + Company LLP, we believe that diversity, equity, and inclusion are values, not just words. We are committed to incorporating them into everything we do to develop our people, serve our clients, support our communities, and build our future.
Our partners and staff come from diverse educational, professional, and cultural backgrounds, but we all share a common goal: to provide our clients with creative, proactive, and practical advice that will help them grow a more profitable business, reach their personal financial goals, or successfully run a nonprofit organization. Whatever the objective, we weigh client service equally with technical excellence.
Our San Francisco office is located in the heart of the financial district. Our Novato office is located in southern Novato, nestled in an oak grove right across the patio from the Mamita Cocina Restaurant. Our Pleasanton office is located in the Hacienda Business Park, at the center of the Tri-Valley Area.
Benefits at Bregante include:
- A relaxed and enjoyable working atmosphere
- Very competitive salaries
- Flexible hours
- Full benefits (health, dental, 401k) *
- Commuter assistance
- New client bonus program for those employees who provide client leads and referrals
The staff accountant position offers a great opportunity to learn tax and audit in a firm that nurtures new team members. If you enjoy client interaction and have strong interpersonal, communication, and project management skills, Bregante is the place for you. We value a commitment to professional advancement, and provide an environment that encourages growth and provides opportunity for advancement. Strong candidates must be working toward passing the CPA exam and fulfilling their Form E- attest experience requirements as soon as possible.
We generally prefer individuals at this level to have a minimum of one year of experience in a public accounting firm. Staff accountants are expected to possess strong analytical skills and are encouraged to take an active role in their education and training.
At Bregante, we believe firmly in a multi-discipline approach to staff training – combining accounting, tax, and audit – because we believe that in order to serve our clients in a manner consistent with our service partnership approach, all of our professionals must be knowledgeable in each of these areas.
As a Staff Accountant, you will be expected to learn firm policies and procedures, and become proficient in all aspects of preparing financial statements and income tax returns, including firm standard workpaper preparation, trial balance work, evaluation of general ledger account balances, and recommendation of adjusting journal entries. You will progress to assume responsibility for financial statement compilation, review engagements, and segments of audits under the supervision of more experienced staff members. You will begin to develop a command of GAAP, OCBOA, unique or specialized accounting principles, and financial statement presentation and disclosure, and will obtain a thorough understanding of generally accepted auditing standards and common audit procedures and techniques. You will become proficient in the use of firm standard software such as Lacerte, Excel, CaseWare, BNA, and Web based resources. You will also become proficient in the preparation of corporate, partnership, individual, fiduciary, and other tax returns prepared by the firm, and will be required to complete multiple tasks in a timely manner.
Bregante is truly a different type of CPA firm. We are committed to maintaining a relaxed and enjoyable working atmosphere, and we offer competitive salaries, flexible hours, and full benefits, including a generous “new client bonus” program for employees who provide client leads and referrals.
Excel in your career with a great group of accountants who take a team approach and value their clients as respected business partners and friends. We look forward to hearing from you.
What kind of firm would you thrive in? At Bregante, the tremendous diversity of clients, transactions, and issues to work on is challenging, exciting, and rewarding. Our firm blends national firm professionalism with opportunities you’ll only find at a mid-size firm such as ours: mentorship, consistent client relationships, room for professional advancement, and experience in accounting, tax, and audit. All things you strive for? Here’s what we’re looking for in a Senior Accountant.
Individuals at this level normally have had a minimum of two (and often three or more) years experience as a staff accountant, have passed the CPA exam, and obtained their CPA attest license. Seniors are expected to possess technical knowledge sufficient to supervise staff accountants on financial statement audit, review, and compilation engagements as well as in the preparation of complex income tax returns.
At Bregante, we believe firmly in a multi-discipline approach to staff training – combining accounting, tax, and audit – because we believe that in order to serve our clients in a manner consistent with our service partnership approach, all of our professionals must be knowledgeable in each of these areas.
As a Senior Accountant, you will be charged with planning and supervising engagements, and working to develop quality client relationships. When assigned to financial statement engagements, you will have a working knowledge of GAAP, OCBOA, unique or specialized accounting principles, and financial statement presentation and disclosure. You will be able to prepare compiled and reviewed financial statements with minimum supervision, and you will have a thorough understanding of generally accepted auditing standards and common audit procedures and techniques. Additionally, you will progress to assume responsibility for efficiently supervising all forms of financial statement engagements, and will be expected to take ownership of these engagements all the way through to the issuance of financial statements to the client.
When assigned to tax engagements, you will become familiar with pertinent Internal Revenue Code sections and regulations, research techniques, and the various research sources available. You will also begin to manage client relationships with supervision, be able to schedule and perform duties with minimum supervision, complete multiple assignments in a timely manner, and develop analytical skills to assist clients in problem resolution. You will be highly proficient in the use of firm standard software such as Lacerte, Excel, CaseWare, BNA, and Web based resources. You will progress to assume responsibility for efficiently supervising all types of tax return preparation engagements and will be expected to take ownership of these engagements all the way through to the delivery of the tax return to the client.
Bregante is truly a different type of CPA firm. We are committed to maintaining a relaxed and enjoyable working atmosphere, and we offer competitive salaries, flexible hours, and full benefits, including a generous “new client bonus” program for employees who provide client leads and referrals.
Excel in your career with a great group of accountants who take a team approach and value their clients as respected business partners and friends. We look forward to hearing from you.
We’re continually seeking experienced accountants with management ability. If you have solid technical experience and the communication and interpersonal skills to mentor and manage others, we’d like to hear from you.
Individuals at this level are attest CPAs and have had a minimum of five (and more often six or seven) years experience as a staff and senior accountant (or equivalent experience). You must have exhibited technical proficiency, experience supervising complete engagements and the ability to manage client relationships.
At Bregante, we believe firmly in a multi-discipline approach to staff training – combining accounting, tax, and audit – because we believe that in order to serve our clients in a manner consistent with our service partnership approach, all of our professionals must be knowledgeable in each of these areas.
As Manager, you will be highly proficient in accounting and tax, including audit engagements. You will plan, supervise, and complete routine engagements, supervise both staff accountants and seniors, provide feedback to them, and evaluate their progress. You will also be highly proficient at tax research, including knowledge of the reference sources available to the firm, and assist in firm administrative functions as assigned by the partners.
You will be expected to manage client relationships and will work closely with partners in servicing clients. You should be able to recognize opportunities to provide additional services to existing clients. You should also be able to manage multiple engagements including the scheduling, staffing, supervision, and timely completion of each engagement. You will work with others to efficiently use available resources to meet deadlines and balance workloads, develop staff through training and mentoring, assume billing responsibilities for assigned clients, and participate in developing new clients.
Bregante is truly a different type of CPA firm. We are committed to maintaining a relaxed and enjoyable working atmosphere, and we offer competitive salaries, flexible hours, and full benefits, including a generous “new client bonus” program for employees who provide client leads and referrals.
Excel in your career with a great group of accountants who take a team approach and value their clients as respected business partners and friends. We look forward to hearing from you.
* Health Plan Transparency in Coverage: Bregante+Company LLP complies with Federal Transparency in Coverage regulations by providing these links to machine readable files related to the health plans offered to our employees. The machine-readable files are formatted to allow researchers, regulators, and application developers to more easily access and analyze data including negotiated service rates, and out-of-network allowed amounts between health plans and healthcare providers.