Accounting Associate - January 2026

Accounting Associate (Tax & Audit) - January 2026

Start Date

The start date for this position is scheduled to be January 12, 2026.

Interviews

All interviews will be conducted in a virtual format with an option to visit one of our office locations upon offer extension. For questions, please contact careers@pinionglobal.com.

This position is in office and can be located in Wichita, Lenexa, or Salina, KS.

If you’re ready to launch your career in public accounting and want to experience a totally different way of providing tax and audit services to clients, look no further than Top 100 consulting and accounting firm, Pinion. Because we're an honest-to-goodness business advisory firm, our people are change agents. We equip our tax and audit professionals to go beyond compliance work and serve as a key strategic role in our clients' development and success.

Do you enjoy challenging tax or audit work? Are you interested in partnering directly with some of today's progressive business owners and key decision makers, to grow both their companies and our firm? At Pinion, we'll give you that opportunity. We actively promote our associates’ pursuit of their passions and "distinct abilities" as you serve in a strategic and advisory role for our customers.

An Associate can expect to:

• Build relationships and gain opportunities with clients from various industries as you provide leading-edge accounting and consulting services.
• Work with an amazingly talented group of colleagues, applying technical skills across a range of projects and client opportunities.
• Provide thorough, concise, complete, accurate and professional services to internal and external clients.
• Grow and develop, as you are sought out as a preferred service provider on projects that fit your unique abilities.
• Be held accountable for team goals and client deliverables, as you partner with the project leader to work within project scope and exceed expectations.
• Work in a progressive environment that rewards innovation and entrepreneurship.
• Identify trends and patterns in client information and financials, recognizing potential problems and bringing them to the supervisor’s attention.
• Demonstrate curiosity, going beyond the textbook, asking hard questions and using your technical skills to provide solutions to client problems.
• Keep focused and remain proactive at all times—positively collaborating to achieve team, client and firm goals.

What you’ll need for this position:

• Education: Applicants must be enrolled in a bachelor’s or master’s degree program in Accounting (or related field) or enrolled in an Accounting certificate program.
• Certification: You must meet sit-eligibility requirements for the CPA exam prior to your start date.
• GPA: Must be 3.0 or higher in major and overall. (Exceptions considered if a letter of recommendation from an accounting professor is submitted.)
• Hours: On average, associates work 2,300 hours annually, which accounts for overtime during the ebbs and flows of busy seasons. 
• Travel: Varies by group and location. Expect 10-15% overnight as a new associate.
• Employment Eligibility: This role is not eligible for sponsorship.

What’s in it for you:

• A people-centered culture, with humor and fun as part of our core firm values
• A robust training and development program, designed to help you discover your distinct abilities and use them to grow yourself and the firm
• More freedom to explore your areas of interest
• A fast track to leadership and influence for those who pursue it
• Competitive pay and benefits including: health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance, 401k/profit sharing, fitness reimbursement, holidays, flexible work arrangements, and paid leave

Required Documents:

• Resume
• Transcript - Unofficial transcript(s) that reflect the completion of relevant course work to your accounting degree.

Colorado Residents: In any materials you submit, you will not be penalized for redacting or removing age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. For intern applicants, we will need the date you anticipate being available to work full-time in order to be considered for a future full-time conversion offer.

EEO: Pinion is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.

Attest services are provided by KCoe Isom, LLP, a licensed CPA firm.

Questions can be directed to careers@pinionglobal.com. EOE.