JOB TITLE: TAX ACCOUNTANT
REPORTS TO: Manager, Tax and Payroll
DIRECT REPORTS: None
PEERS: Finance Department associates
RELATIONSHIPS: Interacts with Tax Manager, outside Tax Authorities, Finance Managers, Danaher Corporate Tax Department, Systems Department, Commercial Sales Department, and other Departments and associates within the organization.

POSITION SUMMARY: The Tax Accountant will assist the Tax/Payroll Manager in the following: Insuring that various tax returns are accurately prepared and that tax information is available for Company and Danaher compliance with regulatory requirements. This position will be responsible for the preparation of State Income/Franchise Tax Returns, Sales and Use Tax Returns, Personal Property Tax Returns, Workers Compensation Returns, Annual Reports and the Federal Tax Package as well as tax related journal entries and account reconciliations. The Tax Accountant will conduct tax research on various issues and processes at the detail level as needed. The Tax Accountant will also participate in Sarbanes- Oxley testing and documentation and maintain related accounting process narratives.

CAREER PROGRESSIONS / PROMOTABLE TO: This person must desire an upwardly mobile career path to a higher level Tax accounting manager position. Ability to relocate is also desirable and may be necessary for advancement.

If you would like more information, please contact me (Dave Hartsook of Matco) at 330 926-5541 or at dave.hartsook@matcotools.com.
Candidates should respond directly to our Human Resources department by email at opportunities@matcotools.com, by fax at (330) 926- 5330, or by mail at:
Human Resources
Matco Tools
4403 Allen Road
Stow, OH 44224

Please contact Roy Howarter if you have a job available or are looking for an employment opportunity.

Roy Howarter - Akron IMA Employment Director, 1- 800-321-5583

Do you feel like you spend much of your workday attempting to sort out interpersonal issues between members of your accounting staff? If so, you've got company. In a recent Accountemps survey, senior executives were asked this question: "What percentage of time is wasted resolving staff personality conflicts?" The mean response was 18 percent - almost a fifth - of a managers' time

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David Stout, Chairman of the Accounting Department at Youngstown State University tranferred into the Akron Chapter from a member at large. Also, please welcome John Roberts of Lord Corp; Suhad Awad and Bernadeta Wilkins, students at Youngstown State University and the following students from the University of Akron: Kim Berger, Igor Borojevic, Lindsey Damron, Benjamin Gerhardt, Bradley Haas, Michael Honeck, Eric Kinzel, Charlotte Morris, and Joshua Stein .

For a complete record of CPE earned at Akron chapter pre-tech, tech session and PD seminar meetings (from September 2000 through May 2007), go to the chapter website, www.akron.imanet.org, click on "Events", and then click on "CPE History" (bottom of page). The link shows date of meeting, name of speaker, title of presentation, CPE categorization, and number of hours of CPE credit earned.