WHERE WORK AND PLAY INTERSECT WITH COMMITMENT AND GROWTH
Our beliefs are simple: provide excellent client service, a collaborative and relaxed atmosphere, promote from within, and help the communities in which we reside.
At Barnes Wendling CPAs, we value not only our clients and the communities we serve, but also our team members. Here, you will have the opportunity to learn in a variety of industries and choose an area of specialization in which to become a subject matter expert. And you don’t have to leave to advance. Do you know that 85 percent of our directors have been promoted from within? And we have several senior managers who started as interns.
Life isn’t one dimensional and neither is the workplace. We offer our team members a multi-faceted experience with schedules that support a family-oriented environment.
Benefits
Our comprehensive benefits package includes:
- Competitive salary
- Bonus program
- Paid parking
- Casual dress
- Excellent medical, dental, vision, and disability, and life insurance
- Generous paid time off
- 401(k) with company match
- Fee participation program
- Meals during busy season
- Summer hours program
- Flexible work schedule, including hybrid and remote opportunities
- Mentoring program
- Tuition assistance
- Professional development
- Professional group membership dues coverage
- CPA exam preparation and reward program
- Complimentary continuing professional education
- Full-time, part-time, and seasonal opportunities
- Fitness facility
- Company celebration and events
MISSION + CORE VALUES
Our mission is to build mutually profitable business relationships by providing outstanding client service.
The directors at Barnes Wendling CPAs developed our core values, which have become the core beliefs that define and inspire our team members. We are a firm dedicated to our clients, our team members and our community.
Client Service Values – Professional, creative and exceeding client expectations
Team Values – Providing a positive environment that fosters a balanced and successful team
Community Values – Committed to bettering our communities
Transparency in Coverage
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Open Positions
Audit and Accounting Senior/Advanced Staff
Cleveland | Sheffield Village | Sandusky Don't pass up this opportunity - springboard your career with the chance for endless learning in this highly respected profession. We are looking for a motivated professional looking to move up the ladder. The ideal candidate is driven to provide outstanding client service, team-oriented, and willing to develop strong client and referral relationships.You will have the opportunity to learn in a variety of industries which will ultimately allow you to specialize and become a subject matter expert. You will be a member of a client service team with the ultimate goal of timely delivery of the clients' financial statements. We are looking for professionals who will bring value to the client. Key roles of this position include audits, reviews and compilations of financial statements for clients in a variety of industries, as well as in the Employee Benefit Audit Practice area. This position requires strong accounting/auditing skills and a strong desire to succeed. A hunger to improve technically and be a thought leader are critical.
Basic Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting
- CPA or CPA Candidate
- 2-5 years of public accounting experience
- Competitive salary
- Bonus program
- Casual dress code
- Excellent medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurances
- Generous paid time off
- Paid parking
- Busy season meals
- Summer hours program - condensed workweek with flexible Fridays
- Flexibility in schedule
- Firm events, happy hours, retreats
- Fee participation program
- Ability to produce high quality work
- Attention to detail
- Ability to train & mentor staff
- Commitment to client service
- Demonstrates a high level of professionalism
- Strong work ethic
If you are looking for an opportunity to grow with a CPA firm where you can make a difference, you can be supported in your professional growth and recognized by your contributions, please submit your resume with salary requirements.
In-Office, Hybrid or Remote opportunity available. Full-time, Part-time, or Seasonal opportunity available. Apply
Tax Senior/Advanced Staff
Cleveland | Sheffield Village | Sandusky Don't pass up this opportunity - springboard your career with the chance for endless learning in this highly respected profession. We are looking for a motivated professional looking to move up the ladder. The ideal candidate is driven to provide outstanding client service, team-orientated, and willing to develop strong client and referral relationships.You will have the opportunity to work on a variety of clients and work, including the preparation or review of corporate and individual, trust, and non-profit tax returns; assist with tax planning; client interaction; respond to tax notices, research, and assist with the development of less experienced staff.
Basic Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting
- CPA or CPA Candidate
- 1-10 years of public accounting experience
- Competitive salary
- Bonus program
- Casual dress code
- Excellent medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurances
- Generous paid time off
- Paid parking
- Busy season meals
- Summer hours program - condensed workweek with flexible Fridays
- Flexibility in schedule
- Firm events, happy hours, retreats
- Fee participation program
- Ability to produce high quality work
- Attention to detail
- Ability to thrive working independently while still functioning as a leader and promoting a team environment
- Strong communication skills, results driven, deadline oriented
- Experience working with accounting and tax software programs
- Ability to train & mentor staff
- Strong work ethic
If you are looking for an opportunity to grow with a CPA firm where you can make a difference, you can be supported in your professional growth and recognized by your contributions, please submit your resume with salary requirements.
In-Office, Hybrid or Remote opportunity available. Full-time, Part-time, or Seasonal opportunity available. Apply
Tax Manager
Cleveland | Sheffield Village | Sandusky Don't pass up this opportunity - springboard your career with the chance for endless learning in this highly respected profession. We are looking for a motivated professional who is driven to provide outstanding client service, team-orientated, and willing to develop strong client and referral relationships.You will professionally manage client relationships; assist in training and supervising staff; perform tax planning for high net worth clients; review corporate, individual, partnership, fiduciary and other tax planning returns; and perform research and presentations to the department on new tax legislation. You will also assist in establishing policies to improve efficiencies, mentor seniors and staff, represent the firm at networking events, and identify opportunities for new business.
Basic Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting
- Licensed CPA
- 5-10 years of public accounting experience
- Competitive salary
- Bonus program
- Casual dress code
- Excellent medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurances
- Generous paid time off
- Paid parking
- Busy season meals
- Summer hours program - condensed workweek with flexible Fridays
- Flexibility in schedule
- Firm events, happy hours, retreats
- Fee participation program
- Ability to produce high quality work
- Attention to detail
- Ability to thrive working independently while still functioning as a leader and promoting a team environment
- Strong communication, results driven, deadline oriented
- Proficient with accounting and tax software
- Ability to train & mentor staff
- Strong work ethic
If you are looking for an opportunity to grow with a CPA firm where you can make a difference, you can be supported in your professional growth and recognized by your contributions, please submit your resume with salary requirements.
In-Office, Hybrid or Remote opportunity available. Full-time, Part-time, or Seasonal opportunity available. Apply
Audit and Accounting Manager
Cleveland | Sheffield Village | Sandusky Don't pass up this opportunity - springboard your career with the chance for endless learning in this highly respected profession. We are looking for a motivated professional looking to become a partner. The ideal candidate is driven to provide outstanding client service, team-oriented, and willing to develop strong client and referral relationships.This position is primarily responsible for timely client deliverables. You will oversee your client services team and have responsibility for managing multiple engagements, special projects, and comprehensive review of audit, review and compilation work papers including financial statements.
This level plays a key role in the management meetings within the department.
Basic Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting
- Licensed CPA
- 5-10 years of public accounting experience
- Competitive salary
- Bonus program
- Casual dress code
- Excellent medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurances
- Generous paid time off
- Paid parking
- Busy season meals
- Summer hours program - condensed workweek with flexible Fridays
- Flexibility in schedule
- Firm events, happy hours, retreats
- Fee participation program
- Ability to produce high quality work
- Attention to detail
- Ability to train & mentor staff
- Strong work ethic
If you are looking for an opportunity to grow with a CPA firm where you can make a difference, you can be supported in your professional growth and recognized by your contributions, please submit your resume with salary requirements.
In-Office, Hybrid or Remote opportunity available. Full-time, Part-time, or Seasonal opportunity available. Apply
Culture
At Barnes Wendling CPAs, we treat our employees with respect, honesty, and fairness while providing the flexibility to balance work and family responsibilities. We offer our employees unlimited growth opportunities and challenging work while promoting these values in a professional, family-friendly atmosphere. We work hard and celebrate successes along the way!
Community Involvement: Giving Back With Barnes
To support our core value of improving and bettering our communities, our Giving Back with Barnes program encourages and supports our team members’ participation through personal volunteering or non-profit board membership. Our firm’s Outreach Committee, which any team member can join, plans these events throughout the year. Team members volunteer or participate on the boards of the following organizations:
- Cleveland Jewish News Foundation
- Cleveland Metroparks
- Greater Cleveland Volunteers
- Junior Achievement of Greater Cleveland
- Malachi House
- Mount Alverna Village
- Playhouse Square
- Ronald McDonald House Charities of Northeast Ohio
- St. Albert the Great
- The Salvation Army of Greater Cleveland
- Second Harvest Food Bank of North Central Ohio
- Singing Angels
Thanksgiving Art Contest
Barnes Wendling CPAs organizes a local Thanksgiving Art Contest with a generous donation for school art supplies for second through fifth-grade students at the following schools: Cleveland Urban Community School, Norwalk Catholic School, Sandusky Central Catholic School, and Brookside Intermediate School.
Internship Program
Looking to jump-start your career in accounting? Our internship provides a variety of hands-on experiences to prepare you for the future. Through our Buddy Program, you will work one-on-one with a team member to help you acclimate quickly to a career in assurance or tax services.
We value our relationships with our interns, and when we have open positions, we always reach out to current and past interns first. Eighty-five (85) percent of our open entry-level positions are filled with interns!
Open Internships
Spring Intern
Cleveland | Sheffield Village | Sandusky Our internship program provides hands-on experiences that will help you launch your career in accounting. Do you know that several of our senior managers started with us as interns? Responsibilities include:- Preparation of corporate and individual, trust, and non-profit tax returns
- Assist with tax planning
- Client interaction
- Respond to tax notices
- Research
Grow Your Career Here
At Barnes Wendling CPAs, we are committed to provide career growth and opportunities for advancement for our team members. Do you know that some of our senior managers started as interns and 85 percent of our directors have been promoted from within the firm? It’s true.
You can develop your career right here. Our senior staff will support your growth by helping you attain credentials, prepare for exams, and by serving as mentors in a variety of areas. You will also build your interpersonal and professional skills by participating in firm-supported networking events, training seminars, and becoming a member of one or more industry groups.
Since providing outstanding client service is important to us (and part of our mission), we want to make sure you have what you need to do so. Your 360-degree training includes skill development in the following areas:
- Industry-based knowledge gained through working in one or more of our niche areas
- Sales and marketing
- Presentation and public speaking
Our internal training program prepares you for leadership and significant growth potential.

Featured Client Testimonials
Barnes Wendling has been our company accountants for over seven years. Their knowledge has been instrumental in helping us grow strategically during this time. And although we’ve seen many changes in our economy that we cannot control, we’ve always been able to trust the Barnes team to be by our side. The Barnes team feels like family. We can’t thank them enough for their support!
Christine Kloss - Controller, AT&F

Featured Client Testimonials
Barnes Wendling has been our company accountants for over 15 years. During this time, the business has grown exceptionally, and Barnes has kept pace, providing accurate, quality advice. Our finances are more efficient than ever, and the expense of hiring Barnes has been a definite positive add to our bottom line. I give my highest recommendation to their firm.
David Miller, MD - President, Retina Associates of Cleveland

Featured Client Testimonials
Barnes Wendling has provided us guidance and recommendations that have strategically helped strengthen our business and position ourselves for growth. We needed to hire a new VP of Finance and Controller this past year, and they were instrumental in helping us find the best candidates for our company.
Sara Blankenship - President, Kaufman Container

Featured Client Testimonials
We value the trust, accuracy of information, and reliability of Barnes Wendling and Mike Essenmacher personally. Mike has been instrumental as a trusted advisor on accounting, tax, and personnel issues. His advice is always accurate, and he is very reliable. His associates are also very talented.
Dominic Ozanne - President and CEO, Ozanne Construction Company

Featured Client Testimonials
We value Barnes Wendling’s expertise with all things accounting so we can operate our business using our strengths and allowing them to be our experts. They have also brought me a few business sale opportunities to allow me to grow my assets.
John Gaydosh - President and Metallurgical Engineer, Ohio Metallurgical Service

Featured Client Testimonials
Barnes Wendling (especially Lena) did a great job with our financials. Everything. It is extremely refreshing and comforting to know that all of our numbers are not only correct, but they are in the right place(s). Your diligence and reporting truly does make me (personally) feel better.
Thomas Adomaitis - Controller, Bialosky Cleveland

Featured Client Testimonials
I can wholeheartedly tell you that I have yet to work with an audit or tax team that have been more helpful, easy to work with, and committed than the team at Barnes Wendling- I have been through three different firms in the last few years.
Michelle Saylor, Former Controller, Aero Mag

Featured Client Testimonials
Floyd Trouten at Barnes Wendling CPAs is an “expert’s expert” when it comes to M & A accounting. Not only does he understand the evolving details of the Tax Code but he also sees the fine points of their application for owners, managers, investors, and financiers.
Mark A. Filippell, Western Reserve Partners

Featured Client Testimonials
The service is amazing at Barnes Wendling CPAs. The benefit is worth more than the cost. Sometimes it’s true that you get what you pay for.
Mark Boucher - Former Owner, Castle Heating & Air

Featured Client Testimonials
Floyd and Barnes Wendling CPAs always provide us with peace of mind. Floyd is not only our trusted financial advisor, but we trust him like family. The Barnes Wendling CPAs team is always proactive and meet all of our deadlines. We are very grateful for them.
Trish Gleason, OMCO Holdings & Gleason Family Office

Featured Client Testimonials
Our heartfelt thanks to the Barnes Wendling CPAs team for all you do for us, such as your remarkable responsiveness, timeliness in meeting deadlines, and being such a pleasure to work with!
Karyn Davies Mitchell, CareMetx

Featured Client Testimonials
Barnes Wendling takes a holistic, comprehensive approach that helps ensure we are looking ahead to the future. By keeping us up to date on relevant law and regulation changes, we can focus on running our business rather than burying ourselves in tax law. All of this is well communicated, which is the key to any relationship.
Joe Gramc - CFO, Five Star Trucking