Month: July 2013
View the August Issue of Houston: The Economy at a Glance from GHP
How to Answer 10 Tough Interview Questions – Rachel Zupek, CareerBuilder.com writer
4 Openings in San Antonio, Texas – SEC Mgr, SEC Sr, Audit, IT Audit
Financial Reporting Accountant
• Need experience with consolidations and financial reporting
• 5 years experience
• Experience with HFM or Oracle a plus
Manager, SEC Accounting
• Responsible for prep and filing of all SEC filings (8-k, 10-q, 10-k)
• Supervise 3
• Experience with HFM or Oracle a plus
• CPA required, 8-10 years experience
Lead Auditor
• Financial and Operational audit experience
• Lead team of 3
• Would like to see CIA, CISA, CFE or CPA
IT Audit Lead
• 5+ years IT audit experience (info security, network security, business continuity mgmt., access mgmt.)
• Some supervisory experience
• Would like to see CIA, CISA, CFE or CPA
Diane Delgado LeMaire | Area Director, Executive Search & Branch Manager | Creative Financial Staffing, a division of Fitts, Roberts CPA Firm | 5718 Westheimer Suite 800 | Houston, TX 77057 | 713-490-6003 | dcd@fittsroberts.com|
Staff Accountant – Galleria – Mortgage company – EMAIL: dcd@fittsroberts.com
My client is a rapidly growing mortgage broker located in the Galleria area. They doubled in size last year through an acquisition and are looking for someone to be the CFO’s right hand person in the Houston office. This is a small team, so this would be a great opportunity for someone to really get some face-time and learn a quite a bit.
Here’s what we’re looking for:
- Accounting Degree
- Some Accounting experience – preferably from a mortgage company, real estate company, or bank
- Experience looking at mortgage related documents: HUD-1, Truth in lending statement, purchase advice, FHA/VA paperwork
- Good analytical skills
- Computer savvy
This is a staff accountant role and will pay market price. If you or someone you know is a fit, let’s discuss it further.
Military Staffing Series Part 3 – Sites for finding Military/Veterans!!
Posted by Dean Da Costa on July 23, 2013 at 4:27pm
Military Staffing Series Part 3
Sites for finding Military/Veterans!!
“In America” by the Charlie Daniels Band is a song about America and its veterans. About how we may disagree amongst ourselves but when it counts we stand as one, we take care of our own. In this post we are going see the many sites that are out there, that can help us find veterans.
Monster has a special way to designate veteran candidates, and even allow us to search for veterans specifically and or to post jobs veterans will find.
First posting jobs only:
Posting and sourcing:
Posting, Sourcing, Programs, Information and more:
http://www.militaryconnection.com/
http://www.taonline.com/TAPOffice/
w to Make a Good First Impression – Understanding Business Etiquette By Michael Lewis
Cost Accountant – SW Houston – Oil and Gas – 65-75k plus bonus – dcd@fittsroberts.com
Our client is a fast-growing oilfield services company with several locations around the Houston area and worldwide. They are publicly traded and doing over a billion dollars per year in sales.
Here’s what you need:
+/- 5 years experience, must have standard costing experience – no bend on this.
Must have Accounting Degree – Finance will not work.
Senior Corporate Accountant – 70 to 80K
Education and/or Experience:
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting from four-year college or university.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience as a senior in a General Ledger Capacity.
• Understanding of GAAP and internal controls over financial reporting.
• General understanding of SEC reporting and Corporate financial functions.
General Job Function
• Ensure accurate and timely completion of assigned tasks
• Prepare and post journal entries as part of the monthly/quarterly Corporate Close process.
• Maintain and account for lease and non-compete agreements and prepare monthly journal entries and reconciliations • Work with Corporate Personnel and Management to obtain information and provide explanations of financial analysis.
• Complete assigned monthly balance sheet account reconciliations.
• Compile and update spreadsheets for Executive management review of certain areas such as accruals, legal expenses, amortization, etc.
• Assist with information requests for internal and external audits
• Identify, propose and implement process and/or procedure changes to gain efficiencies, strengthen controls, or improve quality of information provided by the department.
Computer Skills:
Great Plains, Strong Microsoft Excel Skills, Microsoft Word and Hyperion Reports and Essbase.
Small Comapny Accounting Manager (close to Memorial Park) 70 to 75K
Solid work/life balance, no management experience necessary.
Our client is a small family-owned company doing roughly $30M in annual revenue. They provide a great work/life balance, 40 hour work week with flexible hours, and 100% paid heathcare (employee only). Supervise 2. Can grow into a Controller role, reports directly to the CFO.
Here’s what you need: Accounting Degree (must), 5 years GL Accounting experience, preferably small company experience.
EMAIL: dcd@fittsroberts.com
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Controller – West Houston – HWY 6 – dcd@fittsroberts.com
This is a highly-visible role fulfilling the financial needs of the largest business unit in the company. The company is roughly 300M in revenue, and this particular unit is doing roughly $75M of it. They have operations in several states, but they’re HQ’d right here in Houston. Great opportunity to rub shoulders with some executives and start a great job with a growing company.
Salary can go as high as 90k (perhaps more) plus a bonus of 15%. If you or someone you know is interested, call or email ASAP. dcd@fittsroberts.com
Staff Accountant – Revenue Accounting – Oil and Gas – NW Houston
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Good work/life balance – oil and gas accounting – good location (depending on where you’re coming from of course – Northwest Houston)
Diane Delgado LeMaire| Area Director, Executive Search & Branch Manager | Creative Financial Staffing, a division of Fitts, Roberts CPA Firm | 5718 Westheimer Suite 800 | Houston, TX 77057 |713-490-6003 | dcd@fittsroberts.com|
12 Great Motivational Quotes for 2013 – SALES SOURCE | Geoffrey James
July Newsletter for Accounting Professional with UPDATED LIST of Job openings!!!!!
July 2013
Industry News and Updates
July marks the beginning of the second half of this year and it also kicks off the busiest quarter (on average) for us at CFS. It has been a great 2013 so far.well minus the summer heat right now According to the Greater Houston Partnership (GHP) Houston hiring is starting to slow down. We have been averaging a growth rate of 3.8 and 4.5 and that truly is just not sustainable. Our growth rate has dropped down to around 2%. Now don’t panic! That just means that we are growing twice as fast as everyone else vs. three times as fast. We are still the second fastest growing metro. Dallas is ahead of us and Tampa, Phoenix and Boston are right behind us. The good news is that we have added over 300,000 jobs since the bottom of the recession and Houston employment is at the highest level it has ever been. Again, all of this is according to the GHP. They also predict that we will continue to grow at the rate of 2% until 2020. I would say that is GREAT news! I am still very optimistic about our economic outlook. Please take some time and read the article at the bottom of the newsletter! It is well worth the time. I hope you have a great 4th of July. Until next time!
Is your company currently hiring? Please let me know if I can be of any assistance.
Local Statistics:
• National / Houston Unemployment rate: 7.3 / 6.4
• Price of Oil: $95 (last year $94)
• Oil Rig Count: 1767 (last year 1977)
• Industries hiring: Anything related to Oil & Gas / Energy, Construction & Retail!
• Positions in demand: Oil & Gas Accountants, Auditors, Staff & Senior GL Accountants, Director and Manager level positions are coming back
Local Searches
• Director of Accountant & Administration. Southwest, 150 to 175K
• Financial Reporting Manager, DT, 145 to 165K
• Severance Tax Specialist – DT – 75 to 95K
• Regulatory Accounting Manger, Southwest – DT 110 to 130K
• Audit Manager, West, Banking background, 85K plus bonus
• Assistant Controller – E&P – West Houston, 100 K total compensation
• Fixed Assets Lead – Galleria – 80K
• Senior Accountant, NW Houston, 65K
• Entry Level Accountant – West – 38 to 40K
• Joint Venture Audit – Oil and Gas – 65 to 110K – Westchase
• AP Specialist – 40 to 50K – NW Houston
• Revenue Accountant – 1 to 10 years – 50 to 91K – Downtown
• Revenue Accountant – SAP PRA – 80K – West
• Property Accountant – GWP – 45 to 54K
• Public Accounting – Tax and Audit – any level tax or audit 50 to 120K
• IT Audit – 80 to 90K plus – Med Center
• AP Supervisor – 65 to 75K – West Houston
• AP Supervisor – DT, 60 to 75K
• Accounting Manager – Pearland – MUST have manufacturing experience – 65K
• Non Profit Tax Manager, GWP, 80 to 120K
• Non Profit Tax Staff, GWP, 40 to 60K
• Spanish Speaking Accountant with limited tax exposure, Stafford, 60 to 95K
• Full Time Consultants!!!! 60 to 100K plus, plus, plus – Must have external audit in background
• Internal Audit Senior, GWP, 65 to 70K, less than 10% travel
• SEC Staff Accountant, Spring, 45 to 65K
• Assistant Treasurer (International / Cash) – 150 to 220K – North Houston
• Senior Corporate Accountant, Galleria, 70 to 80K
• Senior Operations Accountant, Galleria – 55 to 65K
• Staff Tax Accountant, Oil & Gas, Galleria
July issue of Houston: The Economy at a Glance from the Greater Houston Partnership
http://www.houston.org/pdf/research/quickview/Economy_at_a_Glance.pdf
A publication of the Greater Houston Partnership
Volume 22, Number 7 • July 2013
Where are we now? — July marks the middle of the year and provides an excellent vantage point to assess the region’s economic health and outlook for the remainder of the year. This issue of Glance looks at 10 key indicators—employment, oil and gas prices, exploration ac- tivity, construction, sales tax collections, home sales, vehicle sales, foreign trade, air traffic and the local Purchasing Managers Index. What follows is a brief discussion of what those indicators suggest about the near-term outlook for Houston’s economy.
Employment Growth Cooling— The Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown Metro Area added 91,600 jobs in the 12 months ending May ’13, a 3.4 percent increase, according to data re- cently released by the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC). That’s down from 106,000 jobs and a 4.0 percent annualized rate for the 12 months ending April ’13.
The slip in Houston’s growth rate is not unexpected, nor is it something to fret over. Employment in Houston has grown between 3.8 and 4.5 percent (annual rate) since May ’12, a pace clearly not sustainable. Over the past 10 years, employment growth in Houston has averaged 2.0 percent annually. Woods & Poole forecasts em- ployment to grow 2.1 percent annually through ’20. Economist Ray Perryman forecasts employ- ment to grow 2.4 percent annually through ’17. And the Partnership’s forecast issued in Decem- ber called for growth of 2.8 percent this year. Houston’s 3.4 percent annualized rate is still twice the nation’s current rate of 1.6 percent. And though our growth has slowed, Houston ranks as the second-fastest growing major metro area. Fur- thermore, since the bottom of the recession, Hou- ston has added 304,900 net new jobs, an increase of 12.3 percent in total employment in the region. Only the New York metro area, with three times Houston’s population, has added more jobs. No other major metro has grown faster than Houston. Employment is higher now than at any point in Houston’s history
Employment Growth Rates 20 Most Populous U.S. Metro Areas
Metro Area % Change May ’12 – May ’13 Dallas 3.6 Houston 3.4 Tampa 2.9 Phoenix 2.7 Boston 2.5 Minneapolis 2.5 Seattle 2.1 Atlanta 2.0 San Francisco 1.9 Baltimore 1.9 San Diego 1.6 New York 1.6 DC 1.6 Chicago 1.4 Los Angeles 1.3 Miami 1.2 Detroit 1.1 Riverside 1.0 Philadelphia 0.9 St. Louis 0.7 Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
HOUSTON—THE ECONOMY AT A GLANCE
Where the Base Goes, Everyone Follows — A basic rule of economics holds that a re- gion’s economic base must grow for its secondary sectors to grow. The base includes those industries that export goods and services outside the region. In Houston, the economic base includes energy, most local manufacturing, and a substantial amount of engineering. Bits and pieces of other industries also compose part of the base, but for the purpose of this discus- sion, the base includes only those three.1 As businesses in the base pursue opportunities out- side the region, new money flows into the region. That inflow supports growth in the sec- ondary sectors. In Houston, secondary sectors include retail, restaurants, real estate, health care, and so on. Another way to look at this—the base drives the economy while the second- ary sectors ride in the back seat. The chart below illustrates how job growth (or loss) in Houston’s secondary sectors lags growth in the economic base. It also shows that job growth in Houston’s base peaked about this time last year and has been cooling off ever since. Job growth in the secondary sectors should soon slow as well. This suggests a gradual slowdown in overall employment growth should occur in the near future. Again, this is not something to fret over. As Bill Gilmer, di- rector of the Institute for Regional Forecasting at the University of Houston recently said in the Houston Chronicle: “It means that Houston will only be growing twice as fast as the rest of the country instead of three times as fast.”
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