Senior Accountant – Kingwood, Texas – dlemaire@cfstaffing.com

RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Set up new systems, and document client processes & procedures.
• Complete bookkeeping/accounting transactions related to new client on-boarding including the first month’s processing and financial package.
o Adds vendors, prepares and scans bills, enters A/P transactions, pays bills via online payment
o Adds customers creates A/R invoices
o Reviews\Releases AJE’s for monthly reporting with supporting work papers
o Reconciles bank statements, credit cards reconciliations, payroll liabilities, and vendor statements
o Prepare and review payroll
o Pay Payroll Taxes online
o Prepares and reviews sales tax and payroll reports
o Analyzes and reviews accounting data for reasonableness and material errors
o Prepares initial draft of financial statements

Requirements:

  • Bachelors Degree Accounting
  • 2 plus years of experience

34 Crucial Tips You Must Remember for Your Next Job Interview

Article originally posted on https://theundercoverrecruiter.com.

So you’ve applied for a job and landed yourself an interview – congratulations! Now is where you really need to think about your interview technique to ensure you bag yourself the job. CollegeAtlas.org have compiled 34 of the most important interview tips in the infographic below, to help you in your preparations.

Takeaways:

  • 38% of people don’t smile during a job interview – this can cost you the job!
  • First impressions are 55% decided by the way you dress, act and walk through the door.
  • Don’t try to be all things needed – no-one’s perfect!
  • Failing to prepare is a big mistake!
  • Stay away from bright or garish clothing!

job-interview-infographic

Link to article: https://theundercoverrecruiter.com/34-crucial-interview-tips/?utm_content=bufferca91a&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

 

Senior Director Tax – Houston – dlemaire@cfstaffing.com

Responsibilities:

  • Prepares all of the federal, state income/franchise, and (possibly) international tax returns.
  • Complies with federal, state, local and SEC requirements by studying regulations; enforcing adherence to requirements; advising management on needed actions; communicating with attorneys and company transfer agent to ensure timely tax and SEC reporting requirements; and preparing discrimination testing for 401K plan.
  • Oversees the quarterly and year-end tax provision (separate company and consolidated)
  • Responsible for the preparation of the annual income tax disclosures
  • Oversite over transfer pricing studies for U.S. and cross-border transactions
  • Manages all preparation/review cash tax forecasts for corporate budgeting and forecasting
  • Manages the preparation/review quarterly tax fixed asset schedules and tax fixed asset roll-forwards
  • Manages the preparation/review state decoupling adjustments for state tax returns
  • Oversees the preparation/review tax account reconciliation schedules
  • Manages and coordinates federal/state/international income/franchise tax audits
  • Oversee process by which tax research is conducted
  • Frequent and regular interactions with the corporate accounting group, and other Functional leaders.

Education:

  • Bachelor’s degree in accounting; Master’s degree in taxation or accounting a plus.
  • Minimum 12+ years of U.S. federal and state corporate tax experience, either in-house with U.S. multinational corporations or in public accounting, preferably Big Four.
  • CPA is highly preferred or JD

Experience:

  • Big 4 audit experience a plus
  • Expert knowledge of ASC 740 (FAS 109, FIN 48, FIN 18, APB 23)
  • Proven ability to develop a U.S. Tax Strategy
  • Strong analytical skills and a broad understanding of U.S. Corporate Tax Law
  • Experience working in a publicly traded company.

Update List of Accounting & Finance Openings – Houston – dlemaire@cfstaffing.com

Downtown/Galleria

  • Staff Accountant – Real estate investment firm – public preferred
  • Bilingual Senior Treasury Analyst – Trading
  • Project Accountant (Bookkeeping, QB)
  • Accounting Analyst – Must have E&P and heavy IT /SQL experience
  • Tax & Accounting Manager – CPA – heavy partnership experience
  • Property Accountant – 10-11 properties – small but growing firm – Associate’s preferred
  • Corporate Accountant – Property Management – small but growing firm – QuickBooks required
  • Lead – Consolidations Accounting – O&G services – Big 4 required
  • Senior IT Auditor – O&G services – public or strong industry experience
  • Senior Auditor – O&G services – management rotational role
  • IT Audit Manager – O&G services – management rotational role
  • Tax Supervisor – CPA firm – Non-profit experience is a plus
  • Controller – Non-profit
  • Staff Accountant – Non-profit – 1-2 years GL experience

North/Northwest Houston

  • Senior Cost Accounting Analyst – manufacturing experience required
  • Part-Time Nonprofit Accountant
  • Senior Director Tax (Federal, State and International)
  • VP Controller – SEC, CPA, Public Accounting
  • VP TAX (Federal, State and International)
  • Senior IT Auditor – 2 to 4 years of SOX testing experience
  • Corporate Controller with prior IPO experience (15 plus years minimum experience required)
  • SEC Staff Accountant – Distribution – MS and public accounting required
  • Staff Tax Accountant – O&G – 1 to 2 years of public accounting  HOT
  • Senior Accountant Real Estate Development and Investment – Need public accounting – Woodlands!
  • Senior Accountant – O&G services – strong Excel required
  • Controller – Distribution company – public & CPA required
  • Senior Internal Auditor – O&G services – 50% international travel
  • Staff Accountant – O&G services – 2 to 4 years of GL experience
  • Tax Analyst – Energy – 2+ year provision and compliance experience – growing company
  • Senior Tax Analyst – O&G – Provision experience required

West/Southwest Houston

  • Senior Accountant – 3 to 5 years of GL experience – Manufacturing
  • Staff Accountant – nonprofit
  • Property Accountant – Property Management – 1+ year property accounting – Accounting degree
  • Financial Analyst – Spanish, IFRS, SAP, Consolidations
  • Consolidations Accountant – O&G – SAP BPC experience preferred – Strong consolidations

Southeast Houston

  • Business Unit Controller (SAP)
  • Plant Controller (SAP)

Phoenix, AZ

  • CFO – Private Equity Manufacturing portfolio company

San Antonio:

  • Controller- Non-Profit, CPA, Budgeting, Audit, Grant Reporting
  • Accounting/Office Manager- Non Profit
  • Non-Profit Director of Fund Development
  • Non-Profit Director of Resident Services
  • Senior Financial/Data Analyst- High Tech Service Company-PE backed, SQL, heavy excel
  • Tax Manager- Midsize public accounting firm, growth opportunity
  • Audit Senior Manager or Partner- Public accounting
  • Cost Accountant- Heavy equipment manufacturer
  • Audit Senior- local midsize growing public accounting firm, specializing in the Construction industry, work-life balance & competitive pay!
  • Accountant – Growing entrepreneurial organization, restaurant experience & bilingual a major plus

Diane Delgado LeMaire | Senior Managing Director, Executive Search & Branch Manager Creative Financial Staffing (CFS) dlemaire@cfstaffing.com | www.cfstaffing.com | LinkedIn

 

 

 

Diane Delgado LeMaire | Senior Managing Director, Executive Search & Branch Manager Creative Financial Staffing (CFS)

5718 Westheimer Suite 800, Houston, Texas 77057

T: 713.490.6003 | dlemaire@cfstaffing.com | www.cfstaffing.com | LinkedIn

 

 

Part-Time Accountant – NW Houston – dlemaire@cfstaffing.com

Our client is a leading non-profit located in NW/Central Houston. This is a recently formed organization focused on youth-development programs. This organization is seeking a strong part-time accountant (25 hrs/wk) to join their tight-knit team.

Duties:

  • Utilize Quickbooks to post transactions/reconcile accounts
  • Participation in annual budget creation
  • Variance Analysis
  • Weekly invoicing
  • Payroll
  • Financial Statement preparation

Requirements

  • 3+ years of accounting experience (NFP preferred, not required)
  • Quickbooks experience

Why work here?

  • Broad role, opportunity to be exposed to new duties
  • Great cause
  • Exposure to the board of directors/executives
  • Part-time, Flexible schedule

Senior IT Auditor – Northwest Houston – dlemaire@cfstaffing.com

Responsibilities
• Conduct all phases of an audit including planning, fieldwork, and report drafting
• Evaluate policies, procedures, processes and internal controls over company activities, including information systems operating procedures, system security and general computing and application controls
• Communicate findings with auditee during the test work and at the closing meeting
• Provide recommendations to improve operations
• Assist with the supervision, training and mentoring of staff auditors on audit process
• Complete audit work papers by documenting audit tests and findings

Requirements
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Information Systems Management;
• At least 2 years relevant experience in IT Auditing;
• Public Accounting experience preferred
• Experience working within COSO/risk-based framework;
• Experience with Sarbanes Oxley;

Tips for Job Hunters to Get Past Gatekeepers

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Tips for Job Hunters to Get Past Gatekeepers

It’s always a challenge to meet someone in authority, and the challenge can seem even larger when you’ve been searching for a job long-term.

Typically, there are several hurdles an applicant has to clear at the HR level. Executives usually have administrative assistants and human resource employees to handle employment processes, and they may filter hundreds of applicants before handing their selections in for the higher-ups to evaluate.

And then there’s the ever more common online application. You may have to answer questions (and the answers have to align with what the company is looking for) before you may have the chance to talk to an HR screener. Technology has made hiring pools smaller for busy companies, but at the same time, it can make it more difficult for job hunters to get an offer.

To help, here are some tips to get around and through the gatekeepers:

1. Maximize LinkedIn

If you really want to look for the key players in the company, search them using LinkedIn, under the departments you’re interested in. Using your contact of interest, look for mutual connections you might have, and find out what groups they have joined using the platform. Join some of the same groups and you’ll have something in common.

Feel free to send them a message, but don’t expect a quick response, especially if the contact is not currently looking for a job. Don’t be too aggressive—Avoid dropping multiple messages. (You want to look like a potential candidate, not a desperate stalker.)

2. Look for Mutual Connections

You can also look for mutual connections via informational interviews. Feel free to reach out to informational interview contacts once you have permission. (Doing this gives you more access to the person you’re trying to reach.) You can then confidently speak to the gatekeeper when that contact is expecting your call.

3. Activate Alumni Networks

It’s important to attend different networking events to grow your network. Find events by reaching out to your career services and alumni offices. At these events, you may see some familiar faces, and the odds are you’ll meet great new people working in a variety of fields, including the one you’re interested in.

Link to Article:
Alan Carniol

Alan is the creator of Interview Success Formula, a training program that has helped more than 40,000 job seekers to ace their interviews and land the jobs they deserve. Interviewers love asking curveball questions to weed out job seekers. But the truth is, most of these questions are asking about a few key areas. Learn more about how to outsmart tough interviewers by watching this video.

Crude Oil and Commodity Prices

November, Monday 27 2017 – 08:48:02
WTI Crude Oil
$58.95 ▲0.93 1.58%
2017.11.26 end-of-day
Brent Crude Oil
$63.86 ▲0.54 0.85%
2017.11.26 end-of-day
Commodities
Crude Oil 58.95 +1.58%
Natural Gas 2.81 -5.51%
Gasoline 1.79 +1.12%
Heating Oil 1.95 +1.04%
Gold 1286.70 -0.38%
Silver 16.98 -0.71%
Copper 3.17 +0.99%
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Key Economic Indicator – Employment – Greater Houston Partnership

Click to access Employment_Update.pdf

November 17, 2017
The Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land metro area created 43,200 jobs in October,
according to the Texas Workforce Commission. That’s the largest single-month job gain on record. The record-setting growth reflects the aftereffects of Hurricane Harvey plus an expected post-summer improvement, not a surge in economic activity.

 

July cut 19,500 jobs, primarily in local school districts as educators roll off school payrolls in the summer months. August’s and September’s losses, 12,100 and 11,200 respectively, occurred primarily in food services and drinking places, retail and construction, as Houstonians stayed home during Hurricane Harvey and construction workers stayed off the job site. Hurricane Harvey has clouded what’s truly happening with local employment. Through June, the region had created 25,200 jobs. Through October, the region has created only 25,600 jobs. Either job growth has slowed considerably or TWC has failed to capture the
jobs that are being created.

Note: The Partnership will discuss Harvey’s long-term impact on Houston’s economy, the
employment outlook for ’18, and the future of energy, construction, and innovation at its
Houston Region Economic Outlook, scheduled for December 8 at the Royal Sonesta.
Additional details can be found at the Partnership’s website or by clicking here.

 

Staff Accountant – Rice Village Area – dlemaire@cfstaffing.com

Staff Accountant Responsibilities:

  • Maintain the accounting general ledger and account reconciliations.
  • Manage the general ledger recurring journal entries, accruals, prepays for monthly, quarterly and year end.
  • Review, investigate and correct ledger errors, inconsistencies in ledger accounts and prepare supporting documentation.
  • Account reconciliation and analysis of general ledger accounts, including verification of data for completeness and accuracy.
  • Monitor general ledger balance sheet accounts, monthly perform balance sheet reconciliations, tie to movement in the income statement.
  • Reconcile the inventory accounts, including the cost of goods sold, inventory counts and inventory adjustments.
  • Ensure that all accounting deadlines are met and that Controller and Management are appraised of progress and known issues.
  • Back up for payroll, accounts payable and others as defined
  • Oversee accurate and appropriate recording and analysis of revenues and expenses.
  • Enter the budget in QuickBooks based on departmental information.
  • Perform budget variance analysis by comparing budget versus actuals.
  • Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
  • Review accounts payable and other projects for automation to improve accounting efficiencies.
  • Develop, calculate and issue financial and operating metrics.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting
  • Preference to degree, with 2 to 4+ years of experience
  • Extensive Quickbooks experience required.

Indirect Tax Manager & Senior – Houston – dlemaire@cfstaffing.com

 Our publicly-held client is Headquartered on the West-side of Houston Texas and has approximately 2500 employees. They are a market leader in their industry and have been active for over 60 years.

The successful candidate will sit within a team of five and will report to the Sales Tax Senior Manager. This position will primarily be responsible for assisting with Sales & Use tax audits and notices, researching S&U matters, monitoring changes in S&U laws and maintaining the taxability matrix. This includes the preparation of S&U tax returns and refunds.

Why work here?

  • Complicated tax payer, always learning new things
  • Heavy research role
  • Continuing education is supported
  • Publicly traded company exposure

Requirements:

  • Strong working knowledge of S&U laws and procedures
  • Experience with Sales tax Audits
  • Working knowledge of tax research databases (CCH/BNA)

Senior Accountant – West Houston – dlemaire@cfstaffing.com

Our client is a leading manufacturer who has been in business for over 60 years. They are private equity backed and growing by acquisition and organic growth. They are a global producer of custom sealing solutions. They have locations in the US, South America, Europe, and Asia. They are located on the west side of Houston. This role will take on a broad variety of tasks from Financial statement analysis to bank reconciliations.

Why work here?

  • Private Equity backed company
  • Discretionary Bonus
  • International Exposure
  • Opportunity to make this role your own
  • The company is in acquisition mode but also growing organically with the market shifting.

Requirements:

  • Bachelors degree in Accounting or Finance
  • 2-5 years of accounting experience
  • Experience with Accounting Software

Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) via Greater Houston Partnership

Click to access Purchasing_Managers_Index.pdf

The Houston Purchasing Managers Index (PMI), a short-term leading indicator for regional production, registered 49.3 in October, up from 48.6 in September. Readings above 50 signal economic expansion in Houston over the next three to four months. Readings below 50 signal contraction. After 10 consecutive months of expansion, Hurricane Harvey pushed the PMI below 50 in August. The October reading suggests the region is nearly completing its recovery from the storm.

Crude Oil and Commodity Prices – November 13th, 2017

November, Monday 13 2017 – 12:24:52
WTI Crude Oil
$56.74 ▼-0.43 -0.76%
2017.11.12 end-of-day
Brent Crude Oil
$63.52 ▼-0.41 -0.65%
2017.11.12 end-of-day
Commodities
Crude Oil 56.74 -0.76%
Natural Gas 3.21 +0.40%
Gasoline 1.81 -0.40%
Heating Oil 1.93 -0.62%
Gold 1272.40 -1.04%
Silver 16.84 -0.59%
Copper 3.07 -0.34%
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Senior Accounting Analyst – 20 miles from Fort Worth, Texas – dlemaire@cfstaffing.com

Our client is a leading manufacturer of downhole tools for a publicly-traded Oilfield Service company. This group was founded in 1983 and brought under the corporate umbrella in 1998. This division has roughly 500 employees.

This position will be located in Godley, TX (25 miles from Fort Worth) and sits within a team of three. The selected candidate will report directly to the Finance Manager. This position is frequently groomed to take over as the Finance Manager and will require minimal travel. The primary responsibilities of the role are to review monthly flash forecasts, quarterly inventory schedules, budget submissions, Month-End Close and a variety of special projects.

Why work here?

  • Flexible work schedule
  • Rapid advancement
  • Opportunity to work within Publicly traded environment
  • Stability & growth within the Oil & Gas industry

Requirements

  • 5-15 years of accounting/operations experience required
  • Inventory/manufacturing experience required
  • CPA preferred
  • Bilingual (Spanish) preferred

Non Profit Database Manager / Accountant – Westchase – dlemaire@cfstaffing.com

This organization is a leading education provider for underprivileged students overseas. They do so with publicly available schools, education assistance, volunteer and community programs. The organization has been in existence for over ten years and holds its events nationwide. The successful candidate will have a strong knowledge of donor databases and contribution/donation oversight. This candidate will be involved in general accounting & bookkeeping as well as successfully organizing and managing the donor database system.

50-60K | Westchase

Why work here?

  • Support the lives of over 126,000 students
  • Small office environment
  • Flexible hours

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience
  • Database experience (Blackbaud, Raisers Edge, E-Tapistry, Giftworks)
  • Accounting or Finance degree