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EMPLOYMENT AT MID-YEAR

Metro Houston added 22,900 jobs in the first half of ’17, an improvement over the comparable periods in ’15 and ’16, when Houston posted significant losses.

The region will undoubtedly finish the year with net job gains, likely adding more than the 29,700 jobs in the Partnership’s original forecast, but still short of the long term average of 60,000 per year. How short? That depends on how the second half of ’17 plays out, whether current employment trends reflect a cyclical pattern or a fundamental restructuring of the economy, and how accurately the Texas Workforce Commission is measuring current employment trends.
Six sectors account for the bulk of job growth to date— employment services; manufacturing; food services and drinking places; arts, entertainment and recreation; health care; and other services. As a group, they’ve added 48,900 jobs through June. Three sectors account for the bulk of Houston’s losses—retail; transportation, warehousing, utilities; and wholesale trade. As a group, they’ve cut 27,800 jobs. Lesser gains and losses have occurred in other sectors. Energy remains an enigma.

SECTORS ADDING JOBS

Employment services (primarily contract workers) leads all other sectors, adding 10,600 jobs since January. That’s a near-record six-month performance. Employment services has added 16,000 jobs since June ’16. That is a record 12-month performance.

Gains or losses for the sector foreshadow gains or losses for the broader economy. In a downturn, firms lay off contract workers before cutting permanent staff. In a recovery, firms often hire contract workers to handle the increase in business, placing them on the permanent payroll as growth gathers steam.

Employment services has trended upward since November ’16 and now stands at an all-time high. In a normal recovery, growth should have plateaued by now, giving rise to gains in other sectors, but that hasn’t happened yet.

Two possible explanations:
• Employers still worry about the recovery’s strength and remain reluctant to move contract workers to permanent status, or
• A fundamental shift in staffing patterns is underway. Just-in-time inventory systems have been in place for years. Just-in-time staffing (i.e., reliance on contract
workers) may be the next step.

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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 north of the Woodlands.
They are seeking a Division Operations Controller with 7 to 10 years of cost accounting experience in a heavy inventory setting for this newly created role!

Why work here?
• Discretionary Bonus
• International Exposure
• Opportunity to make this role your own!
• Highly visible role. Work with GM, CFO and upper management!
• Company is in acquisition mode, but also growing organically with the market shifting.

Requirements:
• 7 to 10 years’ experience. Combination of cost & inventory accounting.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting
• MS Office experience
• Great leader and go-getter personality!

Downtown & Galleria:

• Senior Project Accountant – Engineering Firm – Deltek required
• Senior Accountant – Midstream – Degree and major ERP required – $10B
• Treasury Accountant – Investment Firm – A+ environment
• Pipeline Accountant – Midstream – Pubic accounting required
• Revenue Accountant – E&P – 4-7 years strong revenue experience – $8B
• Royalty Accountant – E&P – 4-7 years strong royalty experience – $8B
• Senior Auditor – mid-size CPA firm – long-term Partner opportunities – CPA required
• Corporate Accountant – property management – CPA required
• SEC Accountant – O&G services – public accounting highly preferred
• Tax Accountant – large regional firm – O&G and/or strong provisional work required
• Senior IT Auditor – O&G services – 10% travel – $2B
• Business Analyst – Payroll focus – Workday required
• Senior Auditor –  O&G services – true management rotational program – 30% travel – $20B+
• Senior IT Manager – O&G Services – looking for heavy hitter, Big 4 highly preferred – $20B+
• Staff Accountant – Healthcare – public accounting required
• Assistant Controller – Commodity Trading – Industry experience required
• CFO – Non-profit – strong leader + industry experience
• Senior Accountant – Investment firm – Big 4 with high performance reviews
• HR Manager – healthcare – strong generalist needed
• Income Tax Manager- CPA firm – strong domestic provision experience and CPA required

NW Houston:

• Assistant Controller – O&G services – 2-4 years Big 4 required
• Production Analyst – 1-3 years E&P accounting (either in production, revenue, or royalty)
• Senior Internal Auditor – O&G services – 50% travel
• Controller – distribution – CPA, public, and industry required

North Houston:

• Cost Accountant – manufacturing – standard cost required
• AR Accountant – New grads! – “Manager in Training”
• Staff Accountant – manufacturing – degree required
• Leadership Development Program – major O&G company – Big 4 required
• Payroll Manager – construction – in-house multi-state payroll required
• Staff Auditor – consumer goods – 1-3 years internal or external audit – SOX required

West Houston:

• Corporate Controller – chemicals – Hyperion Essbase & consolidations required
• Senior International Accountant – chemicals – Intercompany and international accounting required
• Property Accountant – real estate/property experience required
• FERC Accountant – growing midstream company
• SEC Accountant – public accounting or SEC required – growing midstream company
• Corporate Controller – professional services – Big 4, CPA, and Great Plains required

SE Houston:

• Junior Accountant – chemicals – new grad or someone pursuing degree, go-getter
• IT Audit Manager – manufacturing – Big 4 required

SW Houston:

• Grant Accountant – education – 2-4 years GL experience
• Inventory Analyst – O&G services – 1-3 years GL experience, highly prefer inventory

San Antonio:

• CFO – Heavy Civil Construction – , High growth company – Unlimited PTO – CPA highly preferred
• Controller – High Tech Manufacturing – CPA REQUIRED, SOX, SEC, GAAP, Public Company Experience a must
• Assistant Controller – High Tech Service Company – PE Backed Company
• Controller- Property Management Company
• Tax Partner with Regional Firm

Forth Worth:

• Plant Controller – Manufacturing and advanced excel

With succession planning in the forefront, our client is recruiting Big 4 external auditors for a multi-year leadership rotational program, which will prepare the associate for consideration for a senior level leadership position.

The rotational program provides intensive field-based training in communication, leadership, finance, sales and operations, enabling the associate to apply these skills in critical roles throughout the company as they begin a career with the company. The program also provides access to an instant peer group and networking opportunities to help the associate learn and grow within the organization. The associate will learn directly from company leaders. Through training and real-life assignments the associate will gain the technical skills and leadership knowledge they will need to run their own part of the business.

Position Summary:

Our client seeks a bright, motivated, detail-oriented audit professional for an Internal Auditor position in their Houston, TX office. This position will report to the Audit Manager and the Audit Director based in Houston, TX and will be part of the audit team responsible for the company’s US-based corporate functions. This position provides excellent international work experience and requires travel to top domestic destinations with some international and local area travel as well.

Responsibilities: 

• Participate in multiple and simultaneous risk-based audits, while maintaining departmental quality standards.
• Effectively complete audit planning, fieldwork and reporting for financial, operational, integrated and system reviews, both domestically and internationally.
• Assist in preparing audit reports that accurately summarize the most significant control weaknesses and resulting impacts to the organization.
• Assist management and audit team members through all phases of audit engagement execution, as requested.
• Represent Corporate Audit on company initiatives and special projects, including SOX compliance.
• Contribute to internal department initiatives, such as training, departmental development and other internal projects, as requested.
• Understand the company organization and develop relationships to provide value-added solutions and best-practices.

Qualifications: 

• Must have a minimum of 3 to 4  years progressive audit experience in a Big 4 or renowned regional public accounting firm and/or internal audit department.
• CPA or CIA is preferred;
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting/finance/business is required.
• Exposure to Sarbanes-Oxley.

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The Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land metro area created 10,700 jobs in June and
56,100 over the previous 12 months, according to data released today by the Texas
Workforce Commission. The monthly job gain was on par with the region’s 20-year
average of 11,000 jobs added for a June. The 12-month job growth was well above the
20-year average of 48,300 jobs. Houston’s total nonfarm payroll employment now stands
at 3,058,900, a new high for the metro.

Five sectors accounted for the bulk of the job gains over the past 12 months—
employment services, health care, local education, fabricated metal products, and
restaurants and bars.
• Employment services, a subsector of professional and business services, added 16,000
jobs over the year, roughly one in every four new jobs in the region. The subsector
includes workers hired on a contract basis through a temporary help agency.
Employment in the subsector has trended up since November ’16 and now stands at
an all-time high.
• Health care and social assistance added 12,600 jobs in the past 12 months, a robust
Ambulatory health care (i.e., non-hospital services) accounted for two-thirds of the
jobs created in the sector.
• Local education (i.e., school districts) added 10,400 jobs. The sector continues to
benefit from healthy population growth and a surge in school construction in the
suburbs.
• Fabricated metal products, which includes machine shops and structural metals, is
benefiting from the recent growth in the rig count. The sector added 6,600 jobs over
the past 12 months.
• Houstonians continue to enjoy dining out. The sector added 6,100 jobs in the 12
months ending June ’17.
Job gains were somewhat offset by losses in oil and gas extraction (-5,300 jobs),
construction (-5,200 jobs), machinery manufacturing (-4,500 jobs), retail trade (-3,000 jobs), wholesale trade (-1,400 jobs) and minor losses in several other sectors.
Readers should be cautioned that the numbers reported today are subject to revision in
March of next year.
Houston’s June unemployment rate was 5.3 percent, up from 5.1 percent in May but
down from 5.6 percent in June ’16.

Texas’ unemployment rate was 4.7 percent in June,
up from 4.4 percent in May but down from 5.0 percent in June ’16.

The U.S. rate was 4.5 percent in June, up from 4.1 percent in May but down from 5.1 percent in June ’16. The rates are not seasonally adjusted.

Prepared by Greater Houston Partnership Research Department

Patrick Jankowski, CCR
Senior Vice President, Research
713-844-3616
pjankowski@houston.org

Jenny Philip
Director, Economic Research
713-844-3615
jphilip@houston.org