Director of Operations & Strategy

Join the executive team of one of the hottest tech companies in the country! Our client is writing the book (and making history) on ecommerce and on-demand delivery services. This VC backed company is seeking out a Director of Operations & Strategy to lead the company during this exponential season of rapid growth.

What’s in it for you…

• Base comp. ~200k+, 50% bonus, and equity package commensurate with experience
• Innovative company and culture that THRIVES in our current *covid* climate and will continue to do well in the modern age of technology & delivery- where everything is available at the click of a button!
• New offices in an open and collaborative working environment.
• Flexible, business casual working environment and family oriented.
• Be a pioneer in the industry!
• Health, Dental, and Vision insurance.
• 401k Program.

What will the Director of Operations & Strategy do?

• Play an instrumental role in the growth and scalability of the business by leading vision, strategy, and results for company operations.
• Work closely with the CEO and other leaders to implement the company’s strategy across the various functions.
• Create and implement company-wide procedures to align the team with the company vision and strategy.
• Ensure company’s ability to meet targets, optimize performance, achieve customer satisfaction, as well as identify and create solutions for process improvements.
• Create a robust KPI goal setting & reporting process to track performance.
• Own administrative and operational processes and projects, including office space, insurance, compliance, legal obligations, and other risk management needs.

What We need in the Director of Operations & Strategy:

• 7+ years of experience in strategic and operational roles in companies that have scaled from tens to hundreds of million in revenue during your tenure. **RAPID GROWTH**
• Bachelors Degree
• Strong willed leader that is innovative, challenges the norm and continuously finds ways to improve.
• Ability to execute on today’s challenges while maintaining a forward-thinking mindset looking ahead to where we will be six months, a year, and several years from now.
• Proven successful implementation of strategic operational projects to completion while successfully managing stakeholders, including C-suite.
• Strong working knowledge of operational compliance and a strong understanding of risk and regulation frameworks.

dlemaire@cfstaffing.com

CONTROLLER

Join the finance team of one of the hottest tech companies in the country! Our client is writing the book (and making history) on ecommerce and on-demand delivery services. This VC backed company is seeking a Controllerto establish a solid financial foundation of policies, departmental structure, and controls for the company during this exponential season of rapid growth.

Why work here…?

• Innovative company and culture that THRIVES in our current *covid* climate and will continue to do well in the modern age of technology & delivery- where everything is available at the click of a button!
• New offices in an open and collaborative working environment.
• Flexible, business casual working environment and family oriented.
• Be a pioneer in the industry!
• Health, Dental, and Vision insurance.
• 401k Program.

What we are looking for in the Controller:

• Experience in use and development of Financial software systems – NetSuite an advantage
• Strong communicator across the organization from C Suite to associates
• Experience in developing finance standards and controls in a fast-moving business environment
• Strong technical and practical accounting skills.
• Experience in the creation and development of high performing finance teams
• Lead management in Budget cycle – creation to reporting
• Strong process management mindset
• Hands on approach

What will the Controller do?

• Maximizes return on financial assets by establishing financial policies, procedures, controls, and reporting systems.
• Guides financial decisions by establishing, monitoring, and enforcing policies and procedures.
• Protects assets by establishing, monitoring, and enforcing internal controls.
• Monitors and confirms financial condition by conducting internal audits and providing information to external auditors.
• In the absence of a treasurer, maximizes return and limits risk on cash by minimizing bank balances and making investments.
• Manages the budget process by establishing schedules; collecting, analyzing, and consolidating financial data; recommending future plans.
• Achieves budget objectives by scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances to plan; initiating corrective actions.
• Provides regular status of financial condition by collecting, interpreting, and reporting financial data to stakeholders.
• Prepares special reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends.
• Complies with federal, state, and local legal requirements by studying existing and new legislation, anticipating future legislation, enforcing adherence to requirements, filing financial reports, and advising management on needed actions.
• Ensures operation of equipment by establishing preventive maintenance requirements and service contracts, maintaining equipment inventories, and evaluating new equipment and techniques.
• Protects operations by keeping financial information and plans confidential and working with holders of information to develop policies to prevent unauthorized access.

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in accounting/finance or CPA
Minimum 7-10 years’ experience in accounting/finance commensurate with experience requirements
Exposure to the technology or service industry- strongly preferred
Experience in high growth environment an advantage
External reporting experience, management of audit relationship for company
Experience with development of internal financial reporting

dlemaire@cfstaffing.com

IT Auditor Retail Industry Opportunity

Creative Financial Staffing has recently partnered with an international Fortune 300 company in the retail industry. Are you ready to join this fantastic team?

About the Company and IT Auditor:

• One of the LARGEST retail groups in the United States
• Company that owns numerous locations n the US, United Kingdom and Brazil.
• Successful Fortune 300 company that stems from tenure management experience and promotes geographic and brand diversity.

Perks of the IT Auditor role?

• Competitive Compensation Package
• 3 Tier Employee Incentive Reward Program
• Collaborative and autonomous work environment
• Career development opportunities – Manager Trainee Program
• Great company culture including community outreach programs

Overview of the IT Auditor Role:

• Plan and perform IT walkthroughs over the Company’s infrastructure, applications, and operating procedures to evaluate the design and operation of ITGCs.
• Evaluate the IT control environment in terms of risk to the organization and provide recommendations for improvement.
• Perform ITGC/application controls testing
• Maintenance of Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) related process and control documentation.
• Stay current on key information technology risks, cyber security, robotic process automation, and advanced data analytics
• Query and report from SQL databases.
• Support the Internal Audit team by providing training to help build the IT knowledge set and competencies of the team.
• Continue to enhance existing skillset for programming/automation/data visualization with provided training and course work to further the department’s needs

Preferred Qualifications for the IT Auditor:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Systems or Computer Science
• 2+ Years of IT Audit – Big 4 experience
• SOX Experience Testing / SQL Queries
• CISA or CIA certification preferred
• Knowledge of Cyber Security trends and hacking techniques is a PLUS!

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About the Company and Senior Financial Analyst Opportunity:

• The company has been in business for over 100 years!
• Global technology and manufacturing global leader conducts business in over 70 countries.
• They have a passion for what they do, and who they are
• They believe changing the world begins with fostering a culture of inclusion, diversity, performance and innovation.

Perks of the Senior Financial Analyst role?

• Rotate into the next role within 3 years!
• Competitive Compensation Package with great benefits
• A collaborative work environment
• This is a place where you can truly grow!

Overview of the Senior Financial Analyst role:

• Strong business partner with Supply Chain organization providing analysis of conversion cost, productivity as well as prepares and analyzes AOP/Forecast.
• Develop on-going forecasts, supports on-going business initiatives related to cost, productivity and inventory analysis to drive meeting financial commitments.
• Support the Site Finance initiatives, partnering with offsite Finance support, ensuring process improvements, standardization and establishing Finance standard work.
• Support adherence to internal controls/GAAP, support annual Finance functional review and partner with ISC to recommend process/policy improvements.

Preferred Qualifications for the Senior Financial Analyst:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Economics, Business or Finance
• Integrated Supply Chain & Standard Cost experience required
• Four plus years’ experience in accounting, finance or business analysis
• Experience with SAP & Hyperion
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
• Excellent communication, teamwork and interpersonal skills
• Self-motivated, self-starter, promotes positive attitude
• Strong Microsoft Suite experience
• Programming experience such as SQL is preferred

Senior IT Auditor for a multinational publicly-traded company located in Sugar Land.

Why take a Senior IT Auditor role with this company?

• Exposure to the corporate team (Financial Reporting, Treasury, FP&A, Tax)
• Ability to advance in a growing company.
• Work & Live in Sugar Land
• Brand new department & team
• Lots of systems implementations and integrations!!!!

Perks of the Senior IT Auditor role:

• Company is undergoing major growth!
• Fantastic benefits and flex schedules
• Work for a manager who loves to train & mentor!

What the Senior IT Auditor will do…

• Prepare audit findings and develop recommendations
• Follow up on prior audit findings and resulting management actions
• Stay current on industry trends and audit best practices
• Assist in development of audit objectives, plans, and scope by reviewing available information and conducting research
• Assist in the preparation of audit reports
• Assist in completion of annual testing of internal controls over financial reporting (ICOFR) as needed
• Assist in evaluation of business processes to identify lean improvement opportunities
• Participate in performance of annual audit risk assessment

What the company needs in a Senior IT Auditor :

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or Accounting / Finance

• Minimum 1 year of experience in IT auditing, information security, or other relevant information technology function
• Strong interpersonal, critical thinking, and time management skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Big 4 experience preferred

Director of Accounting Opportunity

Creative Financial Staffing has recently partnered with a privately-held construction company headquartered in Houston, TX. Are you ready to join this incredible team?

About the Company and Director of Accounting Opportunity:

• A family-owned organization that has continued to grow through three generations.
• The company voted as one of the Best Places to Work in Houston for over a decade!
• The accounting group alone added 9 new positions this past year through growth from acquisitions.

Perks of the Director of Accounting role?

• Visible role & Direct Point of Contact with CEO, CFO & CAO
• Competitive Compensation Package
• A laid-back and collaborative environment
• Succession Plan for CAO and eventually CFO role

Overview of the Director of Accounting role:

• Manage all activities related to the general ledger and financial accounts, cost controls, financial and special reporting, and auditing functions.
• Partners with the CFO to prepare financial and operating budgets, report on financial operations
•  Analyze the impact important business decisions will have on the company’s finances.
• Prepare financial statements and other reports to summarize and interpret current and projected company financial position
• Coordinate monthly closing processes between various business groups
• Work with both internal and external auditors during financial and operational audits
• Evaluate, develop, implement, and upgrade financial systems and controls
• Prepares special lender/investor schedules
• Ensures compliance with bank requirements and covenants

Preferred Qualifications for the Construction Controller:

• Bachelor’s in Accounting
• CPA
• 10+ Years of Real Estate / Construction Accounting Experience

CFS San Antonio has been exclusively retained by a leading nonprofit organization based out of San Antonio, Texas to secure a Controller. This role is available because of internal promotion. The controller will lead and mentor a team of accountants and will be responsible for federal grants accounting and compliance. The organization is a very reputable company that is known for excellence in its industry.

About our Client:

About the company: Our client is a national leader in their sector of the nonprofit world- working with infectious diseases to be able to protect you and your community! The organization has gained worldwide recognition for their breakthroughs in research.

About the leadership: The CEO of this organization is a true leader with a strong 10-year vision and plan for the organization to become #1 in their field. The leadership wants their teams to have passion and ownership for their work and only hires leaders that will positively contribute to their mission. In return, you will have autonomy and flexibility within your department.

About The Controller: The ideal Controller will be passionate about leading a team. We need a strong people leader with a CPA and strong Federal grants accounting experience.

What will the Director of Finance Do?

• Mentor, lead, and train accounting staff

• Oversee workload of accounting staff and ensure timely and accurate financials

• Ensures accurate invoicing and timely collection of funds.

• Coordinates and resolves accounting related matters with principal investigators, department directors, administrative assistants, public accounting firms, government auditors, contracting officers and similar officials.

• Conducts internal audits of financial transactions to ensure compliance with state and federal requirements and statutes.

• Oversees routine accounting and GL functions including account analysis and reconciliations.

• Oversees month-end and year-end closing procedures and planning.

• Prepares financial statements, business activity reports, financial forecasts, and other reports for internal and external recipients.

• Monitors financial activities to ensure that all legal and regulatory requirements are met.

What we are looking for in a Controller:

The ideal candidate will be a data driven, process oriented, analytical individual who is self-motivated, and a strong communicator & people leader.

If you have excellent knowledge of federal grant accounting and are interested in working for a winning organization, this role could be the perfect fit for you!  This position is suited for someone who enjoys making a difference, being part of a team, and takes pride in their career.

• Bachelors Degree in Accounting
• CPA Required
• 5+ years in federal grants accounting in a nonprofit setting
• Supervisory experience
• Strong Excel skills- strong written and verbal communication skills

Compensation: 125-135k base (no bonus)

Creative Financial Staffing has partnered with a private company in the petroleum industry in Houston, TX. Are you ready to join this incredible team?

About the Company and Tax Supervisor:

• Company that has 10+ years of experience with investing and operating in the oil and gas industry.
• State of the art operation resulting from a unique frac sand mining and processing facility development experience
• A company that is a high value producer and distributor.

Perks of the Tax Supervisor role?

• Competitive Compensation Package and full benefits package
• Training and Leadership mentoring opportunities
• Unlimited opportunities in a challenging and exciting work environment

Overview of the Tax Supervisor Role: Responsible for overseeing sales and use tax for the United States and Canada

• Mentor and oversee Tax Analyst on monthly, quarterly, and annual filing of sales and use tax returns for both US and Canada
• Manage, gather, and organize the information required for all sales and use tax audits and Voluntary Disclosure Agreements (VDAs)
• Respond to notices and information requests issued by various taxing authorities
• Responsible for sales and use tax registration applications, qualifications, and maintenance of permits 5.
• Collaborate and provide ongoing training on sales and use tax set-up and implications to internal stakeholders
• Compile necessary work papers to support tax audits and VDAs
• Work closely with internal stakeholders during acquisitions to ensure all sales and use tax issues are addressed.
• Proactively drive remediation strategies and close audits with minimal liability
• Manage and respond to all sales and use tax inquires received (Tax Inbox)
• Work with Treasury and A/R to assist with collections of sales tax related invoices

Preferred Qualifications for the Tax Supervisor:

• 4 plus Years’ indirect (sales and use; property; VAT) tax-related experience
• Bachelors Accounting or Finance Degree
• CPA is a plus!
• Ability to adapt effectively to a new and changing environment
• Strong attention to detail, communication, organizational skills

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Real Estate & Construction Senior Accountant Opportunity

Creative Financial Staffing has recently partnered with a privately-held construction and property management company headquartered in Houston, TX. Are you ready to join this incredible team?

About the Company and Senior Accountant:

• Company that has 30+ years of experience providing management for all types of multi-family properties
• A growing portfolio with more than 23,000 properties and counting!
• State of the art training program that includes live internal classes in each region to ensure career growth

Perks of the Construction Senior Accountant role?

• Competitive Compensation Package and Bonus
• Mentoring and Coaching opportunities
• Visible role & Direct Point of Contact with Controller
• Laid-back and collaborative environment
• Great work life balance and company culture

Overview of the Senior Accountant Role: Responsible for the timely and accurate financial reporting of assigned properties

• Oversee all accounting and financial reporting for a portfolio of properties
• Performing reconciliation of accounts on a monthly basis and posting journal entries
• Prepare monthly bank statement reconciliation and promptly record any reconciling items
• Perform month end closing of books for A/P and A/R
• Reconcile all balance sheet accounts and applicable income statement to ensure accuracy
• Review and maintain cash balances for multiple properties
• Coordinate with Treasury managers for timely wire requests submittals for monthly mortgage payments
• Collaborate with onsite Property Managers and supervisors to produce quality financial statements
• Ability to review operational expenses

Preferred Qualifications for the Senior Accountant:

• 4+ years of construction or property management accounting experience
• Commercial accounting experience is a plus!
• Bachelors Business Degree
• Strong attention to detail, communication, organizational skills

Tax Manager opportunity with an innovative, international company in Houston

About the Company:

• Our Client is a privately-held company headquartered in Houston
• CFS has placed other executives/management on their Accounting and Finance team
• The company has over 1000 employees worldwide and they operate in more than 50 countries
• They continue to develop a global footprint and currently, over 75% of their revenues can be attributed to international sales
• They hold their core company values very closely and focus on creating exceptional value to their stakeholders
• They are dedicated to ongoing R&D to continue to innovate and pioneer

Overview of the Tax Manager Position:

The Tax Manager will report directly to the Corporate Controller and will focus on the following key responsibilities:

• Facilitates and manages the preparation and review of the company’s federal and state tax returns.
• Works closely with tax consultants in the preparation and filing of consolidated federal, state, and local income, sales and property taxes
• Ensures accurate, timely filing of consolidated federal, state, and local income, sales and property tax filings, and other business-related tax filings
• Reviews quarterly estimates and yearly tax provision prepared by the tax consultant
• Monitors legislative and regulatory tax law developments communicate the effects of these developments to management and the tax team and create strategies to capitalize on changes to taxation legislation
• Researches, develops, coordinates, and implements strategies to ensure tax compliance
• Analyzes merger & acquisition transactions, contracts, and other applicable agreements including review, determination of tax impacts, and development of recommendations to protect the Company’s interests

Preferred Education/Knowledge/Experience

• Bachelors and Masters in Accounting or Finance
• CPA certification is plus

• 8+ years of Tax/ Accounting and/or Finance experience
• Extensive US corporate tax knowledge requires; International tax knowledge as relates to domestic regulation is a plus

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CFS has teamed up with a family-owned business that is looking for an Accountant to join their team!

The company is looking for an Accountant to manage all of the financial transactions from fixed payments and variable expenses to bank deposits and budgets.

Perks joining the company:
Family Oriented Work Culture
401K, Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance
“Great company! Great potential for growth. Hard work is appreciated. “- Indeed Review from Current Employee

Responsibilities
• Manage all accounting transactions
• Prepare budget forecasts
• Publish financial statements in time
• Handle monthly, quarterly, and annual closings
• Reconcile accounts payable and receivable
• Ensure timely bank payments
• Compute taxes and prepare tax returns
• Manage balance sheets and profit/loss statements

Skills
• Hands-on experience with QuickBooks
• Advanced MS Excel skills including Vlookups and pivot tables
• Bachelors in Accounting or Finance

Why work for the company?
• Growth potential within the company
• Work-Life Balance – 40 hour weeks max
• Laidback environment
• Hands-on experience and you get to learn something new every day.

Job Description:
The Accounts Payable Specialist works diligently to ensure the daily payment of invoices and adheres to the function while focusing on continuous improvement to continue and drive enhancements.

Duties:
• Set invoices up for payment
• Track expenses and process expense reports
• Prepare and process electronic transfers and payments
• Prepare and file 1099’s electronically
• Proficient with Microsoft Excel and other Office products
• Assist with month-end close

Education/Experience:
• 3 years of Full Cycle AP Accounting
• Experience with NetSuite and or Microsoft Dynamics
• Attention to detail and good organizational skills
• Experience with working in a multi-function environment

Why work here?

• Good Work/Life balance
• Small business with a family feel
• Low Turnover
• Founded in 1975 and COVID is not slowing them down
• This is a succession plan for the CFO

Responsibilities:

• Weekly Payroll / Maintain Human Resources files
• Maintaining financial reports, records, and general ledger accounts.
• Preparing journal entries, analyses, and account reconciliations and assisting with monthly close processes.
• Posting cash receipts, creating purchase orders, entering invoices, filing, answering multi-line phone, daily mail, etc.

Requirements:

• Bachelors in Accounting
• QuickBooks experience a plus.

Our Client is seeking a professional, skilled individual for our internal audit team. The primary responsibilities are to audit our branch locations around the U.S. and Canada (25%), to conduct corporate audits in the Houston area (50%) and to perform SOX testing (25%). This position is designed to lead to another role in the company in 2-3 years, so you can continue to advance your career. 

May Include

Responsibilities

• Conduct compliance audits of branch operations
• Conduct corporate audits
• Perform SOX-IT testing
• Develop, process and analyze various reports and data analytics
• Work on special projects
• Prepare reports with audit findings and recaps of other findings
• Perform checks, reconciliations, comparisons, and verifications of transactions and other matters in line with the approved audit programs
• Make recommendations to correct unsatisfactory conditions and to improve controls and operating efficiency
• Perform work in accordance with accepted professional standards
• Make informal presentations to management personnel concerned during and at the completion of examinations, reporting audit results and recommendations
• Position reports to Manager of Internal Audit

Qualifications

• Degree from an accredited college/university
• 3 to 5 years audit experience preferred
• Preferred internal control framework knowledge
• Finance & accounting experience
• IDEA or ACL data analysis / data mining experience a strong plus
• Report writing
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Strong organizational skills, including the ability to manage multiple tasks
• Sarbanes-Oxley experience a plus, but not required
• CIA, CPA, CFE or other certifications a plus, but not required
• Microsoft Office proficiency required.

Creative Financial Staffing has recently partnered with a local nonprofit headquartered in Houston, TX. Are you ready to join this incredible team?

About the Nonprofit Controller / Finance Manager Opportunity:

• They have been in business for 50 years
• Large major donors from the local community!

Perks of the Nonprofit Controller / Finance Manager role?

• Work directly with the board
• Help take this mission-centric organization to the next level.

Overview of the Nonprofit Controller / Finance Manager role:

• Complete closings of monthly and annual financial records.
• Prepare external monthly financial statements, annual audits, and annual budgets.
• Develop a reliable operating income forecasting process
• Report to management and financial committee the reasons for any major budget/forecast variance.
• Timely processing of accounts payable, purchase orders, employee expense reports, and payroll processing.
• Manage all accounts receivable, billings, and cash receipts.
• Optimize the handling of bank and deposit relationships.
• Attend Board and Finance Committee meetings.

Preferred Qualifications for the Nonprofit Controller / Finance Manager :

• Bachelor’s Degree
• CPA
• 8 plus year of hands on accounting experience
• 2 plus year of nonprofit experience

Staff Accountant Opportunity

Creative Financial Staffing has recently partnered with a privately-held construction company headquartered in Houston, TX. Are you ready to join this incredible team?

About the Company and Staff Accountant Opportunity:

• A family-owned organization that has continued to grow through three generations.
• The company voted as one of the Best Places to Work in Houston for over a decade!
• The accounting group alone added 9 new positions this past year through growth from acquisitions.

Perks of the Staff Accountant role?

• Visible role with reports sent directly to the owners
• Competitive Compensation Package with great benefits
• A laid-back and collaborative environment

Overview of the Staff Accountant role:

• Identifies and tracks projects from their inception into and thru the pre-development phase.
• Prepares supporting documentation for construction loan closings to fund the project.
• Prepare monthly bank draws for each construction project by receiving the monthly construction billings
• Compiles and analyzes financial information to prepare entries to accounts
• Keeps accounting books accurate by accruing expenses, assigning account numbers, requesting disbursements and reconciling accounts.
• Prepares monthly job cost reports for CMs including updating project budgets as needed.
• Prepares monthly financial reporting packages and delivers to management.
• Prepares and analyses expenses against budget and prepares variance explanations.
• Prepares special lender/investor schedules and ensures compliance with bank requirements.

Preferred Qualifications for the Staff Accountant:

• Bachelor’s in Accounting
• 2+ Years of Construction or Property Accounting Experience