About the Company:

Our client is a top Commercial Real Estate Management company located in West Houston and serving a wide-variety of US markets. They are internationally oriented and serve over 30 countries. Consistently nominated and awarded as a “best place to work”, they provide their employees a challenging and supportive working environment. This company is primarily involved in the management of Class “A” properties and asset/investment services.

Location: Energy Corridor

Duties:

• Liaison between property management, ownership and the accounting department
• Work with management to develop the annual budget
• Review financial statements and reports
• New lease/amendment creation, work with leasing coordinators and create strong relationships
• Evaluate and analyze cash flows for selected properties

Needs:

• Property Accounting experience (open to any)(prefers commercial)
• MRI/Yardi experience
• Accounting or Finance degree (preferred)

Why work here?

• Small company environment with large company growth potential
• Rapid growth; financial stability
• Casual office setting
• Brand new office
• Internal promotion opportunities
• Free PTO to use towards a charity of your choice

Responsibilities:

• Master Addepar investment management software tool used to track the performance of public securities and private investments
• Record weekly, monthly and quarterly transactions related to public securities including dividend income, interest, gain/loss, foreign tax withholding and management fees
• Perform monthly custodial and bank reconciliations
• Record monthly oil and gas joint interest bills, revenue checks, and calculate related depreciation, depletion, and amortization.
• Perform monthly close duties included but not limited to:
  • Reconciliation of cost, FMV, income, gain and foreign taxes
  • Maintain accrued interest schedule for bonds
  • Post FMV adjustments to the general ledger
  • Import offline fund transactions and valuations to Addepar
• Assist in the preparation of weekly and monthly securities reports for Management Committee and Investment Committee
• Attend weekly Securities meeting with CEO and Investment team (Associates, Analyst, Accountant)
• Assist in the preparation of quarterly Board reports for oil and gas, marketable securities and private investments
• Prepare schedules and provide requests for external audit
• Assist in the preparation of budgeting and forecasting schedules for the annual budget
• Maintain relations with custodians, request trades, and managing accounts
• Responsible for accounting, audit and investor reporting of the main fund and several investment entities that it manages.  Duties included but not limited to:
  • Prepare and send quarterly management fee invoices and capital calls for new investments as needed
  • Maintain accounting records following GAAP
  • Coordinate annual external audits (includes preparation of financial statements and providing audit schedules and requests)
  • Prepare annual reports for investors (includes calculation of carried interests)

Requirements:

• BBA – Accounting
• Two to three years of accounting experience
• Knowledge of public and private equity investments and oil and gas would be helpful
• Prefer knowledge of Microsoft Dynamics/Solomon accounting system or similar program
• Proven track record as an effective team player and good interpersonal relationships
• Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals
• Uncompromised reputation for discretion, honesty, and personal integrity
• Excellent communication (verbal, written, and listening) skills
• Proficient in Excel

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responsible for monthly cash/bank reconciliations, prepaid amortization, and various accrual entries for HQ
• Manage fixed assets process – additions, depreciation, and dispositions
• Prepare monthly/quarterly/annual reconciliations and journal entries
• Assist with quarterly governmental reporting
• Prepare monthly stock option invoices to foreign locations
• Update Accounts Payable forms and signature authority levels
• Assist with intercompany reconciliations and the booking of any corporate allocations
• Provide first level review of Accounts Payable items (invoice coding, payment register reconciliations, etc)
• Assist in the closing of the books of the Corporate office and domestic holding companies
• Examines, analyzes, reconciles, adjusts, prepares, and reviews reports and correspondence affecting various accounts on the corporate general ledger
• Assist in ensuring that corporate office is in compliance with Sarbox
• Interface with auditors during quarterly reviews and annual audit
• Internal reporting including monthly financial reporting and analysis utilizing a multi-dimensional database reporting tool (Khalix)

QUALIFICATIONS

• Fully qualified candidates will possess the following attributes: Experience 2+ years with evidence of expanding responsibilities
• Makes a professional impression at all times and displays high-level customer service skills to both internal and external clients
• Excellent Excel skills
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• An energetic and self-motivated person with a focus on maintaining continuous process improvement
• Must be proactive, eager to learn and able to step in when needed especially to meet deadlines
• Ability to multi-task and demonstrate strong organization skills

Overview:

• Coordinate the global monthly closing and consolidation for operating companies into Longview Financial System.
• Ensure compliance with established consolidation, financial reporting, tax reporting and control procedures for the Company.
• Serve as System Administrator for Longview for all company applications and provide user support across the global organization as needed.
• Provide periodic training to new/intermediate users as needed.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities:

• Coordination with IT, Finance and Accounting departments to meet business requirements and drive process improvements in Longview environment.
• Manage day-to-day Longview operations and ensure database integrity.
• Drive Longview reporting improvements to increase reporting abilities in financial planning & analysis, SOX controls, etc.
• Oversee continued feasibility of Longview in current environment and potential future state, keeping abreast of technological advances consolidation software and reporting systems.  Ensure proper resource allocation evaluating maintenance efforts against overall company business goals (e.g., cost of maintenance, ease of transition, system capability and capacity, maintenance and processing involved for acquisitions/divestitures, etc.)
• Control security access to all applications and coordinate network permission in compliance with SOX requirements and corporate policy.
• Maintain key Longview data elements to ensure integrity of Legal Entity hierarchy, Chart of Accounts, and Longview reporting database.
• Maintain documentation of system processes, reports and system functionality.
• Support statutory and other regulatory compliance filings (e.g., SEC, Taxes, etc.) through generation of financial reports to support underlying file information.
• Ensure proper coordination of purchases/divestitures within Longview for audit purposes.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration or Financial Information Systems
• 10-15 years of progressively responsible experience and demonstrated success in accounting and/or financial systems management.
• Demonstrated, hands-on experience and working knowledge of global consolidation software tools and processes.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assist in closing of the books for the Corporate office and domestic holding companies
• Responsible for preparation and review of financial reporting for Corporate Office, including providing explanations on financial fluctuations
• Assist with accounting and reporting for health and welfare plan, including monthly cash activity transactions, fluctuation analysis, preparing monthly financial reporting package and researching variances
• Prepare/process journal entries, and perform monthly general ledger account reconciliations
• Review/approve accounting staff’s journal entries and reconciliations Monitor consolidated lease accounting and reporting, as required
• Pension reporting, accounting, and review of pension accounts on a consolidated basis
• Calculate tax expense, accruals and deferred taxes for Corporate entities and domestic holding companies
• Prepare quarterly tax inputs and roll forward schedules and analysis in reporting system
• Assist in ensuring that all Corporate entities are compliant with SOX
• Interface with auditors during quarterly reviews and annual audit including preparing schedules and spreadsheets
• Assist management with ad-hoc requests, including special projects and initiatives Assist with preparation of management reports

QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience (5+ years) with evidence of expanding responsibilities
• Solid understanding of U. GAAP, financial reporting, and analysis Energetic, self-starter that has a “hands on” approach and strong focus on continuous improvement initiatives
• Excellent communication skills and professionalism required Microsoft Office skills, primarily Excel, Outlook, and Word
• Experience in Oracle and database reporting tools (particularly Longview) a plus

Our client is an innovative healthcare company located in North-Houston. They have over 1000 employees, operate in 6 states and are focused on providing greater access to healthcare for the communities it operates in. This is a relatively new company in rapid-growth mode.

The office space is beautiful and has ponds/gardens/frisbee golf all around it. They have bikes/helmets you can rent as well as yoga rooms and a gym there onsite.

Duties

• Assists Directors in reporting maintenance
• Develops and maintains internal and external reporting methods
• Leads monthly revenue recognition process
• Researchers variances & unusual items on the income statement
• Other financial data analysis

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience
• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance or Accounting
• Public Accounting required

Why work here?

• Rapid growth opportunities
• Family Culture
• Complex corporate structure (new challenges)
• Monthly recreational activities
• Culture Clubs
• Health programs
• Direct exposure to Board/Directors

Revenue, Production & Severance Tax Accountant Job Duties:
 Accruals – research outside operated sales on wells for a series of properties to provide an oil, gas, and ngl accrual on a monthly basis
 Oklahoma gas production tax – prepare, file, and pay all Oklahoma gas production taxes and reconcile any differences
 Oklahoma marketing cost reconciliation – compile all information to calculate an estimate for the current year’s tax deduction due to marketing costs and true up the deduction after year end
 Oklahoma oil incremental tax – monitor the collection of tax refunds resulting from filed tax incentives
 South Dakota production tax – prepare, file, and pay all South Dakota production taxes and reconcile any differences
 Utah production and conservation tax – prepare, file, and pay all Utah production taxes including the annual production tax report and reconcile any differences
 Utah stripper well calculation and Excalibur tax calculation set up
 Gas balancing booking – prepare operated gas balancing reports and book the related revenue entries
 Gas balancing status report – record the current imbalances on the status report for both operated and outside operated properties and provide to management and engineers
 Gas balancing imbalances – work with operators of outside operated properties to reduce imbalances

Revenue, Production and Severance Tax Accountant Qualifications:
 Accounting degree required/ or industry experience equivalent
 Two years of experience in oil & gas revenue accounting
 Knowledge of revenue accrual concept
 Experience with production severance tax reporting preferred
 Experience with gas balancing preferred

Keywords: Revenue Accountant, Severance Tax Accountant, Production Accountant

Accounts Payable Lead Overview:

• Process all G&A/legal/procurement invoices through an electronic invoice system. Process includes scanning, indexing, verifying proper approval, coding and uploading to accounting software
• Review of oil & gas field invoices for index and coding accuracy and upload to accounting software
• Support both department and field coders and other company employees with accounting and/or coding assistance utilizing knowledge of proper accounting standards
• Monitor and reassign invoices based on workload
• Prepare weekly and monthly reports for field and management review regarding invoice disposition
• Void checks and review outstanding check register
• Code and upload all contract pumper invoices and update pumper log
• Backup administrator for electronic invoice workflow system
• Primary backup for Manager – Accounts Payable Accounting
• Some review/coding of invoices for outside operated properties and reconciliations
• Perform vendor reconciliations
• Prepare and input journal vouchers

Accounts Payable Lead Qualifications:

• Four year undergraduate degree with six plus years of direct oil & gas accounts payable experience or equivalent experience, or high school diploma or GED with ten plus years of experience in oil & gas accounts payable accounting or equivalent experience. Experience must be in upstream oil and gas accounting and not in a related industry. Experience must include some outside operated property coding and a strong working knowledge of tangible and intangible costs, AFEs and lease operating expenses
• Strong working knowledge of chargeable items based on Joint Operating or Unit Agreements and their corresponding Accounting Procedures
• Ability to complete a variety of highly complex assignments involving a well-rounded knowledge of accounts payable accounting practices
• Ability to meet multiple deadlines and prioritize workload accordingly
• Good communication and interpersonal skills to interface effectively with management, coders, field personnel and vendors
• Working knowledge of the various departmental activities in an upstream E&P company and their interface/integration with the Accounting department
• Working knowledge of electronic invoice workflow software
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word and Outlook applications