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Cost Accountant – Sugar Land – dlemaire@cfstaffing.com
Our client is adding a Cost Accountant to their team due to a recent promotion. The company is global and growing! We are looking for an Accountant with one year of Standard or Average Costing experience. This person must be able to work well with operations and the accounting team. They will be lead by a Senior Cost Accountant who is more than willing to train!
Responsibilities:
- Classifies labor, material and overhead costs to compute the unit cost of product or service.
- Records cost data for use by management in controlling expenditures.
- Determines and installs cost accounting methods and procedures.
- Analyzes actual costs versus standard costs and prepares reports of variances.
- Prepares estimates of new or proposed product costs.
Qualifications:
- Accounting or Finance degree
- Excel: Pivot Tables and V-Lookups
- 1 year of cost accounting experience (labor, overhead, cost analysis)
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| Natural Gas | 2.74 | +4.85% |
| Gasoline | 1.67 | +1.06% |
| Heating Oil | 1.93 | +1.13% |
| Gold | 1262.20 | +0.63% |
| Silver | 16.12 | +0.88% |
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Updated List of Accounting & Finance Job Openings – Houston & San Antonio – dlemaire@cfstaffing.com
Downtown/Galleria
- Staff Accountant – Real estate investment firm – public preferred
- Assistant Controller – nonprofit
- Bilingual Senior Treasury Analyst – Trading
- 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
- SEC Reporting Director
- Corporate Accounting Manager
- Consolidations Accounting Manager
- Treasury Analyst
- Tax Manager
- Treasury Analyst
- Senior Treasury Analyst
- Global Cash Manager
- Senior SEC Accountant
- Senior Director Tax (Federal, State and International)
- VP Controller – SEC, CPA, Public Accounting
- VP TAX (Federal, State and International)
- VP Treasury and Investor Relations
- 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
- Cost Accountant – 1 year of standard or average cost – global manufacturing
- Senior Accountant – 3 to 5 years of GL experience – Manufacturing
- 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:
- Assistant Controller
- Plant Controller
- Internal Auditor
- Senior Financial Analyst
- Construction Accountant
Phoenix, AZ
- CFO – Private Equity Manufacturing portfolio company
Dallas:
- Senior Operations Accounting Analyst
San Antonio:
- Controller- Growing Oil Field Service company, construction experience preferred *Pleasanton*
- Full Charge Bookkeeper- Growing Company in the Real Estate Industry
- Senior Accountant- Homebuilding industry, construction experience & public accounting preferred
- Controller- Non-Profit, CPA, Budgeting, Audit, Grant Reporting
- Accounting/Office Manager- Non Profit
- Corporate Financial Reporting Manager- Stable organization, heavy consolidations, internal reporting, international reporting
- Non-Profit Director of Fund Development-heavy fundraising & relationship building
- Non-Profit Director of Resident Services- needs experience working in a management services role
- 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
- Audit Senior- local midsize growing public accounting firm, specializing in the Construction industry, work-life balance & competitive pay!
Houston Purchasing Managers
The Houston Purchasing Managers Index (PMI), a short-term leading indicator for regional production, registered 52.8 in November, up from 49.3 in October. Readings above 50 signal economic expansion in Houston over the next three to four months. Readings below 50 signal contraction. The region’s PMI finally pushed above 50 after three consecutive months pointing to contraction.
Click to access Purchasing_Managers_Index.pdf
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Updated: List of Accounting & Finance Openings
Downtown/Galleria
- Staff Accountant – Real estate investment firm – public preferred
- Bilingual Senior Treasury Analyst – Trading
- 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
- Senior Director Tax (Federal, State and International)
- VP Controller – SEC, CPA, Public Accounting
- VP TAX (Federal, State and International)
- VP Treasury and Investor Relations
- 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
- 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:
- Assistant Controller
- Plant Controller
- Internal Auditor
- Senior Financial Analyst
- Construction Accountant
Phoenix, AZ
- CFO – Private Equity Manufacturing portfolio company
Dallas:
- Senior Operations Accounting Analyst
San Antonio:
- Controller- Growing Oil Field Service company, construction experience preferred *Pleasanton*
- Full Charge Bookkeeper- Growing Company in the Real Estate Industry
- Senior Accountant- Homebuilding industry, construction experience & public accounting preferred
- Controller- Non-Profit, CPA, Budgeting, Audit, Grant Reporting
- Accounting/Office Manager- Non Profit
- Corporate Financial Reporting Manager- Stable organization, heavy consolidations, internal reporting, international reporting
- Non-Profit Director of Fund Development-heavy fundraising & relationship building
- Non-Profit Director of Resident Services- needs experience working in a management services role
- 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
- Audit Senior- local midsize growing public accounting firm, specializing in the Construction industry, work-life balance & competitive pay!
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Senior Director, Treasury & Investor Relations – dlemaire@cfstaffng.com
Will serve as the company’s interface with the investment community; ensuring through consistent and straightforward communication, that investors understand the Company’s strategic goals and the manner in which these goals translate to expected financial performance. This role reports directly to the Chief Financial Officer.
Essential Duties/Responsibilities:
CASH MANAGEMENT:
- Develops and implements a cash management strategy throughout the organization, maintain procedures for the effective management of the Company’s world-wide cash and cash assets and liabilities.
- Ensures effective forecasting, collection, depository and disbursement systems are maintained to minimize cash in system.
- Develops and implements information flows and procedures that minimize idle cash and improve productivity of the consolidated cash system.
- Ensures the Company’s cash management practices are ethical and treats banks and suppliers fairly and consistent with corporate policy.
- Responsible for the implementation of cash management changes/systems/processes needed for acquisitions or divestitures.
SHORT-TERM BORROWING, INVESTING, FINANCIAL STRATEGY:
- Administers the Company’s short-term borrowing and short-term investing program and develops financing strategies for creating superior shareholder value.
- Responsible for developing the corporate model for monthly, quarterly, and annual budgets and forecasting.
- Develops short-term borrowing and investing policies and strategies and ensure operational procedures and practices are implemented consistent with such policies.
- Manages the Company’s communication with all equity buy-side and sell-side constituents, including debt investors, lenders, and financial services vendors.
- Reviews all external investor interactions, press releases, and earnings releases.
- Ensures maximum after-tax return on investable funds consistent with company’s risk policies.
- Manages the timely and appropriate investment of cash, consistent with cash flow projections and polices.
- Monitors utilization of short term funding vehicles consistent with minimizing costs and maintain sufficient access to financial markets, including bank credit lines.
- Ensures the complete, accurate records of borrowing and investment activities are maintained and the necessary accounting entries are made for such activity. Reports the results of such activities to executive leadership and other appropriate parties.
- Manages the preparation of timely and accurate cash funding estimates based on information obtained from banks, divisions and subsidiaries.
- Develops alternative and innovative sources of short-term funding which meet the company’s financing objectives and reduces borrowing costs.
BANKING RELATIONSHIPS:
- Manages existing banking relationships and identifies potential new banking prospects for the Company to evaluate.
- Develops a deep working relationship with each credit facility bank to understand its product capabilities and market expertise. Visits regularly with all banking partners and new prospects to generate creative financing solutions for the Company.
- Actively seeks opportunities to enhance overall banking relationships while minimizing fees.
- Strategically manages the placement of and renewal of the Company’s back-up credit facilities.
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance. MBA preferred
- Minimum 12+ years of progressive treasury management experience with 8+ years’ experience in treasury and cash management (mid-to high market companies).
- CTP or similar professional designations preferred
Experience:
- Deep knowledge in Cash Management, investor relations, Third Party payment/credit processing. Foreign exchange markets and trading, Acquisition integration, Planning and Forecasting
- Previous experience working with credit facilities
- Experience working in a publicly traded company.
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!

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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.
Houston Economic Update via GHP
Click to access Economy_at_a_Glance.pdf
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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
Crude Oil and Commodity Prices
| Commodities | ||
|---|---|---|
| Crude Oil | 58.36 | +1.64% |
| Natural Gas | 3.06 | +1.18% |
| Gasoline | 1.74 | +0.67% |
| Heating Oil | 1.94 | +2.25% |
| Gold | 1278.80 | +0.44% |
| Silver | 16.30 | -0.52% |
| Copper | 3.07 | +0.93% |
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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

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.
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
| 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.
















