This leading food service company has been in existence for over 75 years and is located in the Westchase area. The Payroll Processor position will report directly to the Controller and will process bi-weekly multi-state payroll for 160 employees. Kronos and Great Plains software will be utilized for Time & Attendance. This role will also assist with the 401K administration and processing checks.

Payroll Processor (45-55K)

Why work here?

• Flexible working schedules
• Good Work/Life balance
• Low Turnover (High employee satisfaction)
• Full benefits including 401k and medical, dental & vision
• Low Overtime

Responsibilities:

• Ensure all changes to payroll data are processed correctly
• Manage Time & Attendance records
• Process new hires & terminations
• I-9 record keeping
• Processing payroll in Great Plains software

Requirements:

• 3+ years of payroll experience
• Bilingual (Spanish) is a plus
• Multi-state experience is a plus

Property Accountant (Galleria)

• 2 years of experience
• Residential – multi-family
• Yardi Voyager (a plus, not a must)
• 10-11 properties

Corporate Accountant (Galleria)

• GL
• Payroll Uploads
• Credit card reconciliation
• EE insurance onboarding & offboarding
• Intercompany billing
• QuickBooks

Senior Fund / Property Accountant (Montrose)
 Perform various treasury functions, including processing wire transactions, monitoring and reporting daily cash activity, and maintaining corporate accounts receivable
 Perform periodic balance sheet account reconciliations
 Assist with review of monthly property management reports
 Assist with preparing and recording capital calls and distributions
 Assist with quarter-end close activities
 Assist with quarterly financial analysis and investor reporting
 Assist with preparation of external audit support
 Assist with debt covenant compliance and reporting

Our global manufacturing client is looking for a Division HR Manager to lead a team of 3. They are located on the NW side of Houston.

JOB SUMMARY:

The Human Resources Manager will plan, direct, manage and implement the corporate human resource management activities in correlation with the company’s strategic initiatives for use of human resources and maintain functions such as employee compensation, recruitment, personnel policies, and regulatory compliance.

JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Compensation and Benefits

• Recruiting and retention

• Training and Development

• Employee Relations

• Compliance

• Department Lead

QUALIFICATIONS:

Bachelor’s degree in human resources, business or equivalent academic area of focus 3-5 years HR experience

2+ years management experience

This position is responsible for completing moderately complex financial processes. This includes identifying the need for accrual entries, preparing amortization schedules for prepaid and deferred items, reconciling general ledger account balances and preparing to correct entries identified during that reconciliation.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree in Accounting, Finance or Economics.
• Masters Degree (preferred)
• At least 3 years experience with SAP
• Current working knowledge of SAP – BPC preferred
• Strong analytical & reconciliation skills required

Duties

• Perform monthly/quarterly financial closing and consolidation processes, with multiple consolidation scopes.
  • Validate accuracy and completeness of master data and transactional data loads. Record monthly entries for all equity investments based on financial statements provided.
  • Research inter-company discrepancies prior to month-end closing, and work to resolve with various groups within the Controller’s organization. Ensure various eliminations are performed properly within the consolidation hierarchy.
  • Perform monthly equity analysis to record net income of subsidiaries onto the parent level entities. Perform changes to the ownership manager as necessary.
• Earnings Analysis – Prepare and analyze comparison of current month results to prior month results as well as current month estimated results.
  • Identify factors impacting those results.
  • Prepare corporate revenue/expense analysis; gross margin analysis and an analysis of actual expenses compared to planned operations as required.
  • Maintain documentation for the area supported to perform trend analysis as needed.
• GAAP Accounting – Perform continuous review and evaluation of transactions within assigned area to ensure recorded results are in agreement with generally accepted accounting principles.

Opportunities for Candidates with Tax Backgrounds

Tax Analyst – Our Northwest Houston client is a publicly traded Oilfield Service company. Commonly known for including many of their employees in their stock option program, they are focused on growing and developing individuals internally. This role is specifically seeking 1-3 year candidates with some public accounting under their belt. This group is responsible for all different aspects of tax.

Tax Supervisor and Analyst – Our Downtown client is a publicly traded Energy company. After opening a new service line they are actively looking to fill the position at the supervisor and analyst level. This company is in rapid-growth mode during a tough time for the industry. Mentorship and training are strengths of theirs and you will be surrounded by a large team of top-talent! ASC 740 Provision is the focus within this group.

Associate Director of Tax and Accounting – Our Downtown client is a professional services firm with locations all over the world. They are currently adding an Associate Director to their team. We are looking for someone who maybe got their start in tax and is now handling international accounting or vice versa. We are also searching for future CFO material. The new Director will develop and coordinate all federal, state and international tax policies and procedures as well as develop international accounting and finance processes for their non-US offices.

Opportunities for Candidates with Audit Backgrounds

Senior SEC Reporting Analyst – Our Westchase client is a publicly traded Energy company. After a string of acquisitions, this company is looking to add to its’ reporting team with strong Public Accounting backgrounds. Candidates will be able to truly hone their skills with the manual processes involved there due to recent business combinations.

Senior Accountant – Our client, a well-known Galleria-based investment firm, boasts itself as a hard-working group that is very intent on ensuring that their people have the flexibility to lead happy lives. The opportunity offers a variety of responsibilities from internal & external reporting, budgeting & planning, and BOD & Investor presentations.

Leadership Development Program – Each year our client hires a number of outstanding candidates as analysts and accountants.  They target individuals with a CPA license and a minimum of 2 years public accounting experience.  These professional positions are a vital part of the organization supporting the company’s business lines by ensuring accurate accounting and financial statements for all operations.  You can expect to rotate through two to three assignments in the first four to five years allowing for a variety of experiences to build skills and knowledge. There are multiple openings.

Lead, Consolidations & Reporting – Our Galleria client has doubled in size over the past 5 years and is currently approaching $8B in annual revenue. A large portion of this growth has been due to the company’s strategic acquisitions. This role will allow for a front row seat to the latest international and domestic M&A activity. This role is incredibly visible and, as a result, you can expect to move into a Manager role and/or rotate into other departments within 18-24 months.

Assistant Controller – Our client is a Fortune 500 company with multiple locations throughout the US. One of their top 10 divisions is located in Houston. The Houston division is in succession planning mode due to two recent promotions. We are looking for a go-getter, so if you are looking to be a Controller within the next two years, this role may be just right for you! The Assistant Controller role will have an active role in monthly reporting and analysis, land accounting, budgeting, forecasting and ad-hoc analyses. The perfect candidate should either come directly from public accounting or have a mixture of public and industry experience in their background.

Assistant Controller – Our private equity portfolio company is looking for an Assistant Controller. This company is in high growth mode and acquisition-happy. We are looking for someone who loves to mentor, teach and improves processes and procedures. The role requires an Accounting degree and someone public accounting experience. A CPA is preferred.

Accounting Manager – Our client has been in business since 1909! They are publicly traded and currently centralizing multiple locations to the Houston / Sugar Land area. They are passionate about helping their customers operating costs. This role will be responsible for one of the many business lines and will help facilitate the centralization of one of their newly acquired businesses. In this role, you will supervise a team of 7 to 10.

Opportunities for Candidates with IT Audit Backgrounds

Rotational Program – With succession planning in the forefront, our client is recruiting external IT 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.

Private equity backed portfolio company located on the west side of Houston is looking for an Assistant Controller. The ideal candidate will supervise all day to day accounting functions, manage the monthly close process and provide assistance to the Controller in preparing consolidated monthly, quarterly and annual reports. They will also have 4 direct reports.

The qualified candidate’s experience should include strong monthly reporting, consolidated financial statement preparation knowledge. Candidate should have a hands-on knowledge of accounting systems such as Great Plains and Management Reporter. Candidate should be a team player with experience in supervising and training senior/staff accountants. CPA, public accounting experience and experience in corporate accounting department preferred.

Interested candidates should email their resume to dlemaire@cfstaffing.com

In this key position, you will be responsible for making certain that invoices are accurate and properly submitted to customers, make certain the invoices are entered into their systems, while working with operations and sales department to resolve discrepancies.

Duties include:

• Contact customers regarding past due invoices
• Making certain all invoices are entered into customers systems and reconciling with our accounting records
• Organize customer collection efforts so that details are easily reported to management upon request.
• Assist other team members on job costing analysis.
• Assist with special projects as needed.

Skills involved:

• Verify the accuracy of invoices, payments and other accounting documents or records.
• Investigate questionable data.
• Recommend actions to resolve discrepancies.
• Reconcile records with internal company employees and management, or external vendors or customers.
• Compile data and prepare a variety of reports.
• Assist in month end closing.
• Maintain files and documentation thoroughly and accurately, in accordance with company policy and accepted accounting practices.
• Qualifications:
• Keen business intelligence and ability to work with others to achieve corporate success
• Must have a strong work ethic
• Proficiency in Excel is essential
• Basic accounting principles knowledge, documentation skills, research and resolution skills, data analysis and multi-tasking skills
• Must be well organized and a self-starter
• Detail oriented, professional attitude, reliable
• Possess strong time management skills
• Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing
• Ability to interact with employees and customers in a professional manner
• Ability to speak and write English fluently a must, bi-lingual in Spanish is advantageous but not required

Are you interested in nonprofit accounting, but do not have nonprofit experience? Do you want to work for a mission driven organization? Well then you should check this out!!!! Our client is adding an Accountant to their team. A degree is not required. We are looking for 3 to 10 years of general ledger accounting experience and a positive attitude!

RESPONSIBILITIES:

 Responsible for all general accounting and monthly posting activity.
 Prepare monthly close checklist for all journal entries required.
 Analyze and reconcile accounts.
 Responsible for recording of payroll and all shared costs
 Responsible for reconciliation of monthly bank statement on a timely basis (following completed work on shared costs allocations)
 Maintain ongoing monthly audit schedules as assigned
 Maintain Fixed Asset List and calculation of monthly depreciation
 Responsible for petty cash and reconciliation for replenishment

Please share this with anyone in your network. Interested candidates can send their resume to dlemaire@cfstaffing.com

Summary:
Our client has established itself as a market leader in logistics and transportation. As an Accounts Payable Specialist, you manage relationships with vendors across the country and around the globe.

Job Responsibilities:

• Assist the Accounts Payable team with full-cycle accounts payable responsibilities including, but not limited to: invoice processing, maintaining vendor records, running payment reports according to payment schedules and reconciling vendor statements.
• Process hundreds of invoices per week
• Organize, receive and coordinate the processing of vendor invoices.
• Create weekly payment batches.
• Assist with month-end activities, accruals, reconciliation, preparing 1099s and audit support.
• Ad-hoc requests as needed.

Qualifications & Experience:

• AA/AS degree or equivalent experience in accounting.
• One 1+ year or more of related experience.
• Full cycle accounts payable understanding
• Strong organization skills, attention to detail and accountability
• Strong interpersonal communication skills.
• Proficiency with MS Excel, Word, and Outlook.
• Go-getter mentality; willingness to progress and develop

Please submit an updated version of your resume for immediate consideration. Thank you!

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

dlemaire@cfstaffing.com

Accounting

• Accounting Analyst – Westchase – Public / Industry Mix – 75K
• AP Specialist – Westchase – 40K
• Assistant Controller – 90 to 105K plus bonus – West Houston
• Senior Accountant – West Houston 70 to 80K
• Treasury Accountant – West Houston 50 to 55K
• AP Specialist – West Houston – 38K
• Nonprofit Staff Accountant – Heights
• Nonprofit Staff Accountant – SW Houston
• AR Coordinator – Westchase-  40K
• Job Cost Accountant – Woodlands
• Tax Staff (Federal & Provision) – DT – Oil & Gas
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• Assistant Controller – West – 90 to 100K
• Accounting Manager – Sugar Land – 100K
• Tax Manager – Public Accounting – 3 Firms
• Staff Property Accountant – NW
• Senior Property Accountant – Galleria
• IT Auditor – DT
• IT Audit Manager – Southeast
• IT Audit Manager – Galleria
• IT Auditor – Galleria
• Auditor – Rotational Program – Galleria
• Senior Plant Accountant – North Houston
• Tax & Accounting Manager (partnership) – DT – 120 to 150K
• Staff Auditor – One year or less – Greenway Plaza
• Assistant Controller – 110 to 130K – Midstream / Trading – Galleria
• Staff Auditor – Public Accounting
• Tax Manager – Small Tax Firm – Partnership Track
• Senior Accountant – Investment Company – Galleria
• Financial Reporting Manager – Southeast

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• VP HR – Non Profit
• Senior Exec Compensation Analyst

Finance 

• Senior Financial Analyst – MUST have MBA – DT
• Financial Analyst – Mgt Training Program – North Houston

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• AP Clerk Galleria
• Commercial Property Accountant
• Payroll Processor – DT
• Interim Nonprofit Controller with FinancialEdge
• Bilingual Staff Accountant with strong excel skills

Diane Delgado LeMaire 

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

dlemaire@cfstaffing.com