Why take an Exec Admin role with this company?

• Company is growing
• A key part of the corporate team
• Work & Live in close to Houston
• Beautiful Office Space

Perks of the Exec Admin role:

• Strong medical benefit package
• 401-K with match
• Free parking
• 8 to 4 or 9 to 5 work schedule

What the Exec Admin will do…

• General administrative tasks to include presentations, meeting preparations and registrations
• Receptionist and other administrative projects and duties as assigned
• Scheduling meetings
• Make travel arrangements
• Submit and reconcile expense reports
• Maintain contact lists
• Act as the point of contact for internal and external visitors
• Provide general support to Finance leadership team
• Liaise with executive and senior administrative assistants to handle requests and queries from senior managers
• Create and update spreadsheet on all incorporated entities
• File applications for property tax exemptions on all new property
• Resolve property and exempt tax issues
• Process insurance claim checks and maintain claim records

What the company needs in an Exec Admin:

• Facility with Excel, Word, PowerPoint and other Microsoft Office products
• Have strong organizational and administrative skills; highly attentive to detail
• Capacity to wrestle with complexity and to strategically navigate ambiguous situations with integrity, professionalism, and emotional intelligence
• Personable and professional in person, on phone, and online.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to multi-task.
• Excellent time management skills and the ability to prioritize work.
• Demonstrated ability to handle confidential information.

About the Company and Opportunity:

• A great opportunity that starts immediately and allows you to work remotely!
• Our client is a leader in the Supply Chain solution and they’re looking to quickly add a General Ledger Accountant to their team.
• This company encompasses a great work culture and a collaborative work environment.

Why work here:

• This firm offers a great work-life balance!
• On-site gym, yoga, and healthy food market
• Health and wellness programs

Overview of the Staff Accountant role:

• Maintain rent schedule and straight-line rent
• Set-up reoccurring entries
• Maintain schedules with large accounts
• Reconciliations
• Assist with Month-End Close
• Coordinate with Accounts Payable on Invoice payment
• Partner with Controller on Accounting projects

Preferred Qualifications for the Staff Accountant:

• 1 – 3 years of Accounting experience
• Solid understanding of Debits and Credits
• MS Excel – Pivot Tables and Vlookups
• Experience with SAGE 300 is a plus!

Looking for Senior Accountants, who would love to work close to the Galleria area.

Why take a Senior Accountant role with this company?

• Company is growing
• A key part of the corporate accounting team
• Work & Live in close to Houston
• Beautiful Office Space

Perks of the Senior Reporting Accountant role:

• Strong medical benefit package
• 401-K with match
• Free parking
• 70 to 82K plus 10% bonus

What the Senior Accountant will do…

• Reconcile various general ledger accounts on a monthly basis
• Propose and create monthly accruals and other relevant journal entries
• Perform bank reconciliations
• Review, approve and post A/P entries
• Update balance sheet reconciliations: prior to recurring journals, after journals have been posted and once a month is close prior to final Trial Balance
• Enter reoccurring journal entries to book prepaid expenses/insurance, property taxes, bonus accruals, tax/audit expense accruals, inventory reserve
• Update commission reconciliation and accrual monthly
• Complete payroll review
• Reverse prior month expense accruals
• Review fixed asset accounts: add new additions to the schedule, calculate and book depreciation, update PP&E roll-forward
• A/R & A/P intercompany true-up reconciliation; record adjusting journal entries if needed
• Review credit card expense coding and record via journal entry
• Review Profit & Loss statement, prepare variance analysis explanation
• Prepare income tax accrual
• G & A expense allocation journal entries
• Upload trial balance to Hyperion

What the company needs in a Senior Accountant:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance required
• 4+ years of progressive Accounting experience
• U.S. GAAP required
• Intermediate Microsoft Excel skills required Hyperion experience preferred, Oracle experience required

Why take an Accounting Manager with this company?

• Company is growing
• A key part of the corporate team
• Repeatedly names Best Places to Work!
• Strong volunteer participation in local community nonprofits
• Been in business for over 50 years!

Perks of the Accounting Manager role:

• Strong medical benefit package
• 401-K with match
• Free parking
• Telecommute one day a week!
• Dress for your day, casual, business casual, or professional.

What the Accounting Manager will do…

• Review of all recurring journal entries, bank reconciliations, fee income reconciliation, etc.
• Develop annual budget for Firm and subsidiaries including monthly monitoring and reporting
• Review invoices submitted for payment to ensure proper account coding detailed descriptions in General Ledger and proper authorization for payment
• Preparation of monthly cash and accrual basis financial statements for Firm and subsidiaries
• Balance Sheet
• Income Statement for the current month and fiscal year to date, month over month, and year over year including variance analysis
• Budget to actual for the current month and fiscal year to date
• Income statement for the current month and year to date and P&L by line of business and location
• Monthly reconciliation of all balance sheet accounts
• Backup and review of semi-monthly Executive Committee Reporting Package
• Backup and review of Borrowing Base Compliance Certification
• Serve as backup for quarterly commissions
• Run annual reports on client billing to assist in the culling of client list
• Manage department head requests for billings and cash receipts by month, by product line or client
• Ad Hoc reports for Controller, Managing Shareholder, and department heads
• Management of special projects

What the company needs in an Accounting Manager:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or related field required
• CPA License Required or parts passed!
• 7-10 years of experience as an Accounting Manager
• Supervisory experience required
• Advanced Excel experience including pivot tables and v-lookups

 

 

Stay Safe, Healthy & Be Kind,

 

Diane Delgado LeMaire Senior Managing Branch Director, Creative Financial Staffing (CFS) 713.490.6003 | dlemaire@cfstaffing.com | www.cfstaffing.com | LinkedIn 5718 Westheimer Suite 800 | Houston, Texas 77057

 

 

 

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Subject: B&V – Job Description – Accounting Manager

 

• 80,000 to 105K plus bonus
• Work one day a week from home (this could be more, but its their standard now)
• Time & Billing exp (law firm, professional services, staffing, E&C consulting, architecture)
• Supervise team of 4. 7 in accounting total.
• CPA or close to it a must. Controller retiring in 5 years. This would hopefully be succession plan!
• They use sage intacct – would be great if they have this!
• Greenway Plaza location

 

 

 

Accounting Manager

Briggs & Veselka Co.

Houston, TX

 

As the third largest accounting firm based in the Southwest, Briggs & Veselka has fostered a unique environment where our professionals are empowered to find the best in themselves and in each other. With offices in Houston, Austin, The Woodlands, El Campo and San Antonio, we offer middle market clients the services of national firms delivered with the high-touch of a local firm. Our culture is very important to us, as evidenced by a retention rate higher than our peer group. And our level of client satisfaction is reflected in our net promoter score of four times the industry average.

 

The firm’s 14 industry groups and 12 service niches provide audit, tax, and consulting services to clients ranging from individuals to closely-held companies and small-cap public entities. Among those, we also offer a number of advanced services such as forensic accounting, international tax, and cyber security, and are in the top 1.5% of firms in the country providing employee benefit plan audits to over 150 plans – unique for a firm our size. These broad service offerings give our professionals varied career paths based on their skills and interests.

 

And we take pride in the fact we have served many clients for decades, over generations of management. That’s part of the Legacy – one that you can continue to build with a career at Briggs & Veselka.

 

Responsibilities

• Review of all recurring journal entries, bank reconciliations, fee income reconciliation, etc.
• Develop annual budget for Firm and subsidiaries including monthly monitoring and reporting
• Review invoices submitted for payment to ensure proper account coding detailed descriptions in General Ledger and proper authorization for payment
• Preparation of monthly cash and accrual basis financial statements for Firm and subsidiaries
• Balance Sheet
• Income Statement for the current month and fiscal year to date, month over month, and year over year including variance analysis
• Budget to actual for current month and fiscal year to date
• Income statement for current month and year to date and P&L by line of business and location
• Monthly reconciliation of all balance sheet accounts
• Backup and review of semi-monthly Executive Committee Reporting Package
• Backup and review of Borrowing Base Compliance Certification
• Serve as backup for quarterly commissions
• Run annual reports on client billing to assist in culling of client list
• Manage department head requests for billings and cash receipts by month, by shareholder and by client
• Ad Hoc reports for Controller, Managing Shareholder and department heads
• Management of special projects including Sage Intacct, Bill.com, Expensify, process improvements and process changes Education/Experience:

 

 

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or related field required
• CPA License Required
• 7-10 years of experience as an Accounting Manager
• Supervisory experience required
• Advanced Excel experience including pivot tables and v-lookups

 

Pam Rodriguez Senior Managing Division Director, Creative Financial Staffing (CFS) 713.260.5243 | prodriguez@cfstaffing.com | www.cfstaffing.com | LinkedIn 5718 Westheimer, Ste. 800 | Houston, TX  77055

 

 

 

About the Company and Opportunity:

• A great opportunity that starts immediately and allows you to work remotely!
• Our client is a leader in the Supply Chain solution and they’re looking to quickly add a General Ledger Accountant to their team.
• This company encompasses a great work culture and a collaborative work environment.
• Why work here:
• This firm offers a great work-life balance!
• On-site gym, yoga, and healthy food market
• Health and wellness programs

Overview of the General Ledger Accountant role:

• Maintain rent schedule and straight-line rent
• Set-up reoccurring entries
• Maintain schedules with large accounts
• Reconciliations
• Assist with Month-End Close
• Coordinate with Accounts Payable on Invoice payment
• Partner with Controller on Accounting projects

Preferred Qualifications for the General Ledger Accountant:

• 1 – 3 years of Accounting experience
• Solid understanding of Debits and Credits
• MS Excel – Pivot Tables and Vlookups
• Experience with SAGE 300 is a plus!

Tax Manager

Our client, a publicly traded company, is looking for a hands-on Tax Manager to join their team. The Manager will be responsible for the consolidation of the global ASC 740 / FIN 18 income tax provision and SEC reporting. The manager must have advanced knowledge of ASC 740 for a global company. We are looking for someone who is self-motivated and has a positive, “whatever it takes” attitude.

Responsibilities:

Tax Provision

• Direct preparation, management, review, and consolidation of ASC 740/FIN 18 income tax provisions, including SEC reporting and coordination with all business reporting teams.
• Establish and maintain processes designed to identify, assess, and calculate uncertain tax position (FIN 48) calculations.
• Direct calculation of the consolidated effective tax rate, draft SEC reporting disclosures, and perform or supervise the detailed review of supporting calculations and work papers.
• Oversee and manage the global data collection requests for tax reporting.
• Manage relationship with financial statement auditor.
• Monitor and implement regulatory changes to GAAP income tax reporting.
• Organize and perform training sessions to educate controllers on data request templates.
• Oversee tax financial reporting controls, ensuring performance and documentation of internal controls.
• Generate and lead the implementation of ideas for process improvements and efficiencies.
• Oversee tax technology (OneSource Tax Provision)

Planning and Research

• Oversee the research of tax accounting for SEC reporting.
• Manage tax due diligence processes.
• Generate and implement ideas to generate cash tax savings and effective income tax rate benefits.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or related field required;
• CPA preferred

Minimum of 5 years in tax experience in corporate or public accounting.

• Demonstrates a passion for learning and a willingness to build new skills.
• Willingness for collaboration and flexibility to assist on special projects as needed.
• Excellent verbal/written communication skills.
• Ability to recognize and implement opportunities to simplify processes and create efficiencies.