Global Operations Controller

Our client, a publicly traded oil & gas company, with revenue in excess of 1 Billion, is located in the Woodlands, Texas. They are currently hiring a Global Controller for their largest segment. This Global Controller will be responsible for financial reporting, consolidations, budgeting, planning and leadership of the global finance team (team of approximately 12). This position will serve as a liaison between operations, executive leadership, corporate accounting & finance and report directly to the CFO / Segment President.

Overview:

With general autonomy, ensure all financial initiatives are met, including responsibility for the entire global segment accounting process , reports and analyzes cost/performance and oversees contractual matters in assigned in profit center area. Responsible for closing cycles and operating rhythms, reporting, annual budget preparation, controllership fundamentals, and coordinating finance-related activities across functions.

Responsibilities:

• Assume full responsibility of the accounting function in support of business operations within the Segment.
• Manage monthly and quarterly closing, and reporting processes.
• Meets with and collaborates with business unit leaders to ensure monthly and quarterly financials best represent the status of our business. Works with the finance and accounting leads to insure controls are in place and improve cost tracking and budgeting tools.
• Identify financial risks and work with the business team to develop and implement mitigation plans.
• Partner with business leaders and staff to drive operating performance and act as a champion for cost optimization, productivity, inventory accuracy, and utilization.
• Establish and enforce proper accounting methods, policies, principles.
• Maintain the integrity and timeliness of all general ledger accounts.
• Manage Quarterly and Annual audit process.
• Responsible for maintaining records in accordance with company and client requirements.
• Provides Cash Management planning and reporting to the business unit including Billing, Collections, DSO’s, and Contract Assets and Liabilities.

Requirements:

• Four year college or university degree in Accounting
• CPA or similar certification
• Master’s degree in Accounting, Finance or related field preferred
• Up to 30% travel
• Ten plus years of progressive leadership experience.
• Experience with reporting under US GAAP for US Parent Company.
• Strong oral and written communication skills, including the ability to present, influence, and collaborate at the leadership level.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and team building skills.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Strong computer skills, including Microsoft Office suite.
• Thorough knowledge of ERP system capabilities, preferably Oracle / Hyperion

Non-for-Profit Accountant

Area CFS has teamed up with a non-for-profit who focuses on the conservation of marine resources. They are a company who provides a family-oriented work environment and the chance to partake in the implementation of processes and procedures within the accounting department.

Essential Job Functions:

-Performs general bookkeeping functions for National office and various state chapters, as assigned.

-Assists with month-end close and year-end close financial activities.

-Recommends financial actions by analyzing accounting options.

-Maintains accounting controls by preparing and recommending policies and procedures.

-Substantiates financial transactions with supporting documentation.

-Performs with balance sheet reconciliations and schedules.

Required Education and Experience:

-Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

-2+ years of experience in full cycle accounting

-Strong Excel Skills

-Experience and knowledge of Sage, preferred

-Experience working with a non-profit and/or small business, preferred

Location: Memorial

Why work for this company?

• Family oriented work culture
• Growth opportunity to move into an assistant controller role
• Flexible work schedule
• Health, Dental, Vision & 401K

Job Duties:

• To help provide complete and accurate financial information to satisfy the needs of management, owners, lenders, and regulatory agencies.
• Assist controller with outside auditors as needed.
• Prepare and enter monthly and yearly journal entries.
• Prepare general ledgers for monthly, quarterly and year-end close reporting.
• Prepare monthly account reconciliation’s.
• Prepare US Government census reports for quarterly and annual reporting.
• Prepare US GAAP & HFM monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements.
• Prepare US GAAP consolidated financial workpapers and financial statements.
• Maintain plant, property and equipment detailed sub-ledgers using Sage FAS software.

Qualifications:

• Accounting degree
• 3-5 years of experience in GL
• Experience with preparing GAAP financial statements, consolidated reporting, account analysis, audit schedules, accounting systems and analytical projects.

Our client is adding a Senior Finance Manager to their team. The company is publicly traded and services segments of the oil & gas industry. This position will serve as a liaison between operations, executive leadership, corporate finance and report directly to the President, Operations.

Why work for this company:

• Over 100 locations worldwide. Focus on expanding international operations.
• A stable company with a long stand reputation in their industry. They have been in business for over 40 years.
• An entrepreneurial company, with a strong management team and expansive international growth plans.
• Direct line to executive leadership! Their management team values the input of its employees.
• Ability to make an impact on the bottom line.
• Newly created role with unlimited possibilities.
• Generous compensation and benefits package.
• CFS has successfully placed several professionals with them for over 10 years!

Summary:

• This role is responsible for overseeing the operations financial planning & analysis functions, including coordination, evaluation, and monitoring of division level performance and reporting.
• Provides timely, accurate data and reports to management to proactively influence sound business decisions.

Responsibilities:

• Drives strategies and process improvement intended to meet organizations long-term financial objectives, while partnering with corporate finance, division finance, and operational leadership.
• Prepares Management reports including KPI”s and variance explanations. Creates dashboards for upper management.
• Provides direction of functional counterparts in operating units and senior management on matters involving cost determination, inventory valuation, distribution of overhead, treatment of joints costs and product pricing.
• Conducts complex financial analysis projects, including preparation of trend analysis to suggest improvements to the leadership team.
• Partners with operational management in evaluating sales and marketing programs performing value-added ad-hoc analysis.
• Collaborates with executives to develop and maintain annual budgets and track results on a monthly basis.

Requirements: 

• Bachelor’s Degree
• MBA preferred
• 10 plus years of professional experience
• Extensive MS Excel (queries, macros, advanced pivot tables)
• Working knowledge of B.I. products preferred

Job Openings:

• Senior Financial Accountant – Energy Corridor
• Senior Treasury Analyst – DT
• Internal Auditor – Woodlands
• Staff Accountant – Pearland
• Internal Audit Manager – Galleria
• Senior Cost Analyst – Pearland
• Assistant Controller – Energy Corridor
• Consulting Company Senior Associate to Senior Manager (Transaction Advisory & Financial Assurance)
• Financial Analyst – Woodlands
• Tax Senior – Greenway Plaza
• Revenue Accounting Manager – DT
• Senior IT Auditor – Galleria
• Senior IT Auditor – Cypress
• Internal Controls Manager – Galleria
• Director FP&A – Galleria
• Internal Financial Reporting Manager – Galleria
• Bookkeeper – Law Firm
• Accounting Analyst II – NW Houston
• Senior Accountant – Greenspoint
• Audit Partner – CPA Firm
• Controller – Financial Services – Westchase
• Tax Analyst – Woodlands

• SEC Reporting Supervisor – O&G – Woodlands
• Nonprofit Staff Accountant – Memorial Park Area
• Nonprofit Staff Accountant- Montrose Area
• Senior GL Accountant – Private Equity / Investment Company – Greenway Plaza
• Accounting Manager – Small Company – Sugar Land
• Controller – Small Company – Sugar Land
• Controller – Private Equity – Sugar Land – 150K
• Senior Internal Auditor – 30% travel – Galleria
• Tax Managers (Public Accounting – multiple firms)
• TRUE Rotational Internal Audit Program – Fortune 100! – Galleria
• Staff Auditor – CPA Firm – NW Houston – Great work-life balance
• Staff Internal Audit – Woodlands – Rotational!!!!
• Senior Auditor – Public Accounting 9/80’s – GREAT work life balance – less than 20% travel!
• Junior Financial Analyst – E&P – Woodlands(Investment Banking or PE exp required)
• SEC Reporting Manager – Clearlake

Email: dlemaire@cfstaffing.com

Why work for this company: 

• 4.5-day work-week. 9-hour M-Thursday,  half days on Friday.
• 3 weeks vacation, 3 sick days, 10 holidays. Relatively flexible work-schedule.
• AWESOME benefits: $50 for health insurance (out of pocket for employee + family!), dental covered 100% by the company
• Lots of visibility in this role.

Responsibilities:

• Assist in close processes including reporting financial data from general ledger system into consolidation system, analyzing financial results and explain variances from budgets, reconciling mapping and financial flows and coordinating with the accounting team to proactively resolve issues.
• Assist/prepare reporting packages in the consolidation system, including balance sheet, profit and loss, and cash flow.
• Assist in the preparation of IFRS and statutory financial statements and various reports for internal and external parties.
• Assist, lead and work cross-functionally to achieve project planning and forecasting deliverables.
• Assist in the timely and accurate preparation of the annual budget.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting.
•  4-10 years’ experience as an accountant
• Public Accounting
• Good and deep knowledge of international accounting requirements.
• CPA or CPA candidate preferred.
• Experience with business consolidation tools. SAP BPC preferred.
• Demonstrates proficiency in consolidation, internal reporting, budgeting and forecasting.

CFS has teamed up with a non-for-profit who focuses on the conservation of marine resources. They are a company who provides a family-oriented work environment and the chance to partake in the implementation of processes and procedures within the accounting department. 

Essential Job Functions

• Performs general bookkeeping functions for National office and various state chapters, as assigned.
• Assists with month-end close and year-end close financial activities.
• Recommends financial actions by analyzing accounting options.
• Maintains accounting controls by preparing and recommending policies and procedures.
• Substantiates financial transactions with supporting documentation.
• Performs with balance sheet reconciliations and schedules.
• Helps provide detailed inventory schedule and reconciliation.
• Records income and expenses for certain state chapters and National office for events including the chart of accounts coding and journal entries, bank statement reconciliations and other organizational activity related to the general ledger.
• Processes credit card payments from banquet auctions and sales.
• Responsible for most phases of accounts receivable.
• Makes and prepares bank deposits.
• Ensures accurate documentation and compliance with policies, processes, and internal controls.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Knowledge

• Demonstrates knowledge of GAAP.
• Knowledge of accounting procedures.
• Knowledge & experience with accounting software and administration
• Intermediate understanding of accounting and reporting standards, gaining experience in researching as it relates to accounting issues.

Required Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting
• 2+ years of experience in full cycle accounting
• Strong Excel Skills
• Experience and knowledge of Sage, preferred
• Experience working with a non-profit and/or small business preferred

Why work for this company! 

• Global Fortune 500 company
• Over 400 subsidiaries with one of them in Pearland, Texas!
• CFS has successfully placed several people on their accounting team
• Company is a leader in the chemicals business.
• They offer a comprehensive benefits package.
• Over 100,000 employees worldwide with a small company feel.

Description: 

• Planning, studying and collecting data to determine costs of business activity, such as raw material purchases, inventory, and labor
• Development and analysis of monthly revenue cost reporting and forecasts
• Analyze changes in product design, raw materials, manufacturing methods or services provided to determine the effects on cost
• Estimate new and proposed product costs as well as product changes
• Provide management with reports specifying and comparing factors affecting prices and profitability of products
• Analyze the profitability of special pricing suggestions/programs
• Reconcile various general ledger accounts on a monthly basis
• Update balance sheet reconciliations: prior to recurring journals, after journals have been posted and once the month is closed prior to final Trial Balance
• Complete month end close process for costing
• Ensure the accuracy of the Company’s inventories including the adequacy of physical count procedures and reliability of reported physical inventory results.
•  Perform special projects and analyses to assist management in interpreting trends impacting the business.
• Address low/negative margin sales through costing review

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance required
•  4+ years of progressive Accounting experience