Senior Accountant – Northwest Houston

Posted on February 10, 2016 by Dianedelgadolemaire

dlemaire@cfstaffing.com

Responsibilities:

• Compile and analyze financial information to prepare and post entries to general ledger accounts and to document business transactions.
• Perform and review general ledger functions to assist with monthly accounting activity and closings.
• Prepare monthly reconciliations of balance sheet accounts to general ledger, and may review and approve monthly balance sheet reconciliations.
• Prepare and review bank reconciliations and may perform other banking activities, such as letters of credit or collateral for specified accounts.
• Proactively detect, research, and resolve reconciliation items.
• Analyze and document revenue and expenditure trends and variances in account balances between periods and against budget.
• Prepare financial reports such as balance sheets, income statements, cash flow statements, budgets and footnote schedules.
• May assist with preparation and review of quarterly and annual SEC filings, as appropriate.
• Prepare financial reports such as balance sheets, income statements, cash flow statements, etc.
• Analyze revenue and expenditure trends and recommend appropriate budget levels, and ensure expenditure control.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance or a related field or the equivalent education and/or experience
• CPA designation or progress towards CPA designation preferred
• Minimum of five years of relevant and progressive professional experience in accounting and/or finance
• Solid understanding of GAAP a

April 2015 Newsletter for Accounting & Finance Professionals in Houston by Diane Delgado LeMaire @ CFS

Posted on April 20, 2015 by Dianedelgadolemaire

April 2015

Industry News and Updates
First things first. Please make sure that you have added my new email address to your contacts. It is dlemaire@cfstaffing.com.

With Q1 behind us lets jump right into the update for Houston. I am sure everyone is curious about the oil & gas prices and what impact they are having on the job market in Houston. I have been in the recruiting industry for almost 14 years and have already been through 2 full blown recessions. 2015 has been an interesting year so far. I feel like our local economy has taken a hit from the drop of Oil & Gas, but it’s not as severe (knock on wood) as I thought it would be. Some might beg to differ but, let me explain!

Obviously, Houston has been impacted by the depressed prices. Most Exploration & Production companies are not hiring at all. Some are even laying off, but downstream and midstream companies are still hiring. They are actually benefiting from the drop in price. Not to mention the back log of construction projects that are still on the books. We are also seeing increased demand from consumer products based companies (retail, restaurant, healthcare). Houston has gained nearly 570,000 residents in the past 5 years!

Just imagine the resources they will need from housing, healthcare to groceries and cars!

So, is the job market as good as it was last year? The simple answer is no, but there are still a lot of opportunities out there in several other industries outside of “oil & gas”.

Until next time..

Local Statistics:

National / Houston Unemployment rate:8/4.3
Price of Oil:$56.71(last year $100)
Oil Rig Count:1109 (last year 1803)
Industries hiring:Manufacturing, Construction, Consumer Products related companies, Real Estate & Homebuilding, Healthcare
Positions in demand:Controller, Financial Analyst, Tax, Internal Auditor, Payroll,

Local Searches

NEW!!!!!

– Property Accountant – Staff or Senior

– Treasury Analyst – Heavy Cash Management

– Treasury Analyst – Must speak Spanish

– Treasury Accountant – Must speak Spanish

– Controller – WIP / POC a MUST

– Full Time – Consultant – Transactions Advisory Services – All Levels!!!!

– Full Time – Consultant – Financial Advisory Services – All Levels!!!!!

– Hyperion Financial Analyst – HFM, Hyperion or Smartview experience – 1 to 2 years of experience!!!!

– Staff Accountant – work under 3 amazing controllers and learn from the best!!!!! no more than 2 years of experience needed.

– Internal Audit Manager – Pre-IPO company!

– Sales & Use Tax Accountant – staff and senior

– Payroll Manager MUST have Canadian payroll experience

– Financial Planning and Analysis Manager – HEAVY acquisition based

– AP Manager – SAP experience!!!!!

Still Looking For:

– Controller with domestic & international accounting experience (SEC too!)

– Controller, CPA with SEC

– AP Manager – bringing AP in house!

– Senior Accountant – Corporate accounting

– Director with International and Federal Tax experience – Partnership too

– Senior Auditor (less than 10% travel)

– Operational Auditor – 50% travel

– AP Supervisor – small company, family atmosphere

– Senior Accountant – Oil & Gas – Right hand person to the Controller

– Tax Analyst – Federal & State – Amazing tenure in this group!

– CFO – San Antonio – retail background preferred

– Budget Analyst – banner experience preferred

– Billing Clerk

– AP Clerk MUST speak French

News and Resources

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Assistant Controller – Downtown – dcd@fittsroberts.com

Posted on October 22, 2014 by Dianedelgadolemaire

Email dcd@fittsroberts.com for more details.

The Assistant Controller shall have the following primary responsibilities:
•Ensure accurate coding and GAAP compliant transactions in the general ledger;
•Ensure and maintain proper supporting documentation for each journal;
•Ensure the accuracy and completeness of the general ledger and month-end closing activities, including journal entries, adjustments, accruals and reconciliations;
•Consolidate monthly financial results;
•Complete and distribute on-time monthly, quarterly and annual financial reports;
•Prepare and maintain supporting schedules regarding various financial activities;
•Assist in financial performance analysis, financial statement reconciliations and inter-company eliminations;
•Verify and account for assets and liabilities and prepare collateral documentation;
•Develops and document processes and assist with projects to improve performance and efficiencies;

Systems Support:
•Acting as chief liaison with business unit controller regarding the application and usage of the system;
•Maintaining the overall integrity of the system database, including developing and enforcing procedures to ensure users regularly enter data and adhere to protocol;
•Updating system databases to account for routine accounting activities and extraordinary financial transactions (e.g., acquisitions and securities transactions); and
•Preparing and distributing standard financial dashboard and other reports and developing other analyses to summarize and evaluate data and trends.

Job Requirements:
The position requires the following background and skills:
•Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting
•CPA certification
•6 + years of accounting supervision and accounting systems experience in a multi-location manufacturing enterprise
•Demonstrated understanding of manufacturing process and how they impact costs and expenses

Oil & Gas Services – Senior Accountant – NW Houston Location – EMAIL: dcd@fittsroberts.com

Posted on June 28, 2013 by Dianedelgadolemaire

Our client is a publicly traded oil & gas services company with over 3000 employees worldwide. They are growing through acquisition and organic growth. At this time they need to add a Division Senior Accountant to their team.

• Work directly with the Accounting Manager in completing essential accounting/finance functions of the company.

Month-end financial reporting
Assist in month-end closing procedures including:
o General Journal entries on multiple general ledgers
o General Ledger account reconciliations
o Intercompany invoices
o Fixed Asset management including additions, disposals, and depreciation
o Bank reconciliations
o Account roll-forwards and sub-ledger reconciliations
o Assistance in other aspects of closing of the books and records in accordance with US GAAP
o Maintain compliance of internal SOX controls

• Assist in maintaining accounting controls
• Assist with intercompany invoicing

Minimum Qualifications
• Required Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting
• Advanced skills required in MS Excel and Word.
• Good interpersonal and leadership skills to gather information from and work with multiple levels the organization.

Corporate Accounting Manager – Galleria – EMAIL: dcd@fittsroberts.com

Posted on November 27, 2012January 11, 2013 by Dianedelgadolemaire

The corporate accounting manager will effectively manage all general accounting activities for multiple corporate controlled entities under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). The Corporate Accounting Manager is responsible for managing the month-end close process and supervising the corporate accounting staff to ensure timely and accurate financial reporting and analysis. The position will report to the Assistant Controller and be called on to interact with executive management as needed.

Primary Responsibilities:

Maintain policies, procedures and internal controls required to ensure financial statements of corporate companies are prepared timely and in accordance with GAAP.
Maintain procedures to ensure expenditures made by corporate departments are identified and properly accrued each month
Ensure compliance with internal controls
Complete monthly variance analysis of financial statements for all corporate companies
Complete monthly departmental analysis reports comparing actual to budget and prior year actuals
Supervise month-end close and financial statement preparation process
Supervision of accounts payable
Evaluate processes and procedures for improvement and develop recommendations for improvements
Ensure timely reconciliations to supporting ledgers or documentation of all GL account balances
Ensure all bank account balances are properly reconciled on a monthly basis
Ensure information required for entries to be made by subsidiaries is accurate and is provided timely
Identify profit improvement or cost reduction opportunities at corporate
Respond to inquiries made by independent auditors and or Business Compliance department
Provide team assessments to executive management
Develop relationships with all corporate departments and be responsive to their needs
Supervise and review reconciliations for multiple subsidiary accounts to ensure accurate reporting of consolidated financials
Manage annual budgeting process for corporate departments and corporate companies

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting; CPA or CPA candidate preferred
5+ years experience, including audit, supervisory and management experience
Strong understanding & ability to interpret and apply GAAP
Hyperion experience a plus
Public company experience a plus
Strong verbal communication skills
Ability to maintain productive working relationships with other employees outside of the department
Ability to exercise initiative and sound judgment
Consolidation experience a plus
Strong skills in use of complex Excel spreadsheets

Senior GL Accountant – West Houston – Spanish – EMAIL: dcd@fittsroberts.com

Posted on October 4, 2012 by Dianedelgadolemaire

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Maintaining journals and ledgers for specific entities

Preparing monthly journal entries

Departmental expenses analysis and forecasting

Developing resolutions to complex problems that require frequent use of creativity

Use Blackline account reconciliation tool

Education and Experience:

Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting is required.

Master’s degree and CPA are preferred

6 years professional experience in Accounting is required

Additional Competencies:

Experience with Oracle Accounting Systems　and Hyperion is preferred

Big 4 experience is preferred.

Strong excel skills are required.

Candidate must be bi-lingual in English and Spanish. Minimal travel within Latin American is required

Accountant I – Houston, Texas – dcd@fittsroberts.com

Posted on October 12, 2010 by Dianedelgadolemaire

Qualified candidates should have most of the following:

• 5 Year accounting Program from accredited university (online degrees not preferred), this gives a BBA – Accounting and MS – Accounting
• In lieu of degree above 2-5 years experience in Accounting profession with strong undergrad degree from accredited university
• 1-3 years of Big 4 experience a plus
• CPA Candidate or CPA

BASIC FUNCTION: Provide general accounting support for assigned companies and field accounting operations.

DUTIES:

Reconcile and analyze balance sheet accounts for assigned companies.

Prepare and review monthly journal vouchers for posting to General Ledger.

Review inter-company balances and correct out-of-balance situations.

Clear edits during month end close on a timely basis.

Prepare schedules for the financial reporting group as assigned.

Perform Balance Sheet and Income Statement review for assigned cost centers and companies.

Complete special projects as assigned on a timely basis.

Serve as liaison between field office personnel and Houston Corporate departments.

Adhere to the month end close checklist to ensure all month end procedures are fully completed under the strict time schedule and to document such review on the checklist.

Ensure compliance with the company’s policies and procedures.

Maintain sufficient supporting documentation for all journal vouchers, income statement budget variance reports, MD&A and any other documents to support decision making.

Maintain continuous compliance with the requirements of Sarbanes Oxley

Obtain an understanding of company structures and organizational relationship of companies within regions and assigned companies.

Prepare bank reconciliation of Houston controlled accounts.

Prepare audit schedules as directed. III

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