Assistant Controller – Downtown – dcd@fittsroberts.com

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

Staff Accountant I or II – NW Houston – dcd@fittsroberts.com

Our client is growing and adding a Staff Accountant to their team. I am looking for a degreed Accountant (Accounting or Finance) with 1 to 4 years of experience.

Some of the duties will include:

• Prepare journal entries, detailed reports and account reconciliations
• Reconciles all bank accounts
• Administers expense report program
• Maintain the fixed asset and associated depreciation schedules
• Assists in year-end inventory counts
• Ensure proper recording and retention of all documentation for fixed asset additions and disposals
• Prepare and analyze various account reconciliations
• Record all assigned monthly journal entries in a timely and accurate manner
• Prepare monthly sales tax forms and ensure proper payments are sent before the due date for US & Canada
• Obtain information and documentation for various company audits and tax returns
• Assist in month end closing and the financial reporting process including account analysis and reconciliation
• Assist controller in producing accurate and timely financial statements
• Performs internal control testing and documentation

Email: dcd@fittsroberts.com

Staff Accountant – NW Houston – dcd@fittsroberts.com

Responsibilities:
• Compile financial information and prepare entries to accounts, such as general ledger accounts; document business transactions; and reconcile and close Company accounts on a monthly basis.
• Perform general ledger duties to assist with monthly activity and closings.
• Perform monthly reconciliation of balance sheet accounts to general ledger balances.
• Prepare monthly bank reconciliations for specified accounts and may analyze daily bank account activity.
• Analyze and document variances in account balances between periods.
• Prepare various schedules required for internal and external reporting
• Assist with the preparation of quarterly and annual filings.
• Assist with special projects as needed.

Education
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance or a related field or the equivalent education and/or experience
• Work towards CPA designation preferred

Staff Accountant – NW Houston location – dcd@fittsroberts.com

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Prepare daily cash reconciliations from club deposit slips to bank activity

Prepare credit card settlement reconciliation

Determine general ledger location and department coding for journal entries

Responsible for reconciliation of general ledger cash accounts

Research reconciling variances

Analyze bank charges and make suggestions to control costs

Set up, monitor, and maintain internal controls and ensure club compliance

Coordinate cross-functionally in various areas, including operations and club management

Document policies and procedures in a multi-system environment

Develop improvements in cash reconciliation process

Assist with month end close requirements, reporting, and deadlines

Perform other related duties as directed by manager

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

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

Diane Delgado LeMaire| Area Director, Executive Search & Branch Manager | Creative Financial Staffing, a division of Fitts, Roberts CPA Firm | 5718 Westheimer Suite 800 | Houston, TX 77057 | 713-490-6003 | dcd@fittsroberts.com|