Contract: Staff Accountant / Houston

The Role:
* Experience in oil/gas, trading is a plus

Job Summary
The Staff Accountant will primarily perform the following activities:

* conduct moderately complex accounting activities relating to the generation of a complete general ledger;
* ensure Account Payable activity including the timely and accurate processing of booking and invoicing, completion of payments;
* verify, post, and reconcile accounts payable and receivable transactions to journals, ledgers, and other records;
* perform intercompany reconciliation and netting. Assist with month end activities and maintain general accounts reconciliation.

Essential Job Functions
* Perform Account Payable activity including timely and accurate booking and processing of invoicing, completion of payments, verify, post and reconcile accounts payable and receivable transactions to journal ledgers.
* Preparation and management of daily open AR report provided to management in support of identifying overdue customers
* Verify customer and vendor accounts by reconciling monthly statements and related transactions (particular attention to intercompany reconciliation activities). Resolve intercompany mismatches in a timely manner
* Pulls data from SAP system and perform analysis on costs and cost centers in order to monitor G&A costs and manage G&A contracts
* Manage intercompany service agreement monthly invoices to accuracy of data and timely approval
* Assist with month end activities tasks (bank reconciliations, GRIR, G&A analysis, and other tasks upon requested)
* Perform general ledgers reconciliation, ensure all items are reconciled, resolve unreconciled and open items in the timely manner
* Prepare AR/AP netting analysis in support of quarterly group reporting and SOX Controls.
* Compile and coordinate monthly reporting of KPI's to SOX administrator
* Other requests and duties as assigned, such as census bureau reporting, annual 1099 tax reporting, etc.

Other Duties
Assist with special projects as assigned.

Required Education, Experience, Certifications, Licences, Registrations
* Bachelors degree in Accounting or closely related field
* Billing Experience
* Knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel & Outlook
* 2-3 years of experience in an accounts receivable/payable related position and general accounting


Required Skills
* General knowledge of accounting practices and procedures
* Ability to propose process improvement to produce efficiency pertaining to job functions
* Comprehensive understanding of Microsoft Excel, Word, & Outlook
* Ability to learn in-house database programs
* Ability to meet deadlines and work independently
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills
* Effective organization skills with the ability to prioritize workload
* Ability to multi-task
* Acute attention to detail executed with minimal error margin
* Experience using SAP
* Experience in oil/gas, trading is a plus