What are the responsibilities and job description for the Staff Accountant position at Professional Alternatives?
Staff Accountant
Direct Hire; up to 90K bonus
Central Houston
**CPA eligible and actively pushing through the process
**Big Four experience HIGHLY PREFERRED
**Upstream/midstream experience HIGHLY PREFERRED
Duties:
- Responsible for full cycle general ledger accounting to include preparing journal entries and balance sheet reconciliations
- Maintain account sub-ledgers
- Assist in internal/external financial reporting and audits
- Ensure compliance with GAAP by researching accounting positions and researching and correcting account discrepancies
- Answer inquiries from and collaborate with finance, operations, contracts, and engineering
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting required with accounting internship experience
- 2 years of full cycle general ledger accounting and 1 year of public accounting experience preferred; upstream or midstream experience highly preferred
- Advanced Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook; Power BI and Alteryx a PLUS
- Must be open to evolve and pivot; eager, driven, and collaborative
- Organized with strong planning and time management skills; fast-paced, dynamic, and rapidly changing and growing environment; proactive, problem-solver, and analytical
- Strong communication skills, detailed and accurate, and consistently produce strong work
Other Info:
- Growing organization with strong stability; internal promotability
- Excited business venture
- Limited travel
- Great benefits including 401K
- Some extra hours during month end close/audits
- Good tenure a must
- Open to hybrid after several months
