Friday, July 30, 2010

Find Jobs - Internal Audit Senior Jobs in Saint Petersburg, Florida - Creative Financial Staffing

Find Jobs - Internal Audit Senior Jobs in Saint Petersburg, Florida - Creative Financial Staffing:


"CFS is currently engaged with a company in the Bay Area who is in need of a detail oriented and highly analytical professional to join their Internal Audit department."

Creative Financial Staffing - Tax and Audit Positions Tampa Bay Job in Tampa 33601, Florida US

Creative Financial Staffing - Tax and Audit Positions Tampa Bay Job in Tampa 33601, Florida US: "Tax and Audit Positions Tampa Bay

Need a change but want to stay in Public?

We have the firm for you! CFS is engaged in multiple searches with leading CPA firms in the Tampa Bay area. We are seeking dynamic individuals that want to build a career with firms that value their employees, provide personal performance incentives and compensation, and promote a great work life balance. If you are seeking stability, quality of life, and an opportunity to find a home in a company for the remainder of your career then please apply. This is a great opportunity to join a large regional or national firm."

Find Jobs - Bank CFO - (Strategic) Jobs in Tampa, Florida - Creative Financial Staffing

Find Jobs - Bank CFO - (Strategic) Jobs in Tampa, Florida - Creative Financial Staffing: "Description

Strategic Bank CFO

CFS has been engaged in an exclusive search to identify a strategic CFO for an exceptional financial institution. The successful individual will be a driven team player and leader that will strive to do what is needed with the goal of growing the institution to a billion dollar organization."

Friday, February 12, 2010

National Searches as of 12/12/2010

Position: Reimbursement Team Leader

Industry: Healthcare

Location: Tampa Bay Area Relocation: Relocation is negotiable and they will pay all expenses to fly candidates out to interview

Salary: $70-$80k

Job Description: Responsible for managing the accounting and reporting of gross and net revenue for both internal and external purposes. Manages the preparation of the Health Care System’s Medicare Cost Reports and other third party reports. Manages the preparation of month end contractual adjustments and net patient revenue. Coordinates the maintenance of the hospital’s charge master. Prepares high level analysis and presentations for Senior Management. Reviews contractual adjustment and net patient revenue calculations for non-hospital affiliates.

Required: The ideal person will have a CPA and/or MBA (but not required) and recent experience with Medicare Cost Reports within a large hospital (300 - 400 beds at a minimum). My client is one of the largest in the area with about 800 beds. The Director will only interview candidates who have hospital experience – client will not look at people from the insurance side of the business – I’ve already tried.

This position reports to the Director and supervises 1 analyst.

Position: CFO

Industry: portfolio company of a PE firm

Location: Southern California Relocation: There’s a preference toward local candidates, but relocation assistance will be offered to qualified candidates open to relocation.

Salary: 200-275K + 20% bonus + equity in form of options or co-invest opportunity.

Job Description: Fast growing company in a fragmented business, entrepreneurial/sales driven culture, opportunity to establish own footprint, equity opportunity and potential for large back end pay out. In addition, the PE firm is easy to work with and offers a wide range of resources to help support their companies that most PE firms do not offer.

Job Description:

A rapidly growing 550M private equity backed services business located in Southern California is seeking a Chief Financial Officer to partner with the CEO to guide the company toward continued growth. The company has experienced a tremendous amount of growth in a short period of time as a result of organic growth and acquisitions. Future growth objectives will be achieved encompassing the same business model. Candidates must have a “hands-on” approach, proven track record in a high growth, multiple site services industry business that involves high volume/complex payroll, billing, and A/R processes, strong operational, process improvement, and internal controls development skills, and extensive experience integrating acquired companies into the current infrastructure.

In return you will receive a competitive benefit and compensation package including base salary, bonus, and equity. There’s a preference toward local candidates, but relocation assistance will be offered to qualified candidates open to relocation.

Position: Assistant Vice President - Director – SOX Compliance

Location: Houston, TX Relocation: Will ONLY relocate someone with Medicare / Medicare / Healthcare experience

Salary: $110 to 125K, 10% bonus

Job Description: Directs, manages and coordinates the development and maintenance of Universal American’s documentation, analysis, evaluation and testing of internal controls, and reports to senior management on the status of Universal American’s system of internal control for Sarbanes Oxley compliance. Works closely with financial officers at multiple locations and related business process owners to ensure internal controls are designed and operating effectively.

Responsibilities:

¡ Consults, analyses, recommends and implements improvements in the alignment of Universal American’s financial, operational and administrative business processes in order to increase effectiveness and efficiency.

¡ Provide consulting services to organizational management and staff.

¡ Assist with the development of the annual audit plan.

¡ Provide training, coaching and supervision to staff.

¡ Maintains all organization and professional ethical standards.

¡ Has direct responsibility for compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in matters of financial and operational controls and disclosure requirements as mandated by the Act. This includes strict adherence to the company’s Business Conduct Statement and Code of Ethics. The emphasis will be on compliance with financial procedures and protocol, internal controls, and maintaining the highest level of workplace behavior.

Required: Qualifications:

¡ Strong project management and analytical skills.

¡ Strong knowledge of Sarbanes Oxley compliance and reporting requirements.

¡ Considerable knowledge of the Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing and Code of Ethics developed by the Institute of Internal Audit

Experienced Required: 8+ years of auditing, accounting and reporting experience, preferably with 2+ years of experience in the insurance industry.

Skills:

¡ Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to work closely with people at al levels of the organization and facilitate the implementation of corrective action.

¡ Works independently under general direction with excessive latitude for initiative and independent judgment.

¡ Significant experience with Excel and with audit and financial software systems.

¡ Working knowledge of ACCESS and SQL databases.

¡ Strong written, verbal and presentation skills.

Education/Certifications:

¡ Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance or related field with CPA/CIA credentials.

¡ Prefer CPA with 5+ years of public accounting experience or CIA with 6+ years of internal audit experience.

¡ A graduate degree in businesses administration, accounting or a related field is desirable.

Travel Required: 30% travel required to perform SOX walkthroughs and audits at other locations. (More than likely this will be 20%)

Position: Valuation and Litigation Manager

Location: Greater Chicago Area Relocation: They will pay relocation for the right

individual, although the package and amount will be determined on a case by case basis

Salary: $100K+, not capping it on salary

Job Description: Seeking an experienced business valuation and litigation manager. The ideal candidate will be a CPA who will manage all aspects of litigation and business valuation engagements. This is a fantastic opportunity for a financial expert with experience working with a team of professionals to identify, organize and analyze data on all different kinds of engagements including shareholder disputes, matrimonial disputes, forensic accounting, damage calculations, and estate and gift tax issues.

Required: Education/Experience:

¡ Bachelors degree in Accounting or related field.

¡ Active CPA license required.

¡ 3-5 years accounting experience in a consulting, financial services or public accounting company.

¡ Minimum 2 years business valuation experience with a public accounting or consulting environment.

¡ Expertise in broad based business and financial valuations, multi-discipline appraisals, and fairness opinions, especially those of closely held companies, focusing on federal and state tax, financial report, and estate planning, as well as for tangible and intangible assets including purchase price allocations, intellectual property, ESOPs, and estate and gift and other non litigation valuations.

¡ Understanding of financial theory, general accounting issues, and GAAP.

¡ Experience in corporate and individual income taxes.

Litigation Support:

¡ Consult on large and complex litigated disputes and provide financial insight and clarity to counsel during all stages of a business dispute, from case theory development and discovery to expert witness testimony.

¡ Serve as consultant to attorneys, assist in preparing questions for discovery and deposition of potential witnesses, serve as an expert witness, assist in reviewing and refuting the testimony and analysis of other expert witnesses, design court exhibits, and participate in depositions and court as necessary.

Valuation Support:

¡ Manage and apply business valuation approaches and methods to a variety of tangible and non tangible assets, including equity valuations, option analysis, and purchase allocations.

¡ Manage the assembly, maintenance, and finalization of working papers that support valuations.

¡ Perform valuations for privately held companies and/or high wealth individuals for purposes of damages litigation, marital dissolution, estate and gift taxes, stockholder disputes and other business dispute cases.

¡ Help companies and individuals define, measure and articulate the value of their assets by providing independent and well-supported valuation reports based on economic and industry research and financial appraisal analysis and modeling.

Other:

¡ Manage and perform data and document intensive financial analysis and modeling / projections, strategic analysis, economic and statistical analysis, due diligence, valuation analysis, damage calculations and analysis, GAAP, litigation support, industry research, and related investigative assignments.

¡ Assist in selling a business pursuant to a settlement

Position: Assistant Hospital CFO (2)

Industry: Healthcare

Location: Alabama, Missouri

Relocation: Yes

Salary: 90-110K, + 30% bonus potential

Job Description: As a member of the Hospital's senior management team, the Assistant Chief Financial Officer will participate in the financial and functional decision-making processes necessary for the successful attainment of the hospital's mission in addition to maintaining an awareness of changes in healthcare matters that could have an impact on the success of the hospital.

¡ The responsibilities of the ACFO include, but are not limited to:

¡ Assisting with the overall financial operations of the acute-care facility including accounting, budgetary, audits, tax and other financial planning activities within the hospital organization; including management of respective department heads as assigned

¡ Working with system management to develop and implement policies and procedures, short- and long-range goals, objectives and plans.

¡ Providing financial leadership to hospital managers, directors and officers that will enroll support, create ownership of goals, and encourage active participate in decisions that impact the hospital in conjunction with the Chief Financial Officer

¡ Assisting the Chief Financial Officer to ensure the hospital meets necessary financial regulatory and compliance requirements

¡ Assisting the Chief Financial Officer in contributing financial expertise in the planning of new services that generate additional sources of profitable revenue

¡ Managing costs by continually seeking data that will identify opportunities and take action to eliminate non-value costs in conjunction with the hospital's Chief Financial Officer

¡ Analyzing areas in planning, promoting and conducting organization-wide performance improvement activities

¡ Representing the hospital at meetings including medical staff, hospital board of director meetings as well as relevant community meetings as needed

¡ Participating in the hospital's monthly operation reviews as well as participating in corporate office meetings as deemed necessary This position reports directly to the CFO and in the absence of the CFO, the ACFO may be required to interpret hospital financial policy and provide guidance.

¡ In most cases, the Assistant CFO serves in this capacity for 18 - 36 months before progressing into a CFO role at another CHS hospital.

Required: Education:

¡ Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance from an accredited institution. (Master's degree preferred).

Experience:

¡ Minimum 2 years financial/accounting progressive experience in acute-care environment; for-profit experience preferred

¡ Recent controller (or similar) experience highly preferred

¡ Business office experience preferred, but not required

Certifications:

¡ CPA preferred

Abilities:

¡ Ability to relocate to hospital location and possibly substitute for other administrative positions

¡ Must be proficient in written and verbal communication skills

¡ Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with hospital staff and community

¡ Ability to maintain confidential information concerning personal, financial, or medical matters

Position: Manager of Fixed Assets

Location: San Antonio, TX Relocation: Yes

Salary: $80-95k + undisclosed bonus

Job Description: This position will serve as an integral part of the company's senior management team and have the ability to contribute to corporate decision making policies. This position will interact with Sr. Management on a daily basis. The right individual will have strong technical accounting skills, strong leadership & management experience, research analysis skills, and decision making attributes.

¡ Directs activities of team to ensure fixed asset and deferred charge asset transactions are properly recorded for financial and tax purposes. Ensures appropriate environmental transactions are recorded accurately and timely for financial purposes.

¡ Manages assignment of appropriate depreciation method, salvage value and life for financial reporting and various federal and state depreciation reporting requirements.

¡ Ensures accurate computation and recording of monthly financial depreciation, amortization and gain/loss on retirements. Reviews monthly and quarterly reporting of fixed assets, deferred charge assets and environmental liabilities and ensures accurate and timely completion.

¡ Reviews reconciliations of original cost, current year depreciation/amortization, accumulated depreciation/amortization and gain/loss disposals of fixed assets and deferred charge assets between various SAP modules and other reporting data bases.

¡ Ensures compliance with internal controls related to fixed assets, deferred charge assets, authorizations for expenditures (AFEs) and environmental liabilities.

¡ Develops, monitors and administers corporate policies and procedures related to fixed assets, deferred charges, environmental matters and AFEs. Provides guidance regarding proper accounting classification of expenditures as capital, deferred charge or expense.

¡ Directs variance analysis of depreciation and amortization and gain/loss on dispositions of fixed assets and deferred charge assets.

¡ Directs budgeting and forecasting of depreciation and amortization and gain/loss on dispositions of fixed assets and deferred charge assets.

¡ Required: Undergraduate degree in accounting or related field.

¡ Certified Public Accountant or relevant certifications required.

¡ Minimum 10 years in accounting.

¡ Minimum 7 years of fixed asset experience.

¡ Minimum 5 years supervisory or managerial experience.

¡ Minimum 5 years SAP experience.

¡ Refinery or energy experience preferred.

¡ Strong technical accounting and research analysis skills

¡ Prior management & leadership experience

¡ Ability to relocate for an excellent opportunity as position is located in San Antonio, TX

Required:

¡ Key experience is min 7 years experience in Fixed Assets with SAP experience as well; refinery experience is also heavily preferred.

¡ Hiring manager has indicated Strong technical accounting and research analysis skills are required along with expertise in management, and corporate decision making attributes.

Position: Estate & Gift Tax Sr. Manager

Industry: Accounting

Location: San Antonio, TX Relocation: Yes

Salary: $150-200k ++

¡ Job Description: Review estate fiduciary income tax returns along with the decedent’s final individual income tax return.

¡ Review trust fiduciary income tax returns and individual income tax returns assigned.

¡ Analyze estate planning documents including wills, codicils and trust instruments to determine the proper treatment of assets and liabilities for tax purposes.

¡ Review accounting transactions, disbursements and receipts to principal and income accounts to ensure proper treatment for judicial accountings.

¡ Develop post mortem tax-saving strategies for the estate accounts.

¡ Review and research any tax situation that could affect the management of their accounts.

¡ Engage in special projects related to client matters involving tax accounting and consulting.

¡ Assist clients with other accounting related matters.

¡ Keep abreast of tax changes and issues that could affect our clients.

¡ Required: Bachelors degree in accounting required, Masters preferred

¡ CPA required

¡ 8+ years public accounting experience required

¡ Estate & Gift Tax experience a must!

¡ Excellent communication skills

¡ High energy and self sufficient

¡ Ability to work in a team environment

Ability to deliver excellent client service

Position: Director of Excise Tax

Industry: Fuel Company

Location: South Florida Relocation: moving expenses - packing and truck

Salary: $90K to $125K plus stock option

¡ Job Description: Responsible for all Fuel excise and sales tax

¡ Work to stream and automate processes

¡ Coordinate and manage state and federal tax audits

¡ Maintain tax tables

¡ Understand license requirements per state

¡ Manage staff

¡ Help integrate acquired businesses

¡ Interact with sales, marketing and operations department

Required: Extensive Excise tax experience, Strong MS Excel experience, CPA a plus, Knowledge of Great Plains a plus, Prior experience with tax software (i.e. Vertex)

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

National Search Updates 11/11/09

Position:
Controller

Location:
CT or GA
Relocation:
relocation assistance for someone who is not a homeowner
Salary:
$110-125K

Job Description:
This role is responsible for leading financial and regulatory reporting for business unit and Latin America businesses. Duties include coordinating and reviewing management reporting
Oversee and guide Latin America finance staff in the development of numerous key financial reports, including management basis earnings, assets under management, sales & cash flow, variance to plan/forecast analysis, commission reporting and other ongoing ad-hoc requests
Key contributor to the development of business and financial plan and Latin America consolidated financial results
Responsible for coordination of timely and accurate delivery of management information and analysis
Establish and maintain effective internal and external working relationships with other reporting units
Create and maintain an environment that can rapidly respond to on-going and ah-hoc requests for information
Maintain proper controls, documentation and reconciliations to the financial accounting systems
Monitor effectiveness of existing databases, tools and processes to ensure best use of resources with maximum speed and efficiency
Develop management presentation materials
Develop and maintain knowledge of business practices and products
Respond to and coordinate internal and external audit inquiries
Required:
¡ 5-10 years of accounting or finance experience, with heavy emphasis on internal and external reporting and internal controls; audit experience is a plus
¡ Bachelors degree in accounting, finance or business
¡ Professional designation such as CPA, preferred
¡ Management experience required
¡ Excellent analytical skills with strong attention to detail
¡ Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
¡ Knowledge of General Ledger systems and Hyperion planning products strongly desired
¡ Proven ability to effectively motivate and manage employees in a fast-paced, constantly changing business environment
¡ Proven ability to interact effectively at all levels of the organization
¡ Excellent verbal and written skills
¡ Bilingual in English and Spanish
¡ Willingness to travel domestically and internationally, as required




Director of External Reporting

Florida
Relocation:
Full relocation package to include: All Moving expenses (truck, packing, etc), Closing cost on the sale of a home, temporary housing On top of the relocation they will pay a $10,000 relo bonus
$150,000 - $170,000 (Max), 20% with equity - 4 yrs vested


Our client is looking for someone to handle the company’s financial reporting to the SEC (including preparation of 10-Ks, 10-Qs, 8-Ks and the annual proxy statement), GAAP research, and Sarbanes-Oxley 404 documentation. The company has a significant international presence, so experience with FAS 52 is a most.

Position will report to the Vice President of Accounting & Reporting and will manage a staff of 2 (Manager and Analyst). Individual will work closely with other members of the Accounting and Finance team, the Chief Financial Officer and external and internal auditors.

SEC Reporting
External financial reporting
FAS 52 – This is a must
Foreign currency and hedge accounting
CPA with Public Accounting experience, preferably Big 4
Prior international experience







Position:
VP Controller

Location:
Northeast
Relocation:
Yes
Salary:
$185K plus bonus and equity

Job Description:
The Controller will report to the Chief Financial Officer and have overall responsibility for the Company’s financial operations except for planning and budgeting. Direct reports will include Directors of Corporate Reporting, Compliance, Treasury Operations and four of its five division controllers. Total staff is more than fifty employees.
The initial focus of the Controller will be to help prepare for an Initial Public Offering. The executive will need to ensure that all aspects of the Company’s financial operations are in full compliance with appropriate government and securities industry practices and regulations. He/she will also need to ensure that all current and historical financial information is accurate, well documented and complete.
On an ongoing basis, the Controller will serve as the internal financial expert to the corporate and division executive teams and be a key liaison with other constituents including the Company’s auditors, banks,

Required:
Highly qualified individual with a personality that will fit well within a fast growing, entrepreneurial organization. The Company seeks an individual who has had previous senior financial leadership experience in a public-company environment.
The ideal candidate will have a proven track record and possess 12+ years of relevant financial management expertise in a rapidly growing, technology based, high volume transaction businesses. At a minimum, the candidate will need to be a Certified Public Accountant with several years of big Four Accounting Firm experience.
Qualifications include:
¡ Experience as a financial officer in a public company environment.
¡ Experience in dealing with the issues of a public company including SEC regulatory issues, Sarbanes Oxley compliance requirements, and adherence to FASB. pronouncements and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
¡ A proven ability to increase transparency into the financial performance of the business, and the ability to succinctly articulate business issues to the finance and non-finance audiences alike.
¡ Personality and experience that fit well in a highly entrepreneurial, fast-growth, ownership-driven environment.
¡ Visibly embrace a Continuous Improvement philosophy.
¡ Possess personal and professional integrity beyond reproach. A natural leader, he or she will expect as much from him- or herself as from other members of the staff, and will promote efficiencies and business process improvements as a core discipline.
¡ Exemplary personal and/or academic accomplishment should showcase our successful candidate’s natural affinity to consistently raise the bar, but should be balanced by a healthy hubris-free ego.






Position:
Estate & Gift Tax Sr. Manager
Company:
Leading CPA Firm
Location:
Texas
Relocation:
Yes
Salary:
$150-200k ++

Job Description:
¡ Review estate fiduciary income tax returns along with the decedent’s final individual income tax return.
¡ Review trust fiduciary income tax returns and individual income tax returns assigned.
¡ Analyze estate planning documents including wills, codicils and trust instruments to determine the proper treatment of assets and liabilities for tax purposes.
¡ Review accounting transactions, disbursements and receipts to principal and income accounts to ensure proper treatment for judicial accountings.
¡ Develop post mortem tax-saving strategies for the estate accounts.
¡ Review and research any tax situation that could affect the management of their accounts.
¡ Engage in special projects related to client matters involving tax accounting and consulting.
¡ Assist clients with other accounting related matters.
¡ Keep abreast of tax changes and issues that could affect our clients.

Required:
¡ Bachelors degree in accounting required, Masters preferred
¡ CPA required
¡ 8+ years public accounting experience required
¡ Estate & Gift Tax experience a must!
¡ Excellent communication skills
¡ High energy and self sufficient
¡ Ability to work in a team environment
¡ Ability to deliver excellent client service






Position:
Senior Manager, Product Finance

Location:
Wisconsin
Relocation:
Yes
Salary:
110K base + 22% target bonus


Job Description:
Financial Consultant to Product area, the primary customer for the Product Finance Teams. Provide financial expertise needed by and direct certain assigned aspects of the financial management process for the Product area. Direct development and maintenance of appropriate financial analysis and reporting so that strategies and plans can be evaluated and then tracked for success. Provide the financial support needed to help business leaders make quality decisions and achieve business objectives.
Required:
1. Bachelor's Degree in accounting, finance, or related field. Masters in Business Administration or other education in business fields beneficial as indicator of strong skills in business management. Professional designations such as CPA, FSA/FCAS, CMA, CLU, ChFC, CCUE, indicating professional competency in financial and insurance related areas. 2. 5-7 years work experience in financial management with managerial responsibility for functional activities in the financial services industry. Experience working with sales and revenue models, company financials, product pricing and profitability models, and performance measures. 3. 10 years experience in business modeling and analysis to include proficiency in related tools (e.g. Excel, Access), and in-depth knowledge of financial services industry, systems, and operations