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Quest (www.questenergygroup.com) is Houston's Leading Executive Search Firm supporting offshore oil and gas.
We are currently recruiting for a Controller for a Top Tier client of ours in offshore oil and gas.
The Controller oversees all accounting functions and ensures the company’s financial integrity by managing payroll, accounts payable, fixed assets, and general ledger activities. This role also involves financial analysis, budgeting, policy implementation, and compliance with quality and safety standards. The Controller will oversee and provide guidance and support to a team of 3-4 professionals in this department.
• Payroll and Accounts Payable Management: The Controller manages bi-weekly payroll processing, reviews payroll registers and reports for accuracy, oversees accounts payable including invoice review and vendor payments, ensuring proper general ledger coding and timely payments within cash balances.
• Financial Analysis and Budgeting: Responsibilities include comparing actual financial results to budgets, communicating variances and trends to management, assisting with annual budget development, and transferring budget data into financial statements.
• Asset Management and Compliance: The Controller ensures proper coding of capital project invoices, conducts annual fixed asset audits, administers capital expenditure requests, trains staff on accounting policies, reviews processes for efficiency, oversees document recordkeeping, ensures transaction approvals, and supports continual improvement programs aligned with ISO and safety standards.
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