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Senior Accountant

CFS
  • Houston, TX
    1 day ago
    CFS

    Job Description

    Why Consider This Senior Accountant Role?





    • Join a growing, multi-location restaurant and hospitality organization focused on strengthening its accounting operations and financial processes.

    • Take ownership of lease accounting across 40+ locations, along with balance sheet reconciliations and month-end close activities.

    • Partner directly with the CFO and accounting leadership, with the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on accounting accuracy and reporting.

    • Ideal for a hands-on accounting professional with restaurant, hospitality, or multi-unit experience who enjoys account cleanup, reconciliations, and process improvement.




    Key Responsibilities of the Senior Accountant:





    • Manage lease accounting for 50+ restaurant and hospitality locations, including maintaining lease schedules, preparing monthly journal entries, and ensuring accurate financial reporting.

    • Prepare and maintain balance sheet and lease-related reconciliations, investigate discrepancies, and resolve outstanding items.

    • Support month-end and year-end close, including journal entries, general ledger reviews, and account analysis.

    • Review financial activity across multiple locations, investigate inconsistencies, and ensure transactions are accurately recorded and reconciled.

    • Assist with multi-location and franchise accounting, including intercompany activity, allocations, and location-level reconciliations, as applicable.

    • Review historical accounting records, identify errors or gaps, and implement improvements to strengthen financial accuracy and internal processes.

    • Partner with the CFO and accounting leadership to resolve complex accounting issues, improve workflows, and support ongoing accounting initiatives.




    Qualifications of the Senior Accountant:



    • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance required.

    • 5+ years of progressive accounting experience, ideally at the Senior Accountant or Accounting Consultant level.

    • Restaurant, hospitality, food and beverage, or other multi-location industry experience strongly preferred.

    • Strong knowledge of balance sheet reconciliations, general ledger accounting, journal entries, and month-end close.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationHouston, TX
    IndustryFinancial Services
    Company Size500 to 999 employees
    Year Founded1994
    Websitehttp://www.cfstaffing.com/

    About Company

    Founded by CPA firms in 1994, Creative Financial Staffing has spent over 30 years helping job seekers and employers succeed. In fall 2025, we rebranded as CFS—a name that reflects our full range of expertise while staying true to the trusted company you know.

    CFS is the industry’s leading employee-owned staffing firm, connecting top talent in accounting, finance, technology, and human resources. We provide skilled professionals on both a temporary and permanent basis across diverse industries, leveraging our extensive network to match the right people with the right opportunities.

    Our dedication to excellence extends to our award-winning culture, recognized repeatedly for growth, recruiting, workplace environment, and employee support. Honors include Forbes’ “America’s Best Recruiting and Temporary Staffing Firms,” Staffing Industry Analysts’ top U.S. staffing rankings, FlexJobs’ Top 100 Companies for Remote and Hybrid Work, Top Workplaces USA, Newsweek’s Best Practices awards, and more.

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    Skills

    • Accountingunmatched
    • Accounting Closeunmatched
    • Analysis Skillsunmatched
    • Balance Sheetunmatched
    • Consultingunmatched
    • Financeunmatched
    • Financial Reportingunmatched
    • Food and Beverage Industryunmatched
    • General Ledger Accountingunmatched
    • Journal Entriesunmatched
    • Leadershipunmatched
    • Operations Processesunmatched
    • Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
    • Process Improvementunmatched
    • Reconciliationunmatched
    • Record Keepingunmatched
    • Restaurantunmatched

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