Staff Accountant , TX | Robert Half

Staff Accountant

We are looking for a detail-oriented Staff Accountant to join a growing oil and gas distribution organization in Spring, Texas. This position plays an important role in keeping daily accounting activities accurate, organized, and on schedule across payables, receivables, reconciliations, and general ledger work. The ideal candidate is comfortable managing routine financial transactions, maintaining clear documentation, and collaborating with internal teams to support a timely close process.

Responsibilities:

• Process vendor invoices, employee reimbursements, freight bills, and other payment requests by verifying approvals, assigning correct account codes, and entering transactions accurately.

• Complete regular reconciliations for bank accounts, balance sheet activity, credit cards, vendor records, customer balances, and designated ledger accounts while resolving outstanding differences promptly.

• Record incoming customer payments, apply receipts against open balances, investigate deduction or short-pay issues, and work with cross-functional teams to clear account discrepancies.

• Prepare standard journal entries, accruals, reclassification entries, and account analyses to support monthly and quarterly close activities.

• Assist with inventory accounting tasks, cost alignment, purchase order review, and comparison of operational transactions to financial records as needed.

• Support period-end close by building schedules, organizing backup documentation, reviewing assigned accounts, and contributing to reporting and variance analysis.

• Maintain complete and audit-ready records for transactions, approvals, reconciliations, and supporting documentation in line with company policies and internal controls.

• Communicate with vendors, customers, operations teams, and leadership to resolve questions related to invoices, payments, account balances, or documentation.