<p>Robert Half is seeking a hands-on CFO to lead financial strategy, infrastructure, and daily finance operations for a fast-growing, multi-entity lumber company in the Opelousas, Louisiana area company. This role will partner closely with the CEO and ownership team while remaining actively involved in accounting, cash flow, inventory, margin analysis, banking, and operational performance. This is a direct hire, permanent position offering a competitive compensation, bonus potential, full benefits package, and hybrid/flexible scheduling. </p><p><br></p><p>The ideal candidate will have experience in manufacturing, distribution, building materials, forestry products, or other inventory-intensive, multi-location businesses. This person must be able to operate strategically and tactically, helping scale the business through strong financial leadership, process improvement, and operational insight.</p><p><br></p><p>Key Responsibilities:</p><ul><li>Advise leadership on financial strategy, growth planning, capital structure, and performance.</li><li>Lead budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, and KPI reporting across multiple entities and locations.</li><li>Oversee accounting operations, including close, reconciliations, AP/AR, payroll, fixed assets, consolidations, and financial reporting.</li><li>Manage cash flow, liquidity forecasting, banking relationships, lender compliance, debt, and working capital.</li><li>Provide oversight of inventory valuation, costing, margin analysis, and operational finance.</li><li>Standardize controls, reporting, and accounting policies across business units.</li><li>Support acquisitions, integrations, systems improvement, and scalable financial infrastructure.</li><li>Ensure compliance with GAAP, audit readiness, tax requirements, and risk management.</li><li>Lead and develop the finance and accounting team.</li></ul>
We are looking for an accomplished Assistant Controller to help lead accounting and financial reporting activities for an oil and gas operation in Louisiana. This position is suited for a hands-on finance specialist who can balance technical accounting expertise with strong operational judgment and team leadership. The ideal candidate will strengthen reporting accuracy, support business planning, and deliver clear financial insight to guide company decisions.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Direct day-to-day accounting activities across the general ledger, payables, receivables, payroll, and period-end close processes.<br>• Produce and evaluate monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports to ensure accuracy, completeness, and timeliness.<br>• Maintain adherence to accounting standards, regulatory obligations, and internal control expectations through consistent review and oversight.<br>• Partner with leadership on budgeting, forecasting, and financial performance analysis, including explanation of key variances.<br>• Coordinate annual audits and serve as a primary contact for external auditors, consultants, and other financial advisors.<br>• Establish, refine, and enforce accounting policies, procedures, and control frameworks that support efficient operations.<br>• Deliver financial analysis and recommendations that help management assess performance and make informed strategic decisions.<br>• Guide, coach, and oversee accounting personnel while promoting accountability and career development.<br>• Support accounting system enhancements or upgrades when needed, including process improvement and implementation planning.
We are looking for an Accounts Receivable Specialist to join our team in Carencro, Louisiana. In this role, you will manage invoicing, payment application, account follow-up, and reconciliation activities that support healthy cash flow and accurate customer accounts. You will partner with operations, project teams, finance, and customers to address billing questions, resolve outstanding items, and keep receivables current.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Create customer invoices using contract terms, project records, purchase orders, time entries, pricing details, and other required backup.<br>• Examine billing support carefully to confirm completeness and accuracy before submitting invoices to customers.<br>• Coordinate with project and operations teams to gather missing approvals, tickets, timesheets, purchase orders, and other documents needed for billing.<br>• Track aged receivables and carry out collection follow-up in line with established company practices.<br>• Communicate with customers regarding invoice progress, expected payment dates, overdue balances, supporting documents, and billing concerns.<br>• Record collection efforts, customer responses, disputed items, and next steps, and elevate higher-risk aging issues to finance leadership when needed.<br>• Investigate and resolve rejected invoices, payment shortages, credits, deductions, unapplied cash, and other account discrepancies with internal stakeholders.<br>• Post customer payments promptly and accurately while researching unidentified receipts, overpayments, and mismatched remittances.<br>• Prepare receivables reports, account reconciliations, aging summaries, and billing schedules, and assist with month-end, year-end, and audit support requests.
<p>We are looking for an Accounts Receivable Clerk to join an oil and gas organization in Broussard, Louisiana on a contract to permanent basis. This role is well suited for someone who can manage customer invoicing, apply incoming payments accurately, and follow through on commercial collections effectively. The position will support day-to-day receivables activity while helping maintain timely account reconciliation and strong billing accuracy.</p><p><br></p><p>Responsibilities:</p><p>• Prepare and issue customer invoices while reviewing billing details for completeness and accuracy.</p><p>• Post incoming payments, reconcile remittance information, and ensure cash is applied to the correct customer accounts.</p><p>• Monitor outstanding balances and conduct commercial collections in a timely, detail-oriented manner.</p><p>• Investigate account discrepancies and work with internal teams and customers to resolve billing and payment issues.</p><p>• Maintain receivables records within relevant platforms, including systems such as Coupa, Ariba, and OpenInvoice, as needed.</p><p>• Track aging reports and provide updates on overdue accounts, payment trends, and collection status.</p><p>• Support account reconciliation activities to keep customer ledgers current and accurate.</p><p>• Assist with coverage needs and process continuity related to accounts receivable workload changes.</p><p>• Use Microsoft Excel to organize financial data, prepare reports, and support routine analysis.</p>