At Williams, we’re powering a cleaner, more connected future, and that starts with you. Here, your work fuels communities, drives innovation, and helps deliver reliable energy the world depends on. Join a Fortune 500 team that invests in your growth, values your contributions, and challenges you to make a lasting impact every day.
As an Accounting Analyst III based in Houston, Texas, you will provide accounting expertise by compiling, analyzing, and interpreting financial information that supports business and leadership decision-making. This role ensures compliance with accounting standards and regulatory requirements while serving as a resource to internal and external customers. You will also identify opportunities to improve processes through technology, automation, and continuous improvement initiatives that enhance efficiency, accuracy, and cost effectiveness.
Responsibilities/Expectations:
Performs assigned month-end activities including journal entries, account reconciliations, management reporting, SEC reporting, and variance analysis
Prepares, maintains, and develops schedules, reports, and analyses for internal and external customers
Provides requested documentation and clear explanations to support audit activities
Participates in small projects with minimal supervision and serves as a resource for less experienced colleagues
Processes and analyzes significant volumes of financial and operational data, transactions, and issues
Other duties as assigned
Education/Years of Experience:
Required: Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related major with a strong accounting focus and a minimum of four (4) years of accounting experience in the energy industry
Preferred: CPA
Other Requirements:
Analyze monthly activity and volume fluctuations and explain variances
Understand and comply with SOX controls and related requirements
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and financial acumen
Demonstrate strong organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills while fostering effective collaboration across teams and departments with a commitment to safety
Ability to work overtime during critical month-end and quarter-end closing and reporting periods
Proficient in Microsoft Office applications
Preferred: Knowledge of U.S. GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles)
Preferred: Experience in revenue accounting
Why Houston?
Big career opportunities in one of the world’s energy capitals, endless food spots and a diverse vibe—all without paying NYC or LA prices. Work hard, live better. Check out Houston.org to learn more.
We invest in our people in ways that actually show up in your day-to-day, not just on paper. Our Total Rewards are built to support how you work, live, and plan for what’s next.
Here’s a look at what that means:
- Strong pay plus an annual incentive program
- Hybrid work for most office roles, plus real flexibility in many field positions
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage with options that fit your life, not the other way around
- 401(k) with company match and an annual company contribution
- Paid time off, including company and floating holidays
- Paid parental leave (up to six weeks per parent), plus fertility and adoption support
- Advanced AI tools and resources to help level up and work smarter
- Clear paths to grow your career, with a strong culture of promoting from within
- Tuition reimbursement and support for continuing education
- HSA and FSA options
- Company-paid life insurance and disability coverage
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Domestic partner benefits
- Employee resource groups, wellness support, paid volunteer time, and company matching for causes you care about
Eligibility and benefits are governed by the terms of the applicable plan or program document which can be amended or terminated at any time.
For more information, please visit Total Rewards | Williams Companies.
Williams is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information or any other basis protected under applicable discrimination law.
Education Requirements:Skill Requirements:
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related major with a strong accounting focus
- Minimum of four years of accounting experience in the energy industry
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications
- CPA certification
- Knowledge of U.S. GAAP
- Experience in revenue accounting
What We Do
Williams has been around for more than a century, but our work has never been more important. Our employees impact people’s lives every day, fueling the clean energy economy with large-scale energy infrastructure that connects natural gas supplies to markets with growing demand for cleaner fuel. We handle 30% of the natural gas in the United States that is used every day to heat our homes, cook our food and generate our electricity. Williams works closely with customers to provide the necessary infrastructure to serve growing markets and safely deliver natural gas products to reliably fuel the clean energy economy. With interstate natural gas pipelines and gathering & processing operations throughout the country, we reliably deliver value to our employees, investors, customers and communities by running our business with authenticity and a safety-driven culture, leading our industry into the future. Our employees are our most valued resource and the driving force behind our reputation as a safe, reliable company that does the right thing, every time. At Williams, we make clean energy happen. And you can too, so bring your energy to ours.
