Accounting Analyst III/Sr - Research & Strategy

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Headquarters, AZ
Senior level
Energy
The Role
As an Accounting Analyst Sr, you will prepare and review financial information for management and external reporting, handle complex assignments, and lead projects. Additionally, you will optimize business processes through technology and automation while providing accounting expertise for joint ventures and researching technical accounting solutions.
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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.

Do something that means something at Williams. This isn’t just a job - it’s an opportunity to explore and discover your passion with coworkers who become friends and mentors who push you to be your best self in and out of the office. At Williams, we make clean energy happen. And you can too, so bring your energy to ours.

As an Accounting Analyst Sr, you will play a crucial role in providing expertise and leadership in preparing and reviewing financial information for management decision-making or external reporting. You will use your experience, innovation and judgment to handle a diverse range of sophisticated assignments as you lead and mentor others. Your responsibilities will also include looking for ways to optimize business processes through technology and automation, improving efficiency and reducing costs. An eye for improvement opportunities with the ability to tackle sophisticated problems are keys to success!

Your work will challenge you, and with our Core Values to guide you, you’ll quickly learn and grow with us.

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/external customers with guidance only in complex situations
  • Provides and reviews requested documentation and clear explanations for both internal and external audit processes
  • Leads projects as team or Project Lead with moderate resource requirements and complexity
  • processes and analyses significant amounts of data, including issues and transactions
  • Support upstream, solar, and power generation accounting  
  • Provides accounting expertise for potential joint ventures, acquisitions or other transactions as relates to appropriate accounting standards  
  • Assists in researching solutions on technical accounting and reporting issues regarding the standards or non-routine accounting issues  
  • Assists with the implementation of new and revised accounting standards  
  • Other duties as assigned

Education/Years of Experience:

  • Required: Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance or related major with a strong accounting focus and minimum six (6) years experience in accounting in the energy industry
  • Preferred: accounting and data analytics/automation and/or CPA

Other Requirements:

  • Demonstrates excellent organizational/interpersonal skills and safety as the utmost priority
  • Proficient use of Microsoft Office applications
  • Ability to understand and work with sophisticated processes and accounting systems
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and financial skills
  • Previous experience collaborating with senior leadership and reporting financial analysis
  • Preferred: Familiarity with US GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles)
  • Preferred: Prior experience in upstream industry  
  • Preferred: Prior experience in public accounting 
  • Promotes effective cross-functional communication and collaboration within the team and across departments

About Tulsa:

Our corporate headquarters is located in downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma, the 2nd largest city in Oklahoma and the 47th most populous in the U.S.

 

Tulsa is known as the Mother of "The Mother Road" - Route 66, and boasts impressive art deco architecture, the #1 city park in the U.S. (The Gathering Place) and is a great venue for live music. It's an easy place to get in and out of, with more than 20 non-stop flight destinations offered at Tulsa International Airport. Tulsa is listed on CNN Travel's best destinations to visit in 2022!

 

Tulsa is not only a great place to live, but it's affordable. According to the 2019 Economic Report from Tulsa's Future, the cost of living is 8 percent below the U.S. average. There is no place like T-Town. Check out visittulsa.com to learn more!

Why Choose Williams?

We are committed to providing our employees with competitive compensation and benefits as part of your Total Rewards package to help protect your current and future physical, emotional, and financial health. We generally offer health benefit programs to our employees and their families that are competitive and flexible enough to meet your needs, and retirement benefits to allow you to invest now for financial security when you retire.  With rich learning and development programming and a high internal mobility rate, you are not just applying to a job with Williams; you are embarking on an exciting career!

  • Competitive compensation
  • Annual incentive program
  • Hybrid work model - one work from home day each week for most office-based roles
  • Flexible work schedule for most field-based roles
  • 401(k) with company matching contribution and a fixed annual company contribution
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits
  • Generous company-paid life insurance and disability benefits
  • A consumer-driven health plan option with the potential for a generous company contribution to a Health Savings Account
  • Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Paid time off, including floating and company holidays
  • Wellness Program with annual rewards
  • Employee stock purchase plan
  • Robust employee learning and development
  • High internal mobility (we promote from within)
  • Parental leave (we provide up to 6 weeks for each parent)
  • Fertility coverage and adoption benefits
  • Domestic partner benefits
  • Educational reimbursement
  • Non-profit donation matching contributions and time off to volunteer
  • Employee resource groups
  • Employee assistance programs
  • Technology to make our work more productive and collaborative
  • Regular employee engagement surveys and feedback processes

Williams has a long history of making a significant difference in the communities where we live and work, and we strive to cultivate an environment of employee inclusion, innovation and passion that values all voices and opinions. We help each other succeed and great things happen when people from a diverse set of backgrounds come together. Together, we make clean energy happen.

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 https://www.williams.com/careers/total-rewards/.

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The Company
HQ: Tulsa, OK
5,280 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 1908

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.

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