Director - Rates & Regulatory

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!

The Director of Rates & Regulatory is responsible for leading a team of professionals while collaborating with our business partners to develop rates and tariffs strategies for the interstate pipeline system. This role will design and coordinate solutions to meet customer needs that align with our business objectives. Strategic ability and good judgment are keys to success in this role!

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

Responsibilities/Expectations:

Collaborates with others to identify strategy and approach for rate cases and tariff filings

Develops and maintains all policies, processes and standards and ensures compliance with regulatory requirements

Oversees the modeling and analysis of rate base, cost of services, rate design and other items for rate cases and rate timing studies

Develops assumptions for volume and revenue budgeting and forecasting based on market analysis, contractual provisions and regulatory considerations

Integrates regulatory strategy with business, capital and financial planning

Provides research and education on regulatory issues

Coordinates workforce planning and career development activities for direct employees

Develops/handles budgets, plan and forecasts; conducts regular cost analysis

Mentors others and holds team accountable for performing all work in accordance with requirements, standards, policies, procedures and processes

Leads responses to FERC and other regulatory agency data requests and compliance requirements

Other duties as assigned

Education/Years of Experience:

Required: Bachelor's degree; a minimum five (5) years’ supervisory or management experience and minimum ten (10) years’ relevant accounting experience

Preferred: Certified Public Accountant (CPA)

Other Requirements/Responsibilities:

Demonstrates excellent organizational/interpersonal skills and safety as the utmost priority

Proficiency in Microsoft Office Applications and PC skills

Extensive knowledge of FERC regulations and accounting requirements/processes

Champions certificate and modernization activities for all FERC‑regulated interstate pipelines and storage facilities across Transmission, Power, and Gulf

Executes end‑to‑end FERC certificate filings, including major expansions, abandonments, prior notices, blanket certificates, 2.55(b) reports, and related regulatory submissions

Drives certificate and compliance strategies that align regulatory outcomes with business objectives

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About Houston (Williams Tower Location):

Our Houston office is located in the Williams Tower, just steps from the Houston Galleria on Post Oak Boulevard, an area with more than 700 retailers, fine dining and hotels within two square miles. We offer free onsite-parking!

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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

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 Total Rewards | Williams Companies.

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