Sr. Analyst Projects, Corporate Accounting

- Houston, TX, US

- Posted On: 08/27/2025

- Employment Type: Full Time

- Job Class:

At Freeport LNG Development, L.P., we value the strengths of our employees who each bring their unique skills and experience to our team. As part of the Freeport LNG team, you will be working side by side with top performers in the LNG industry. We believe that when employees are fairly compensated, work in a safe environment and their families are provided with excellent benefits, they have peace of mind.

FLSA Status: Exempt Location: HQ

Job Summary

The Company is seeking a hands-on Senior Analyst of Corporate Accounting, with a focus on project accounting. This role’s primary focus will be adding as much value as possible to the accounting department through the overview and accounting of capital projects and the AFE (Authorization for Expenditure) process. This will entail assessing project costs, tracking status, performing monthly accounting tasks, and collaborating with various departments. Reporting to the Manager of Corporate Accounting, the successful candidate must be versatile and proactive with a solid work ethic.

This position is based at the HQ office (Downtown) and minimal travel is required. This position requires the incumbent to hold a valid, unexpired driver license at all times in order to perform the essential functions of the job.

Duties/Responsibilities

- Manage the full lifecycle accounting for capital projects, from project initiation through completion and capitalization

- Prepare monthly and quarterly project cost journal entries. Monitor and review project costs, validating accuracy of charges and ensuring appropriate accruals

- Review AFEs (Authorizations for Expenditure) to understand project scope, executed agreements, approved budget, the timing of cost expenditure to ensure proper accounting treatment and impacts to expected cashflows

- Interface with Project Business Partners to obtain status and cost updates to prepare monthly reporting to Accounting Management

- Assist project teams in setting up and maintaining WBS (Work Breakdown Structure) codes, ensuring accurate cost tracking and reporting

- Assisting with fixed assets creation and assisting with putting completed projects into service for fixed assets creation

- Perform monthly and quarterly balance sheet reconciliations for assigned accounts

- Collaborate with the Company’s CPG (Corporate Project Governance) department for project analysis, cost reports, and any initiatives as needed

- Prepare and maintain desk procedures and process narratives, continuously seeking ways to streamline and enhance accuracy and documentation

- Assist with quarterly review and year-end audits, including preparing PBC schedules and providing information at auditor’s request

- Collaborate with internal departments to research and resolve accounting matters in alignment with GAAP best practices

- Contribute to ad hoc projects, applying analytical skills and a mindset of process optimization to enhance accounting operations

Essential Functions

Minimum Qualification/Work Experience

Minimum Education Required:

- Bachelor’s Degree preferably in Finance or Accounting

Minimum Experience Required:

- 3-5 Years of experience in Corporate Accounting

Preferred Qualifications:

- CPA or progress toward certification preferred

- Experience reviewing AFEs, setting up WBS codes, and tracking project costs preferred

Required Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

- Strong working knowledge of GAAP accounting and general ledger activities. Project accounting concepts a plus

- Experience with SAP and/or Blackline a plus

- Highly organized, detail-oriented, and self-motivated with a demonstrated ability to identify and implement process improvements

- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and adapt to shifting priorities

- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills

- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite

- Knowledge of the energy industry a plus

- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills

- Strong interpersonal and organizational skills

- Personable, Friendly, Approachable, High Energy

HSE Roles and Responsibilities

Support the policies, efforts, and programs of Freeport LNG Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE) Management System. Actively participate in the HSE Management System Policies. Ensure that HSE concerns are given priority in all activities completed within their area of responsibility. Implement routine inspections to ensure safe operating conditions.

Working Conditions and Physical Expectations

Work Environment

- Operates in a professional office environment within or outside of an industrial plant environment.

- Routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers w/scanner and fax, and filing cabinets.

Physical Demands

Physical demands refer to the level and duration of physical exertion generally required to perform critical tasks in support of critical job functions, for example - sitting, standing, walking, lifting, carrying, reaching, pushing, and pulling.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an incumbent to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

This is primarily a sedentary role; however, the incumbent must be able to stand and/or sit continuously to perform all essential job functions.

- Ability to lift or carry up to 20 lbs. as required in order to transfer files, boxes or other office equipment as necessary.

- While performing the duties of this role, the incumbent may be required to possess certain communication skills, i.e. audible speech, hearing, etc. and may be required to express or exchange information by means of spoken word to impart oral information counterparts and to convey detailed spoken instructions to other workers accurately.

- The incumbent is required to stand; walk; use hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools, or controls as necessary to perform essential job functions.

- The incumbent must possess the ability to drive to other Company work locations as required.

- Ability to move throughout all areas of each office/site location and facilities.

Freeport LNG does not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of race, color, religion or creed, national origin, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), age, marital status, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), gender identity/transgender status, sexual orientation, HIV/AIDS status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.