Audits Services is responsible for evaluating and testing Williams’ internal controls, which consists of all the people, processes and policies Williams uses to obtain its business objectives. Services provided include facilitating objective setting and risk assessment, evaluating control design, testing controls, evaluating action plans, assessing control systems, communicating results, and monitoring.
Strategic Services Administration (SS&A) is comprised of the administrative and support functions that have been identified as common across all business units. The functions within SS&A include Information Technology, Human Resources, Aviation, General Services, Purchasing, Community Relations, Business Process Outsourcing, Enterprise Process Improvement and Business Risk Services.
Legal and Regulatory Affairs provides advice and counsel to Williams and its board of directors regarding government affairs and legislation, acquisitions, divestitures and development projects, capital markets offerings and other financings, corporate governance, commercial transactions, regulatory compliance, and litigation and other disputes. The General Counsel is also the Chief Compliance Officer of Williams and this office’s duties include oversight of the Business Ethics and Regulatory Compliance functions. Legal and Regulatory Affairs also includes Enterprise Security, Records Information Management and Environmental Health and Safety.
Finance & Accounting provides leadership, process design and execution in the following areas – enterprise strategy development, planning, accounting, financial reporting, treasury, energy commodity risk management, tax, investor relations, corporate communications, insurance and related insurable risk management, real estate and certain facilities management.
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