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Accountant - Joint Ventures

Kelly Services

Houston, TXContract / Temporaryup to $63/hrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today

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Compensation
up to $63/hr
Location
Houston, TX
Schedule
Contract / Temporary
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bachelor's degree

Job overview

Kelly Services is recruiting a Lead Accountant, Joint Venture Accounting for a six-month contract with an energy client in Houston’s Energy Corridor. The role leads joint venture accounting operations, including financial reporting, cash management, regulatory filings, and compliance. It also involves collaboration with internal departments, external partners, and auditors, plus providing recommendations to senior leadership and guidance to analysts.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Joint Venture AccountingEnergy AccountingOrganizational SkillsPlanningAnalytical Problem-SolvingCommunicationRelationship Management

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Accounting6+ Years Accounting ExperienceCPA License

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off

Full job description

For those who want to keep growing, learning, and evolving. We at Kelly® hear you, and we're here for you! We're seeking a Lead Accountant, Joint Venture Accounting to work at a top energy client in Houston, Texas (Energy Corridor). Sound good? Take a closer look below. You owe it to yourself to consider this great new opportunity.

Salary: Up to $63.00 per hour

Contract Duration: 6-Month Contract

Why you should apply to be a Lead Accountant, Joint Venture Accounting:

  • Competitive compensation of up to $63.00 per hour.

  • Gain valuable experience with an industry-leading energy client located in the heart of Houston’s Energy Corridor.

  • High-visibility role offering exposure to senior leadership, cross-functional internal departments, and external business partners.

  • Dynamic 6-month contract opportunity to lead impactful accounting operations, optimize joint venture financial performance, and expand your professional network.

What's a typical day as a Lead Accountant, Joint Venture Accounting? You'll be:

  • Preparing and reviewing monthly financial statements, support schedules, and journal entries, including joint venture billings.

  • Coordinating cash management procedures, including partner cash calls and cash distributions.

  • Preparing and reviewing account reconciliations, monthly actual variance analyses, and annual budgets for internal management and joint ventures.

  • Preparing and reviewing quarterly and annual FERC Form 2 and Form 3 regulatory reports.

  • Interacting closely with internal groups (Treasury, Business Development, Reporting, Tax, and Legal) as well as external joint venture partners and auditors.

  • Ensuring compliance with SOX controls, reporting requirements, and the financial terms of joint venture agreements.

  • Researching ad hoc inquiries, generating actionable recommendations for senior leadership, and providing guidance to team analysts.

This job might be an outstanding fit if you:

  • Possess a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting (required).

  • Have 6+ years or equivalent of related accounting experience (energy industry or joint venture experience is a strong plus).

  • Hold a CPA license (preferred, but not required).

  • Demonstrate exceptional organizational, planning, and analytical problem-solving skills.

  • Have proven experience communicating effectively with all levels of an organization and managing relationships with external partners and auditors.

What happens next:

Once you apply, you'll proceed to next steps if your skills and experience look like a good fit. But don't worry—even if this position doesn't work out, you're still in our network. That means all of our recruiters will have access to your profile, expanding your opportunities even more.

Helping you discover what's next in your career is what we're all about, so let's get to work. Apply to be a Lead Accountant, Joint Venture Accounting today

As part of our promise to talent, Kelly supports those who work with us through a variety of benefits, perks, and work-related resources. Please note: The following benefits reflect Kelly's general offerings. Eligibility may vary by assignment, location, and job type. Kelly offers eligible employees voluntary benefit plans including medical, dental, vision, telemedicine, term life, whole life, accident insurance, critical illness, a legal plan, and short-term disability. As a Kelly employee, you will have access to a retirement savings plan, service bonus and holiday pay plans (earn up to eight paid holidays per benefit year), and a transit spending account. In addition, employees are entitled to earn paid sick leave under the applicable state or local plan. Click here (https://www.mykelly.com/help-support-working-with-kelly-us/#Benefits) for more information on benefits and perks that may be available to you as a member of the Kelly Talent Community.

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About Kelly

Work changes everything. And at Kelly, we’re obsessed with where it can take you. To us, it’s about more than simply accepting your next job opportunity. It’s the fuel that powers every next step of your life. It’s the ripple effect that changes and improves everything for your family, your community, and the world. Which is why, here at Kelly, we are dedicated to providing you with limitless opportunities to enrich your life—just ask the 300,000 people we employ each year.

Kelly is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants regardless of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, or any other legally protected status, and we take affirmative action to recruit, employ, and advance qualified individuals with disabilities and protected veterans in the workforce. Requests for accommodation related to our application process can be directed to the Kelly Human Resource Knowledge Center. Kelly complies with the requirements of California’s state and local Fair Chance laws. A conviction does not automatically bar individuals from employment. Kelly participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.

Kelly may use AI-powered tools during the recruitment and hiring process. For full details, including how Kelly uses AI, your rights, and how to request a reasonable accommodation, visit the Recruitment Artificial Intelligence Notice (https://www.kellyservices.com/hubfs/myKelly/Resources/Employment\_Policies/Recruitment-Artificial-Intelligence-Notice.pdf?hsLang=en) .

Kelly Services is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We welcome, value, and embrace diversity at all levels and are committed to building a team that is inclusive of a variety of backgrounds, communities, perspectives, and abilities. At Kelly, we believe that the more inclusive we are, the better services we can provide. Requests for accommodation related to our application process can be directed to Kelly’s Human Resource Knowledge Center. Kelly complies with the requirements of California’s state and local Fair Chance laws. A conviction does not automatically bar individuals from employment.

How this job compares

Set against the 3,444 open Accountant jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingup to $63/hr
  • Texas median$65–91K/yr53 salary ranges
  • US median$45–50/hr884 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 236 open Accountant jobs in Texas and 3,444 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Experience
This posting asks for at least 6 years of experience — more than three in four Accountant postings that state a minimum ask for (median 3 years, across 2,268 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 1,851 of the 3,444 open Accountant jobs (54%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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