25-082.P - Sr. Revenue Accountant

Job Objective:
Records highly complicated oil and gas sales; performs sales variance analysis; and reconciles account receivables and general ledger balances; and prepares various regulatory reports in a timely and accurate manner; as well as any ad hoc assignments.

Essential Job Responsibilities:

• Records oil and gas sales, for the company, for highly complicated assigned fields.
• Understands gas plant/midstream statements and marketing contracts, including fees and adjustments and their proper accounting.
• Maintains master data setup and trouble shoots error messages in ERP system.
• Prepares federal and state royalty and tax reports and makes related general ledger (G/L) entries to record/clear payments.
• Reviews cash application by property and purchaser on a monthly basis.
• Prepares accounts receivable reconciliation report and resolves outstanding balances for assigned properties on a monthly basis.
• Prepares general ledger (G/L) account reconciliation report and reconciles and clears balances for assigned accounts on a monthly basis.
• Prepares gas balancing statements and pipeline reconciliation reports.
• Advise DO on changes to gas balancing owner/marketer/transporter changes.
• Prepares invoices for royalties and taxes paid for partners on a monthly basis.
• Prepares sales variance analysis and explains major sales fluctuations for assigned properties on a monthly basis.
• Performs special projects that require knowledge of oil and gas revenue accounting.
• Maintains technical knowledge by attending educational workshops and reviewing professional publications, establishing personal networks, and participating in professional associations.
• May supervise other staff members as assigned.
• Work closely with all members of gas marketing, revenue, land, division order, production accounting and IT to accomplish responsibilities.

Other Job Responsibilities:

• Adheres to the company’s values – integrity, ownership, urgency, alignment, and innovation.
• Supports company vision and mission.
• Adheres to established work schedule, attendance standards and is punctual to work and meetings.
• Ability to remain professional, positive, determined, and focused when facing challenging situations.
• Maintains employee confidence and protects company assets, including intellectual property, by keeping information confidential.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
• Other duties as assigned by management.

Qualifications:

• Seven (7) years minimum experience in oil and gas revenue accounting or plant accounting.
• Ability to solve problems accurately and exhibit exceptional proficiency in data management, including spreadsheet proficiency.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees, supervisors, other departments, officials, and the public.
• Ability to complete multiple, diverse tasks of differing priorities.
• Outstanding administrative and organizational skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with specific ability to translate complex operational information into an organized and presentable manner.
• Proficiency in the use and application of the following software:
  • Required: Microsoft Office (Excel, Word and Outlook).
  • Preferred: Working knowledge of oil and gas accounting systems.
  • SAP-PRA experience preferred.
  • Alteryx and/or SQL experience preferred.
• Excellent data analysis skills and ability to work with large volumes of data regardless of the software platform.
• Excellent business analyst and facilitation skills to ensure success of interdepartmental responsibilities and challenges.
• Excellent systems implementation skills or technical oil and gas accounting skills.
• Understanding of the treatment of working interest owners from a gas contract allocation and balancing perspective and ability to relate this to the overall interdepartmental process.

Education Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited four-year university or college with a degree in accounting, or equivalent experience.