Production Accounting Manager

Job Description

Our client is a Houston-based energy services and consulting firm supporting companies across the oil & gas industry. Their team provides specialized operational, technical, financial, and managed services to energy clients, with a strong focus on helping organizations improve efficiency, accuracy, and scalability.

They are seeking an experienced Production Accounting Manager to lead their volumetric accounting function. This individual will oversee production accounting and reporting activities, ensure accurate and timely allocation and reconciliation of production volumes, support client relationships, and provide leadership to the production accounting team.

Benefits:

• Competitive compensation
• Comprehensive benefits package
• Opportunities for professional growth and advancement
• Collaborative, client-focused work environment
• Opportunity to work with a variety of upstream and midstream energy clients
• Leadership role with significant ownership and visibility

Responsibilities:

• Lead and oversee daily and monthly production/volumetric accounting activities
• Manage production allocations, volume reconciliation, and variance analysis
• Review production data from field systems, meters, SCADA, run tickets, gathering statements, and other sources
• Ensure accurate and timely production reporting and month-end close activities
• Oversee well, meter, tank, and other production master data
• Investigate discrepancies and identify the root cause of production volume variances
• Review and approve production accounting work and ensure data accuracy
• Support regulatory and production reporting requirements, including OGOR reporting where applicable
• Partner with Revenue, Marketing, Operations, Engineering, and other internal teams to resolve production and volume-related issues
• Serve as a subject matter expert and escalation point for complex production accounting issues
• Develop, mentor, and support production accounting team members
• Manage client relationships and serve as a key point of contact for production accounting matters
• Identify opportunities to improve processes, reporting, controls, and system functionality
• Support production accounting system implementations, enhancements, and troubleshooting as needed
• Assist with audits, reporting requests, and other production accounting initiatives

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, Energy, or a related field preferred
• 8+ years of experience in oil & gas production accounting, production reporting, volumetric accounting, or a closely related function
• Strong understanding of daily and monthly production allocations
• Experience with production volume reconciliation and variance analysis
• Experience with production reporting and field production data
• Strong understanding of upstream oil & gas operations
• Experience with production accounting systems such as Merrick, ProdView, Quorum, Enertia, or W Energy preferred
• Experience with well, meter, and tank data/master setup preferred
• Experience with regulatory reporting and OGORs preferred
• Familiarity with SCADA, run tickets, gas analysis, meter calibration, and well testing is a plus
• Strong Excel skills
• Previous leadership, team management, mentoring, or production accounting oversight experience
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills
• Ability to work directly with clients and serve as a trusted subject matter expert
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, client-focused environment