Sr. Property Accountant

Essential Job Responsibilities:

• Prepares schedules, books entries for, reviews, and analyzes the following aspects of Property Accounting:
• Capital projects – including all PPE accounts
• Asset retirement obligations of oil and gas properties
• Depreciation and depletion of oil and gas properties
• Depreciation of fixed assets
• Impairment of oil and gas properties
• Reserves reporting
• Inventory (materials and storage)
• Acquisitions and divestitures
• Performs monthly and quarterly close tasks associated with the items listed above.
• Responsible for timely preparation and distribution of monthly internal financial deliverables, quarterly external financial deliverables, and the analysis/review of these deliverables for accuracy and reasonableness.
• Ability to translate and appropriately account for complex/technical accounting transactions regarding acquisitions and divestitures and beyond.
• Prepares special reports and completes special projects by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information for various groups throughout the company including executives, technical employees, and accountants.
• Works with field personnel to provide more information as needed for special projects.
• Skilled at understanding both internal and external reporting implications and the interworking of
• both internal and external reporting tools.
• Ability to interpret requests from the Operations team and translate them into accounting and vice versa.
• Assist with the annual financial statement audits related to Property Accounting areas.
• Ability to troubleshoot, research, and develop solutions within SAP and various reporting tools.
• Capable of researching and resolving issues brought forth by cross departmental teams.

Other Job Responsibilities:

• Skilled at managing competing priorities/ad hoc requests while meeting internal and external reporting deadlines.
• Adept at performing tasks and producing results with a strong focus on accuracy and precision.
• Maintains employee confidence and corporate assets, including intellectual property, by keeping information confidential.
• Continuously updates technical expertise through workshops, professional reading, networking, and active participation in professional organizations.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results, as needed.

Cross-Functional Teamwork:

• To improve intra-departmental productivity, employee is expected to develop proficiency in and knowledge of the following positions: External Financial Reporting Lead and Staff Accountants Internal Financial Reporting Analyst

Qualifications:

• Five years minimum experience in the oil and gas industry, specifically Property Accounting, with public accounting experience preferred.
• Ability to identify and analyze accounting and property reporting questions and develop solutions responsive to those questions.
• 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 without close supervision.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with specific ability to translate financial information into an organized and presentable manner.
• Outstanding administrative and organizational skills.
• Proficiency in the use and application of the following software:
• Required:  Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook). Preferred:  Strong working knowledge of SAP

Educational Requirements:

• Required: Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited four-year university or college with a degree in accounting.
• Preferred: Masters’s Degree in accounting, finance, or business.

Certifications, Licenses, Registrations:      

• CPA preferred