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Land Analyst II - Audit

Expand Energy, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, 73116

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Job Summary This intermediate level position provides analysis and prepares Land documentation and reports to facilitate Land Audit, Escheat, Reporting, Lease Payments, Owner Maintenance, and other Land functions.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

Operates Land Controls on a regular cadence

Develops test scripts for key controls, documents findings and remediation plans

Drafts policy and procedure documentation

Ensures controls are followed by the business, and proper evidence is provided timely

Acts as liaison between Expand Energy and internal and external Audit teams as required, responding to requests, walkthroughs, and issues

Utilize company tools and systems to perform agreement maintenance

Utilize company tools and systems to gather and perform advanced analysis of data

Implement, maintain and process quality control (QC) reports for Land; utilization of company tools and systems to ensure completeness and accuracy of reports

Manage Land metric reporting needs

Set up Land payment obligations within the company’s Lease Records system

Create, maintain, and update new and existing lease record information in Land systems and applications

Research, analyze, and interpret standard and routine title opinions, ownership reports, and other curative documents

Ensure and verify that lease records are accurate and up-to-date and include all pertinent information including lease, payment, ownership and special obligations

Perform lease records maintenance activities in land systems and databases, which include updating well and lease information, processing transfers, dropping records, reviewing payments, extensions, etc.

Review, prepare, and disseminate land record reports to ensure any special obligations, payments, and expirations are made on time and are accurate

Research and prepare memorandums of lease extensions, release of oil and gas leases, and assignments of oil and gas leases to ensure ownership is reflected correctly from the record title

Prepares, compiles, and processes lease packets

Retrieves, reviews and verifies leases, title, curative for unit review

Verifies and processes lease payments

Maintains, organizes, and tracks budgets, well, lease information, elections, proposals, and broker activity in land system databases and virtual files

Develops proposals by collecting supporting documentation including AFEs, Plats, Permits, etc., and routes and tracks approvals

Performs general well maintenance, such as monitoring expirations, filing contracts of record, and updating in system databases and virtual files

Validates that the correct payment is being made by looking at ownership reports, title opinions, etc.

Generates information from GIS mapping systems, making recommendations in GIS system as needed

Reconciles lease information, such as curative needs, missing leases, competitor acreage, land owner issues, etc.

Job Specific Skills

Intermediate understanding of core functions of the various groups in the Land Department and the interdependencies between each department

Intermediate understanding of basic Land practices and terminology including but not limited to lease terms, identifying ownership information, acreage terminology, and lease and well statuses

Intermediate understanding of SOX and Regulatory Requirements

Knowledge of the life of a well and the various impacts on systems and data through the well’s lifecycle

Ability to independently serve as a liaison between Expand Energy and the partner

Ability to write change communication and training documents in an effective and concise manner

Intermediate understanding of Land process workflows and functions, specifically those surrounding lease data

Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite

Proficiency in SAP and LandView

Understanding of basic 1099 reporting requirements

Basic working knowledge of Snowflake tables for utilization in Land reporting

Understanding of system and network guidelines for managing large quantities of data and applying those guidelines during data transfers

Ability to read, understand and maintain Land Service Agreements (LSA’s) with vendors

Education Minimum: High school diploma or GED

Preferred: Bachelor’s degree from accredited university – Energy Management or MIS

Experience Minimum: 2 – 5 years related work experience

EEO Statement Expand Energy takes necessary action to ensure that all applicants are treated without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity, national origin, genetic information, disability, pregnancy, military or veteran status or any other protected characteristic as established by law.

Nearest Major Market: Oklahoma City

Nearest Secondary Market: Oklahoma

Seniority Level Mid-Senior level

Employment Type Full-time

Job Function Finance and Sales

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