Specific Responsibilities
The Accountant II will be a member of Apache’s Owner Relations Accounting team, reporting to the Accounting Manager.
This role will be primarily responsible for the following:
- Coordinate Check Write monthly for the owner level and company level runs. Includes managing the process in PRA, ensuring files are sent successfully to the bank, print & mail vendor, and web host vendor, and prepare monthly metrics. Work closely with Revenue Accounting and Land Data Management.
- Coordinate the monthly excessive check review; perform analysis, work with Revenue and Land Data Management to resolve issues identified, create SOX support packets.
- Respond to Owner Inquiries – perform analysis, work with Revenue, Land Data Management, Operations, Legal, Marketing, and other departments when necessary to formulate a response to owners.
- Assist with annual 1099 reporting; perform analysis, make corrections where necessary before filings are finalized.
- Reconcile balance sheet accounts, with emphasis on Returned Royalties
- Assist with projects as needed including but not limited to system testing, process invoices from third party vendors, statutory interest calculations, and other functional tasks related to Owner Relations.
Qualifications & Experience
The successful candidate will have the following qualifications and experience:
- Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in Accounting; other field of study may be considered when combined with a minimum of 12 completed accounting hours.
- 3+ years of professional accounting experience required.
- Knowledge of accounting and oil & gas industry terminology, a plus.
- Proficient Knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, TEAMS, and Outlook.
- Experience with SAP, and EnergyLink preferred but not required.
- Strong communication (written and verbal), interpersonal skills, administrative and organizational skills.
- Able to work well in a team setting with consistent and professional interactions and approachability with team members.
- Handles complex issues and problems and refers more complex issues to higher-level staff.
Competencies
The successful candidate should demonstrate and exhibit the following core competencies:
- Communication: Writes, speaks, and presents information effectively and persuasively across communication setting;
- Results: Pursues work with energy, drive, and results orientation to positively impact Apache's business success;
- Collaboration: Works in partnership with others and encourages different perspectives, while building and maintaining trust; and
- Culture: Willingness and ability to align one's behavior with the needs, priorities, and goals of Apache.
Company Overview
Our primary product is energy, and where there is affordable, abundant energy, people are given greater opportunities to elevate their families to higher standards of living. We are committed to providing oil and natural gas in more innovative and sustainable ways to help meet the world's energy needs.
Apache Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of APA Corporation (NASDAQ: APA). Apache and other affiliated subsidiaries have operations in the United States, Egypt and the United Kingdom's North Sea and exploration opportunities offshore Suriname and elsewhere.
For additional information about APA Corporation, please visit: www.apacorp.com.
Apache Statement on Hiring
To provide genuine equal opportunity to all people, it is the policy of Apache Corporation and its subsidiaries to base all employment-related decisions and actions exclusively on employment-related criteria. To provide genuine equal opportunity to all people, it is the policy of Apache Corporation and its subsidiaries to provide broad dissemination of job opportunities, as consistent with the nature of the positions. To provide genuine equal opportunity to all people, it is the policy of Apache Corporation and its subsidiaries to review its employment-related policies and actions on a regular basis to ensure that their application is consistent with their intent.
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