Crude Volumes Accountant

Occidental Petroleum Corporation; United States; On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Occidental Petroleum Corporation in Houston, TX seeks an experienced Crude Volumes Accountant to track crude volumes from production and third parties, reconcile transportation invoices, and support the monthly close.

The role requires collaborating with volume accountants, interacting with operations, and applying Excel skills to maintain data for audits. Experience with Horizon and SAP is a plus; energy marketing knowledge is preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or minimum of 21 hours of accounting with a business degree.
• Energy Marketing industry experience (3+ years, minimum of 2 years in Crude Oil).
• Some market knowledge of oil lease.
• Experience working in a trading system, Horizon experience a plus.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with a team of volume accountants to perform monthly volumetric allocations by analyzing lease, trucking, pipeline statements, and other transporter reports.
• Reconcile transportation invoices to trading system, resolving discrepancies timely to process payment.
• Reconcile actualized volumes with our revenue accounting group for equity and 3rd party purchases and resolve discrepancies promptly.
• Contribute to monthly close and assist in settlements or related processes.
• Create, enhance, and maintain data for audit (Excel and software) and document desk procedures.

Skills

Excel proficiency

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Analytical thinking

Self-directed

Energy market knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in accounting

21 hours of accounting within business degree

Tools

Horizon

SAP

Job description

Oxy produces, markets and transports oil and natural gas to maximize value and provide resources fundamental to life. The company leverages its global leadership in carbon management to advance lower-carbon technologies and products. Headquartered in Houston, Oxy primarily operates in the United States, Middle East and North Africa. To learn more, visit Oxy

Oxy strives to attract and retain talented employees by investing in their professional development and providing rewarding opportunities for personal growth. Our goal is to meet the highest employer standards by ensuring the health and safety of our employees, protecting the environment and positively impacting our communities where we do business.

We are looking for an experienced and motivated individual to fill the position of Crude Volumes Accountant based in Houston, TX. Reporting to the Crude Marketing Accounting Supervisor, the Crude Volumes Accountant is responsible for actualizing and tracking crude oil volumes received from our production company and/or 3rd party customers, transported to market, placed in storage, and delivered to market.

The following are job duties expected of the Crude Volumes Accountant:

• Regularly collaborate with a team of volume accountants to perform monthly volumetric allocations by analyzing lease, trucking, pipeline statements, and other transporter reports.
• Reconcile transportation invoices to trading system, resolving discrepancies timely to process payment.
• Reconcile actualized volumes per our trading system with our revenue accounting group for equity and 3rd party purchases and resolve discrepancies in a timely manner.
• Accountable for contributing to monthly close.
• Assist in customer disputes (pricing/volume).
• Create, enhance, and maintain data for audit (Excel and Software based).
• Collaborate with project team, product control, revenue accounting, and Operations to improve processes and provide reliable analysis.
• Provide support and assistance to the settlements team, lease operations, and revenue accounting to research and resolve prior period volumetric discrepancies.
• Analyze trading activity and explain variances between current month, prior month, and forecasts.
• Reconciliation of general ledger accounts for inventory and related costs.
• Review and record monthly journal entries to the general ledger for commodity transportation and fees for accruals and actualized activity.
• Assist in testing and analysis for new trade system implementation and upgrades (Horizon and SAP).
• Gather supporting documents and provide explanations for audit requests for consolidated and stand-alone financial statements (as applicable).
• Document and update desk procedures for assigned tasks.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or minimum of 21 hours of accounting with a business degree.
• Energy Marketing industry experience (3+ years, minimum of 2 years in Crude Oil).
• Some market knowledge of oil lease.
• Experience working in a trading system, Horizon experience a plus.
• Ability to communicate in a professional manner and establish effective working relationships with internal operations and external customers.
• Collaborative spirit who displays a willingness to help others.
• Capacity to maintain an optimistic and positive attitude.
• Motivated, self-directed, and results-driven approach to work, also takes ownership of assigned tasks.
• Ability to research and prepare analysis to respond to internal and external inquiries in a timely, professional, and thorough manner.
• Creative thinker who can identify processes for continuous process improvement opportunities.
• Ability to anticipate issues and how they impact the team or other stakeholders, and act on them in advance.
• Ability to learn quickly and adapt and manage multiple priorities in a rapidly changing dynamic environment.
• Employ fundamental accounting skills: general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable and account reconciliations.
• Strong working proficiency and knowledge in Excel, i.e., mining/manipulating data.
• Initiative to consistently meet internal and external deadlines.
• Overtime will be required during critical times.

Desired Qualifications

• Knowledge of crude pipelines, lease actualization, and settlement.
• Accounting experience in Energy Supply & Marketing.
• Ability to read tariffs, pipeline statements, and contracts.

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Oxy has bold ambitions to achieve net zero and help others do the same. To get there, we'll need great minds ready to unleash big ideas, strong leaders ready to inspire and team players ready to make it happen.

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Oxy produces energy and essential products to sustain and improve life on our planet. Our experienced teams, located in the United States, Middle East and Africa, are committed to safe and efficient operations and products, and to reducing our carbon footprint and helping others do the same. We are busy developing the big ideas and broad solutions we will need to achieve net zero. Every day, we get closer. And we won't stop until we're there.