Vice President - Finance (Oil & Gas)

Prairie Operating Co LLC; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 245,000 - 286,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care coverage

Retirement plan

Protection coverage

Time off and leave programs

Training & development opportunities

Job summary

Prairie Operating Employee Co., LLC is seeking a Vice President of Finance (Oil & Gas) in Denver. This executive will lead planning, budgeting, treasury, hedging, M&A, and capital markets activities, shaping financial strategy and reporting to support growth.

A strong background in upstream oil & gas accounting and advanced modeling is essential. The role requires collaboration across Finance, Development, and Operations, with a focus on real-time decision making and Board-ready presentations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, finance, or accounting.
• MBA preferred for strategic leadership.
• At least 10 years of oil and gas accounting experience.
• Strong upstream oil and gas domain knowledge.
• Advanced financial modeling experience in oil & gas.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate across Finance, Accounting, Development, Operations, Land and Legal to align financial goals with business strategy.
• Develop models to forecast market scenarios, risks and business changes.
• Own NAV model for M&A, hedging, and capital markets considerations.
• Partner with Corporate Development on FP&A and monthly forward-looking forecasts.
• Improve internal financial processes for timely reporting to Board and executives.
• Prepare presentations for Senior Management and external parties.
• Maintain relationships with investment bankers and lenders.
• Assist accounting aspects of acquisitions and divestitures.

Skills

Finance degree

MBA preferred

10+ years oil & gas accounting

Upstream oil & gas knowledge

Oil & gas financial modeling

Quorum / ERP experience

Ownership mindset

MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint)

Financial statements & cash flow

Work under pressure

Integrity

Education

Bachelor's degree in business/finance/accounting

MBA preferred

Tools

Quorum ERP

Aires

Job description

Position Title: Vice President - Finance (Oil & Gas)

Department: Finance

Location: Denver

Reports to: Chief Financial Officer

Salary Range: $245,000 to $286,000

Job Summary

The VP of Finance is an executive-level position responsible for the forward Planning, Budgeting, Treasury, Hedging, M&A, CapitalMarketsand offering processes. This position helpsto overseethe organization's financial operations to ensure financial health, and support high-level strategic planning / growth.

Essential Functions

• Collaborates across various business functions (Finance, Accounting, Corporate Development, Operations, Land, and Legal) to understand business needs, develop strategies, and ensure financial goals support business objectives

• Responsible for financial modeling and analytical tools to measure and forecast the impact of various economic scenarios, risks, and business changes

• Owns and develops the internal NAV Model for financial modeling related to various strategicobjectives, M&A, hedging program, capital markets, etc.

• Partnership with Corporate Development to align financial needs of the business, partner on the corporate model, FP&A and forward lookingforecaston a monthly basis

• Implement optimized financial processes to ensuretimelyinternal reporting for real-time decision making, Board meetings, reporting, etc.

• Prepare presentations to Senior Management, the Board ofDirectorsand external parties

• Maintaina database tracking the performance of corporate merger candidates, and works with Corp Development Team to model and evaluate

• Create andmaintainworking relationships with various external stakeholders, including, but not limited to investment bankers and commercial lenders

• Assistin the accounting aspects of acquisitions and divestitures

• Assistin preparation of Board reporting, earnings releases, and other management reporting requests

• Flexibility to own / attack special projects as needed

QUALIFICATIONS / Skills / Special Knowledge

• Bachelor's degree in business / finance / accounting

• MBApreferred

• Minimum of 10 yearsexperiencein oil and gas accounting

• Asset level experience withupstream oil and gas business

• Extensive oil and gas financial modeling experience

• Experience with Aires, oil and gas ERP systems (e.g.Quorum) preferred

• Positive culture carrier, leads by example, a doer with an extreme ownership philosophy

• Proficiencyin Microsoft Office products including advanced skills in Excel and PowerPoint

• Working knowledge of financial statements and purchase accounts, discounted cashflowand internal rates of return

• Ability to work under pressure and overtime

• Demonstrate high degree of integrity

Work environment

• Job is performed in an office setting with exposure to computer screens and requires regular use of a computer, keyboard, mouse, and multi-line telephone system.

• The noise level in the office environment is usually quiet.

• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and ability to adjust focus.

• Field work will be outdoors under variable weather conditions

Physical demands

• May require occasional lifting of heavy objects.

• The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms.

employee benefits

Prairie Operating Employee Co., LLC offers competitive compensation and benefits programs which include, but are not limited to, health care coverage, retirement plan, protection coverage, time off and leave programs, training and development opportunities and a range of allowances connected to specific work situations.

We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, marital status or veteran status.

Prairie Operating Employee Co., LLC reserves the right to modify this job description at its discretion at any time. This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive and does not imply that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position. Employee(s) will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments.