Land Analyst II - Audit

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
• Performs other duties as assigned, including but not limited to the following:
• 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