Financial Planning and Analysis Professional

About the role

The Financial Planning & Analysis professional provides support to the asset planning teams, serves as a subject-matter expert on forecast software and processes, and offers best-practice recommendations. This role performs monthly reviews of the forecast and assists with requests from operations stakeholders while coordinating work across drilling, completions, facilities, production, reservoir, operational planning, land, marketing, and accounting departments. Strong communication, teaching, influencing, and complex problem-solving skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Reviews Aries forecast monthly prior to data extraction (expense, capital, production, and price).
• Develops subject-matter expertise with Aries software to support planning teams and provide best-practice recommendations.
• Establishes connections with asset personnel and provides premier customer service to assigned asset teams as a go-to resource.
• Provides technical assistance and training to team members at all levels, guiding them on data analysis and system use.
• Verifies completeness and accuracy of both internal and external data generated by team members.
• Reviews departmental processes, recommends, and assists in implementing changes to improve effectiveness and efficiency.
• Navigates ad hoc requests from internal stakeholders with limited direction, providing completed analysis and recommendations.
• Solves technical problems, recommends solutions, and implements them with minimal supervision.
• Performs analysis on actuals compared to forecast; recommends changes and assists with improvement opportunities.
• Performs complex tasks and special projects as assigned by the Supervisor/Manager.

Requirements

• 5+ years of oil and gas industry forecasting, finance, accounting, or operational data analysis experience.
• Experience providing business logic or building operational/financial analytical tools.
• Experience using Dash, React, or GitHub.
• Experience using AI to automate tasks or improve reporting/analysis; strong analytical skills.
• Previous experience preparing forecasts and analyzing variance between actuals and forecast (expense, capital, production, and prices).
• Knowledge of assets, connections with operations personnel, and oil and gas operational acumen.
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field, or equivalent work experience.
• Proficient in Excel; Aries, SAP, SQL, or Snowflake query experience a plus.

Skills

• Strong understanding of monthly forecast inputs, outputs, and processes.
• Ability to communicate and navigate seamlessly with E&P planning, operational, and financial personnel.
• Results-oriented with a continuous improvement mindset, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
• Exhibits integrity; presents monthly financial results to business unit leadership.
• Planning, organization, and attention to detail.

Benefits

Our values, workplace practices, wellness programs, benefits, and compensation are designed to help employees manage their personal lives and care for their families, enabling them to contribute fully.