Controller

NorthMark Strategies • Houston, TX

12d

About The Position

Westlawn, a Houston-based private investment firm focused on long-term investment in the global oil and gas industry, is seeking a Controller to lead accounting across its multi-entity, multi-jurisdiction portfolio. The role owns the accuracy and timeliness of the close, accounting-data integrity and controls, financial reporting under US GAAP and IFRS, external audits, and payment and cash-disbursement controls. It will also modernize the accounting function through systems optimization, automation, and AI-enabled workflows.

The Controller oversees the general ledger, consolidations, reconciliations, intercompany activity, and external audit. The role provides technical leadership for upstream oil and gas accounting, particularly non-operated revenue and joint-venture accounting, and manages accounting for international entities and currencies. The Controller optimizes Quorum ODA and related data transfers, supports system implementations and process automation, builds advanced Excel models, and leads and develops the accounting team, currently five FTE. The role partners with operations, treasury, and finance leadership on budgeting, forecasting, and analysis.

Requirements

• Active CPA license.
• 8–10+ years of progressive accounting experience with increasing scope and leadership responsibility.
• Upstream oil and gas accounting experience.
• Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills.
• Hands-on use of AI tools, automation, or agentic workflows in an accounting or finance context.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship now or in the future.

Nice To Haves

• Non-operated working-interest accounting experience, with deep knowledge of non-operated revenue, JIB review or audit, COPAS, AFE elections, DD&A, and ARO.
• Financial statement preparation under both US GAAP and IFRS.
• Hands-on experience with Quorum ODA; experience with comparable oil and gas platforms such as Enertia, PakEnergy/WolfePak, W Energy, or P2 BOLO/Excalibur is also considered.
• Big 4 public accounting foundation, preferably audit or assurance serving energy clients.
• International or multi-entity accounting experience, including multi-currency FX consolidation and foreign-jurisdiction statutory reporting.
• Experience in an investment-manager or fund environment.
• Experience leading an accounting system implementation or conversion.

Responsibilities

• Own and improve the close schedule, delivering accurate and timely results.
• Maintain the integrity, completeness, and accuracy of accounting data across all entities.
• Own the general ledger, consolidations, and account reconciliations across the multi-entity structure.
• Partner with the NMS corporate team on required cost reimbursements and intercompany entries.
• Maintain and strengthen internal controls, accounting policies, and close discipline.
• Coordinate with Treasury on payment and cash-disbursement controls, including banking-instruction integrity, preparer/approver segregation, and disbursement approval workflows.
• Serve as the primary liaison for external auditors and manage the annual audit across jurisdictions.
• Own timely and accurate financial reporting under US GAAP for US entities and IFRS for Brazil, Peru, and Oman.
• Lead and provide technical oversight of revenue and joint-venture accounting.
• Lead and support non-operated revenue accounting from operator statements, including working-interest, royalty, and ORRI revenue and severance and production taxes.
• Oversee review of incoming JIBs against JOA and COPAS terms and reconciliation of operator joint-account statements, cash calls, prepayments, and suspense; ensure improper or non-chargeable costs are identified and resolved.
• Oversee entity-level DD&A, depletion, ARO, and impairment based on Westlawn's net interest in reserves and costs.
• Review lease operating statements and field-level cost reporting for reasonableness and cost control.
• Manage international-entity accounting, including FX transactions, remeasurement and translation, and intercompany activity.
• Support foreign teams with statutory and local reporting and coordinate with local advisors as needed.
• Optimize Quorum ODA, including integrations, upgrades, and data integrity.
• Manage and perform monthly data transfers from foreign accounting systems into Quorum ODA.
• Lead or support system implementations, conversions, and process-automation initiatives.
• Promote AI and agentic workflows across accounting, including close automation, reconciliation agents, reporting, and exception handling, and evaluate tools for practical use.
• Build and maintain advanced Excel models for reconciliation, cash flow, and financial reporting.
• Lead, develop, and mentor the accounting team, currently five FTE.
• Partner with operations, treasury, and finance leadership on budgeting, forecasting, and ad hoc analysis.

Benefits

• Company-paid lunch stipend through GrubHub.
• 100% employer-paid medical coverage in the High Deductible Health Plan, plus dental and vision benefits for employees and their families.
• 16 weeks of paid parental leave.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Life insurance and short-term and long-term disability coverage.
• 401(k) match of 100% of employee contributions up to 6%.
• Optional employee-paid PPO medical insurance and other benefits, including Health Savings Accounts with a company contribution, Flexible Spending Accounts, supplemental life insurance, and Wellhub.
• 25 days of paid time off plus 12 company holidays.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed