Director, Gas Accounting

Summit Midstream Corporation•Houston, TX

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

This position is responsible for the allocation of gas plant products, volumes and values accounting and reporting of financial information relating to Summit’s gas plant activities. The role involves collaboration with various operations, marketing, commercial and external customers who may be processors, purchasers or sellers of the produced residue gas and ngl's. The position involves leading a team of five, planning the workload, developing staff and ensuring that the outputs are complete, accurate and timely while at same time ensuring that organizational goals are met in a cost-effective manner and that the accounting records are in compliance with contractual agreements, GAAP and Company Policy & Procedures. The job requires a proactive, self-starter who is able to work independently with good decision-making skills while interpreting and analyzing information surrounding the recognition, delivery, processing, and allocation of all volumes handled at each plant. This job also requires a team player with high standards of excellence and attention to detail.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting
at least 5 years in a plant accounting leadership role
Knowledge of oil & gas operations or energy sector preferred with a strong knowledge of gas processing, accounting and reporting principles
Proficiency with Microsoft Suite of applications
Strong, demonstrated communication skills; written and verbal required
Ability and desire to work in a challenging, dynamic and fast paced environment.
Must be highly detail oriented and possess exemplary organizational skills.
Must be able to understand organization priorities, meet stringent deadlines and apply judgment in carrying out responsibilities.
Must possess the ability to lead and influence others to maximize effectiveness of the gas plant team
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with a customer service focus.
Ability to act and operate independently with minimal daily direction from manager to accomplish objectives.
Ability to work cooperatively and collaboratively with all levels of employees, management and external consultants to maximize performance, creativity, problem solving and results.
Ability to work overtime in times of peak workload cycles
Ability to identify and implement process improvement opportunities.

Responsibilities

Perform monthly plant volume allocations as well as produce customer invoices and reporting, process PPA's as necessary
Maximize the use of W-Energy, GPIS, and EMK3 gas plant accounting system across all companies
Monitor producer volume commitments and bill for any shortfalls that may occur
Maintain superior customer relations with external customers by addressing customer issues and provided accurate and timely information to customers
Train and lead the gas plant accounting group to maximize effectiveness of the gas plant team
Work with commercial operations as well as field operations to gain a solid understanding of gas processing contracts and processes
Respond to audit queries as required
Interact with Gas Plant Operations, Commercial and Gas Measurement to ensure accuracy and completeness of data
Implementing W-Energy software across all operational subsidiaries while incorporating process improvements
Write policies and procedures in order to standardize the process across all companies where applicable
Maintain SOX documentation as well as compliance with the documented processes