Financial Policy and Projects Consultant

ConocoPhillips • Anchorage, AK

2d

About The Position

Welcome to ConocoPhillips, where innovation and excellence create a platform for opportunity and growth. Come realize your full potential here. Who We Are We are one of the world’s largest independent exploration and production companies, based on proved reserves and production of liquids and natural gas. With operations and activities in 13 countries, we explore for, develop, and produce crude oil and natural gas globally. We are challenged with an important job to safely find and deliver energy to the world. Our employees are critical to our success, and with them we power civilization. We’re grounded by our SPIRIT Values – safety, people, integrity, responsibility, innovation, and teamwork. These values position us to deliver strong performance in a dynamic business – but not at all costs. We believe it’s not just what we do – it’s how we do it – that sets us apart. Fostering an Inclusive Work Environment To deliver superior performance, we create an environment that respects the contributions and differences of every individual. Wherever possible, we use these differences to drive competitive business advantage, personal growth and, ultimately, create business success. Job Summary Alaska Overview The Alaska segment primarily explores for, produces, transports and markets crude oil, natural gas and NGLs. We are the largest crude oil producer in Alaska and have major ownership interests in the Prudhoe Bay, Kuparuk and Western North Slope asset areas. Additionally, we are one of Alaska’s largest owners of state, federal and fee exploration leases, with approximately one million net undeveloped acres at year-end 2024. Alaska operations contributed 14 percent of our consolidated liquids production and two percent of our consolidated natural gas production. Position Overview The Consultant for Financial Policy and Projects role is essential for providing direct support to the Business Unit (BU) with time-sensitive interpretive guidance. This role merges key knowledge bases – in-depth BU operations, JV relationship, and historical issues with specialized expertise in ALM/DOA (Authority & Limitations Manual/Delegation of Authority), Corporate Authorizations, Internal Controls Standards, Supply Chain Standards, and Accounting Policy. The localized knowledge is crucial for policy and projects to benefit the BU. The Consultant is the primary Finance interface for major BU projects, Commercial/BD activities, and contract reviews. This role requires close collaboration with BU Finance leadership and an intimate knowledge of the BU's ever-changing needs and challenges. Additionally, the Consultant provides BU Impairment analysis, supports AKLNG (Alaska Liquified Natural Gas) LLC requirements, and other quarterly and year-end reporting needs. This role may also lead or support Finance standard implementations (e.g., lease accounting) and functional projects (e.g., nxtgen, OneStream). The role involves working directly with multiple BU groups and functions, including F&PA, Tax, Drilling and Wells, Capital Projects, Operations, and Supply Chain, as well as Financial Services and Corporate groups like Accounting Policy, Corporate Authorizations, and the Corporate Risk & Compliance COE. This close collaboration ensures highly relevant and effective guidance.

Requirements

• Legally authorized to work in the United States
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Accounting or Finance or foreign equivalent
• 7 or more years of direct experience in Accounting or Finance

Nice To Haves

• Professional certifications, including CPA or CIA
• 1 or more years direct experience in and familiarity with Alaska oil and gas industry
• 1 or more years experience in use of, and aptitude for, interaction with standard desktop software including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and ability to interface proficiently with Essbase, SAP and BW applications
• Advanced oral and written communications and networking skills
• Advanced financial acumen, particularly regarding accounting principles, procedures, and relationship to internal and external reporting
• Advanced financial statement analysis skills, with keen ability to review preliminary financial statements and operational statistics and identify potential problems or areas warranting further analysis or investigation
• Ability to analyze issues and understand their business impact
• Ability to coordinate and organize requests for information efficiently and clearly, handle multiple tasks simultaneously and to work under deadlines
• Take ownership of actions and follows through on commitments by holding others accountable and standing up for what's right
• Builds positive relationships based on trust and seeks collaboration across organizational boundaries to achieve goals
• Understands how key financial and quantitative indicators impact the business

Responsibilities

• Administer AK LNG Project LLC reporting and legal entity requirements (annual budgets, etc)
• Project Coordinator/SPOC Finance lead for major BU transactions
• Facilitating major Finance initiatives and standard implementations (e.g. nxtgen, OneStream)
• Contract review / lease analysis
• Supply chain liaison / defects watchdog
• Alaska BU Authority & Limitations Manual/Delegation of Authority oversight
• Impairment analysis
• Additional oil & gas disclosure support as needed
• Documentation and records management for all of the above

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees