Land Analyst, Lead
About The Position
The Land Analyst, Lead leads and supports a team responsible for mineral, leasehold, surface, and contractual land administration. The role serves as a subject matter expert, offering guidance on complex land matters while ensuring accurate land records, contract obligations, ownership data, and regulatory compliance. The position oversees land data and documentation, analyzes and sets up leases and other land agreements, maintains wells and units in the land system, and ensures accurate cross-referencing. It also reviews and tracks payment and other obligations, documents acreage and working-interest holdings, supports acquisition and divestiture due diligence, and audits lease and contract data. The role is based in an office five days per week.
Requirements
- 8+ years of progressive experience in a land administration or land analyst role.
- Experience using land software.
- Strong analytical skills and ability to manage a high volume of leases and contracts.
- Detail-oriented, driven, and self-motivated.
- Available to work in the office five days per week.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Land Management, Legal Studies, Finance, Accounting, or a related field.
- Experience with PakLand or SAP.
Responsibilities
- Provide day-to-day leadership, mentorship, and technical guidance to a team of Land Analysts.
- Coordinate workload distribution and establish priorities to ensure timely and accurate completion of work.
- Oversee maintenance and accuracy of land records, lease agreements, contracts, rights-of-way, easements, and surface agreements.
- Analyze and set up oil and gas leases, land contracts, and other documents and files related to company assets.
- Set up and maintain wells and units in the land system, ensuring leases, wells, and agreements are accurately cross-referenced.
- Maintain and update agreements to reflect amendments, ratifications, releases, expirations, and other changes.
- Review payment and obligation provisions for accurate representation in the land management system and obligation calendar.
- Analyze obligation provisions and calculate and set up options to extend, minimum royalty payments, water use, shut-in, surface damages, easements, rentals, and related obligations.
- Document and maintain company acreage and working-interest ownership holdings.
- Support company due diligence efforts during acquisitions and divestitures.
- Perform periodic audits of lease and contract data to ensure accuracy and completeness.
- Track lease expirations, continuous development obligations, and held-by-production status.
- Perform other duties and special projects as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
